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On the 100 year Anniversary of the 1916 Rising, join us for two 1916 specials this Sunday April 24th.  “Paths to Freedom” will be replace “Soft Rock Classics” at 1:30pm.”Paths to Freedom” a documentary was made with local recordings taken at an event held to explore the history of the Easter Rising from both a […]

Changes to Saturday March 26th 18:00 to 19:00 World Music will be replaced by Easter Snow, a Sound and Vision Play plus an interview with Mary  Lennon and Seamus McKenna about the play. 19:00 to 20:00 Livewires will be replaced by  a Documentary on  John Count Mc Cormack, a Sound and Vision recording.   Changes to Sunday […]

‘’On behalf of the Board I would like to extend a huge ‘Thank You’ to the Staff, Volunteers and the many Contributors who helped make our Friday broadcast on National Community Radio Day such a tremendous success. Not only did the Station do itself proud on the day in the quality and breadth of its […]

‘I want to know ‘– an educational radio programme series involving six primary schools and six professions will be broadcast from May 25th, everyday day from 10am on Athlone Community Radio 88.4fm. Children from 6th class spent a day with a person of a certain profession, asking questions about what education was needed for their […]

The great tenor, John Count McCormack, was one of the greatest singers of the recorded era. He drew audiences of Madonna-like proportions – in 1913, in a 6-month period, he gave 12 concerts in New York; 58,00 people attended these concerts with every concert a sell-out. At one concert, 7,000 were in the audience while […]

Fergal McCabe is currently in his last year of his degree in Communications in Creative Multimedia in Dundalk Institute of Technology. As part of his last year he is required to complete a dissertation (research paper) on a chosen topic. He has chosen to look at the area of Community Radio and more specifically the […]

Tune in to Pete Casey on The Brekkie Fix on Athlone Community Radio 88.4fm Monday – Friday 8am – 10am. Text in for a request or send in your traffic update to 087 99 55 884 Athlone Community Radio – The Voice of Athlone YOUR Community Station

Documentary about Gentex factory will be replayed on Athlone Community Radio 88.4fm and is available now on a mixcloud There will never be a place of work in Athlone which will mean so much to so many people. The four part documentary Gentex – The Factory that shaped the life of Athlone will be replayed […]

Tune into Athlone Community Radio this Saturday August 2nd between 5.30 & 6pm where on Across the Divide we bring you the last episode of Europe on Air.www.athlonecommunityradio.ie, tunein.com or tunein radio app.