RTÉjr Radio is a children's digital radio station of the Irish public-service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.[1] It is Ireland's first children's orientated radio station with a wide variety of programming from news, poetry, nursery rhymes, storytelling, dramas and more. The station broadcasts daily between 7:00 and 21:00 (time-sharing the DAB slot with RTÉ Chill) on DAB and Saorview in the Republic of Ireland and globally through the RTÉ Radio Player.
Broadcast area | National - Ireland |
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Frequency | DAB: Mux 1 Saorview: Channel 207 Virgin Media: Channel 942 |
Programming | |
Format | Children's Music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |
RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ 2fm RTÉ lyric fm RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Pulse RTÉ 2XM RTÉ Chill RTÉ Gold RTÉ Radio 1 Extra | |
History | |
First air date | 1 May 2018 (Officially launched 31 December 2008) |
Links | |
Webcast | WMA, Real |
Website | rte.ie/digitalradio/rtejr |
The radio station is complemented by the RTÉjr television channel available on Saorview, Virgin Media Ireland, eVision, Aer TV and Sky Ireland.
On 6 November 2019, RTÉ management announced that, as part of a major cost-saving program, all its digital radio stations would be closed, including RTÉjr Radio.[2] However on 2 March 2021 it was revealed by RTÉ that the broadcaster would close its DAB radio network while retaining its digital radio services.[3]
On November 16, 2023, RTÉ announced the closure of most of its digital-only services, including RTÉjr Radio, in 2024, as part of the broadcaster's 'New Direction' internal restructuring.
References
edit- ^ "About RTÉ: RTÉ Launches RTÉjr and TRTÉ on Television, Digital Radio and Online for Ireland's Youngest Audiences". RTÉ press release. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ Halpin, Hayley (7 November 2019). "'Today could be our last': Breakfast presenter addresses widespread RTÉ service and job cuts at start of show". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ Crowley, Sinéad (2 March 2021). "RTÉ to cease radio transmission on DAB network". rte.ie.
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