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IRN began broadcasting on October 8, 1973, the day that commercial radio was
officially launched in the UK.
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The first bulletins came from basement studios just off Fleet Street in London
- then the centre of the national newspaper industry - and its first "client"
was LBC(London Broadcasting) - the first commercial station to go to air.
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IRN's role - then as now - was to provide a 24 hour service of national and
international news to the UK's commercial radio network. Initially, it was
funded by cash payments from the stations and material was distributed to the
network by landline and teleprinter.
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There were then four key developments which turned IRN into one of the world's
most successful radio news providers.
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1985 Computer technology introduced
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1987 Cash payments replaced by advertising airtime (Newslink)
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1989 Distribution switched to satellite
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2001 Internet distribution introduced
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| IRN
Clients |
Non Digital Stations | | Absolute 00s | Forth 2 | London Greek Radio | Severn Sound FM | | Absolute 90s | Forth One | Magic 105.4 FM | Signal 1 | | Absolute Radio | Fresh Radio | Magic 1152 | Signal 2 | | 96.3 Aire FM | Garrison Radio | Magic 1161 AM | 106.9 Silk FM | | Alpha 103.2 | Gold Berkshire & North Hampshire | Magic 1170 | Six FM | | Andover Sound | Gold Cambridgeshire | Magic 1548 | Smooth Radio North East | | Argyll FM | Gold Devon | Magic 828 | Smooth Radio (East Midlands) | | 107.8 Arrow FM | Gold Essex | Magic 999 | Smooth Radio (Glasgow) | | 96.7 FM Ashbourne Radio | Gold Gloucester | Magic AM | Smooth Radio (London) | | Asian Sound Radio | Gold Herts, Beds & Bucks | Radio Maldwyn | Smooth Radio (North West) | | Atlantic FM | Gold Home Counties | Manchester’s Magic 1152 AM | Smooth Radio (West Midlands) | | The Bay | Gold Kent | Mansfield 103.2 | South West Sound | | The Beach | Gold London | Manx Radio | Southend Radio | | Beacon FM | Gold Manchester | 103.4 Marcher Sound | Southern FM | | 107 FM The Bee | Gold Norfolk | Marcher Gold 1260 AM | Sovereign Radio | | Radio Borders | Gold North West & Wales | Mercia FM | 107.7 Splash FM | | The Breeze | Gold South Coast | 96.6 Mercury FM | Spectrum Radio Ltd | | Bridge FM | Gold Suffolk | Mercury 102.7 FM | Spire FM | | Bright 106.4 FM | Gold Sussex | Metro FM | Spirit FM | | 96.4 FM BRMB | Gold Warwickshire | Midwest Radio 105.6 | Star Bristol | | The Buzz 97.1 | Gold West Country | Midwest Radio 97.4 | Star Cambridge | | Buzz Asia | Gold Wiltshire | Minster FM | Star Radio Cheltenham | | 95.8 Capital FM | Gold Wrexham | Mix 107 | 97.2 Stray FM | | Capital FM - Manchester | Hallam FM | Mix 96 | Sun FM | | Capital FM - North East | Heart Anglesey & Gwynedd | Moray Firth | Sunrise Radio (Bradford) | | Capital FM - Birmingham | Heart Cambridgeshire | Nation Radio | Sunrise Radio (London) | | Capital FM - Cardiff | Heart Devon | NECR | Sunshine Radio Shropshire | | Capital FM - Derby | Heart East Anglia | Nevis Radio | Sunshine Radio Worcester | | Capital FM - Leicester | Heart Essex | Newbury Sound | Sunshire FM Hereford | | Capital FM - Nottingham | Heart Gloucestershire | North Norfolk Radio | 102.1 Swansea Bay Radio | | Capital FM - Scotland | Heart Harlow | Northallerton FM | Swansea Sound | | Capital FM - Yorkshire | Heart Home Counties | NorthSound One | Talk Radio Europe | | Radio Carmarthenshire | Heart Kent | NorthSound Two | talkSPORT | | Central 103.1 FM | Heart London | 999.9 Radio Norwich | Radio Tay AM | | Central FM | Heart North West & Wales | Nova Radio | Tay FM | | Radio Ceredigion | Heart South Coast | Oak FM 107.9 | Ten 17 | | CFM (Carlisle) | Heart Sussex | Oak FM 107 | 3FM Radio | | CFM (W. Cumbria) | Heart Swindon & W.Wilts | Oban FM | TFM | | Champion FM | Heart Thames Valley | Ocean FM | Time 106.6 | | Channel 103 FM | Heart West Country | Original 106 | Time 107.5 | | Chelmsford Radio | Heart West Midlands | Peak FM | Touch Radio | | Choice 107.1 FM | Heartland FM | Radio Pembrokeshire | Touch Radio 102 FM | | Choice FM London | High Peaks Radio | Radio Perth | Touch Radio 107.3 | | City Beat 96.7 | Invicta FM | Piccadilly Key 103 | Touch Radio 107.6 | | Radio City 96.7 | Island FM | Pirate FM | Touch Radio 96.6 FM | | CityTalk | Isle of Wight Radio | 103.2 Power FM | Tower FM | | Classic FM | Isles FM | Premier Christian Radio | Town 102 | | Club Asia Radio | Jack FM | The Pulse | Trax FM | | Clyde 1 FM | JACK fm (Bristol) | Pulse 2 | Trax FM | | Clyde 2 | Jack FM Hertfordshire | Q101.2 FM | Two Boroughs Radio | | The Coast 106 | Juice 107.2 | Q102.9 FM | U105 | | Coast FM 96.3 | Juice FM | Q97.2 FM | 96.9 Viking FM | | Compass FM | KCFM | Reading 107 FM | 96.4 The Wave | | Connect 97.2 & 107.4 | Kerrang! Radio | Real Radio - Scotland | Radio Wave | | Connect FM Peterborough | 107.6 Kestrel FM | Real Radio - Wales | Wave 102 | | Cool FM | Kingdom FM | Real Radio - Yorkshire | Wave 105 FM | | County Sound Radio | Kiss 100 FM | Real Radio North East | Waves Radio | | 2CR FM | Kiss 101 FM | Real Radio North Wales | Wessex FM | | Dearne FM | Kiss 105-108 FM | Real Radio North West | West FM | | Dee 106.3 FM | KL.FM | 96.2 The Revolution | West Sound AM | | Delta FM 97.1/102 | kmfm Ashford | Ridings FM | Wire FM | | Downtown Radio | kmfm Canterbury | 96.3 Rock FM | Wish FM | | Dream 100 FM | kmfm Dover & Folkestone | Rock FM | The Wolf | | Dune FM | kmfm Maidstone | Rock Radio (Manchester) | Wyre FM | | Durham FM | kmfm Medway | Rother FM | Wyvern FM | | 96.4 Eagle Radio | kmfm Thanet | Rutland FM | XFM London | | Easy Radio London | kmfm West Kent | Sabras Sound | XFM Manchester | | Energy FM | Lakeland Radio | Scarlet FM | Radio XL | | Essex FM | 97.3 LBC | Seven FM | Yorkshire Coast Radio | | Five FM | LBC News | The Severn | Yorkshire Coast Radio | | FM 107.6 The Fire | Lincs FM | The Severn | YOURradio |
Digital Stations | | Absolute 80s | Kiss FM | Planet Rock | XFM | | Absolute Classic Rock | Magic FM | Rock Radio North East | Yarr Radio | | The Hits | Panjab Radio | Sanjhi Awaz Radio | Yorkshire Radio | | the jazz | Passion Radio | Sunrise Radio | |
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