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Independent Radio News Ltd Mappin House, 4 Winsley Street, London W1W 8HF T 020 7182 8591  F 020 7182 8594  E news@irn.co.uk  I www.irn.co.uk
Terry Smith Chairman	Dominic Barker Account Director (Newslink) T 020 7054 8776 E dominic.barker@globalradiosales.com
Tim Molloy Managing Director T 020 7182 8593 E tim@irn.co.uk	Jack Milligan Group Head (Newslink) T 020 7054 8767 E jack.milligan@globalradiosales.com
Sue Coates IRN Administrator T 020 7182 8591 E sue@irn.co.uk
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A Brief History
IRN began broadcasting on October 8, 1973, the day that commercial radio was officially launched in the UK.
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.
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.
There were then four key developments which turned IRN into one of the world's most successful radio news providers.
1985 Computer technology introduced 1987 Cash payments replaced by advertising airtime (Newslink) 1989 Distribution switched to satellite 2001 Internet distribution introduced
IRN Clients
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