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Radio station in Newtownards
Downtown Radio
Newtownards
Broadcast area
Northern Ireland
Frequency
DAB: 12D Northern Ireland
FM: 96.4MHz Coleraine
FM: 96.6MHz Omagh
FM: 97.1MHz Larne
FM: 102.3MHz Ballymena
FM: 102.4MHz Derry
FM: 103.1MHz Newry
FM: 103.4MHz Newtownabbey
FM: 103.4MHz Newcastle, County Down
RDS
Downtown
Programming
Format
Hot Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
Bauer Media Audio UK
Sister stations
Cool FM
Cool FM Old Skool
Downtown Country
Greatest Hits Radio Northern Ireland
History
First air date
16 March 1976; 48 years ago (1976-03-16)
Former frequencies
AM: 1026 kHz
Links
Webcast
Planet Radio
Website
Official Website
Downtown Radio is a Hot Adult Contemporary music radio station based in Newtownards, County Down, that serves all of Northern Ireland using a network of FM and DAB transmitters.
As of March 2024, the station has a weekly audience of 298,000 listeners according to RAJAR.[1]
^"RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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