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Spin 1038 is an Independent Local Radio station in Dublin, Ireland. It is owned by Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group and broadcasts under a sound broadcasting contract with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. Despite their name, they do not broadcast on the medium wave band (1038 not being a valid mediumwave frequency, anyway), but on 103.8 FM. Spin 1038 is mostly heard in Dublin but can also be heard in towns such as Naas, Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth, Drogheda and Bray due to their close proximity to Dublin.
[edit] History
The station (which originally applied for its contract as "Spin FM") was one of three new ILR stations which were awarded franchises in October 1999[1]. It was intended to provide an alternative for listeners younger than those catered for by the original two Dublin ILR stations, FM104 and Dublin's 98FM. The station however was subject to delays due to legal action from an unsuccessful opposing consortium[2], however finally took the air as Spin 1038 at 10:38am on 19 April 2002. Despite being initially known as "the dance licence", the station now plays mainly popular music.
[edit] Programming
Spin 1038 broadcasts mainly popular music aimed at 15-30 year olds. The station broadcasts various programming throughout the day with favourites such as Fully Charged, The Zoo Crew Hot 30 with Brian and Claire B and Spin @ Work with Shona Ryan.
News bulletins entitled The Story are aired at quarter-to-the-hour (and at quarter-past-the hour during the weekday morning show) and consist of local, youth, sport and entertainment news (The Inside Story) and a five-word weather summary.
[edit] Zoo Crew Hot 30
The Zoo Crew Hot 30 hosted by Brian & Claire B, is Spin's most popular show. Listeners text in to the station to vote for their favourite song. The top 30 songs of the day are played during the show, complied by text voting. Throughout the show prizes are given out to each caller. [3]
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Weekdays
- Fully Charged with Ryan and Tracy
- 'Spin @ Work with Shona Ryan
- The Spin with Clare McKenna and Jonathan McCrea
- Spin Hits with Steve K
- Zoo Crew Hot 30 with Brian and Claire B
- The Lock In with Dara Quilty
[edit] Weekends
[edit] Saturday
- Saturday Breakfast with Becki Miller
- Pop Raidio with Eoghain McDermott
- Plan B with Michelle Beatty
- Spin Saturday with Sarah Solan
- The Big Handbag with Claire B
- Transmit with Arveene
- Soulbase with Sean Harley
- Thinknology with ThinkToy
- Spin Chill with M.O.N.G
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[edit] Sunday
- Spin Early Breakfast
- The Irish Alternative with Eva Stack
- Spin Sunday with Paul Bonass
- Spin Sunday with Becki Miller
- Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann with Dave Davin
- We Love Movies! with Gordon Hayden
- The Lock In with Dara Quilty
- Psychonavagation with Keith Downey
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[edit] Competitions
Spin 1038 hold daily competitions with many prizes varying from popular artist's CDs, concert tickets to MP3 players, games consoles and the SPIN Goodies.
[edit] Sister services
A sister station, Spin South West, launched on 23 July 2007 in Kerry, Limerick, Clare, South Tipperary and south-west Laois. The station is run from Raheen, Limerick and it is similar in format to SPIN 1038 but is independently managed and run. Spin South West can be picked up in most of Munster meaning it has a potential listenership of over a million people.
Spin FM also has a sister station in the Czech Republic, and soon, there will be 2 stations in Jordan (Spin FM and Spin Arabia) after Communicorp started investing in Radio Broadcasting outside Europe, having Jordan as its first destination.[4]
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