{"id":431337,"date":"2026-05-04T06:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:35:31","slug":"bay-broadcasting-to-take-three-stations-national-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431337\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Broadcasting to take three stations national \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282.jpeg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Bay Broadcasting is putting three of its music stations national via a new DAB rollout, RadioToday can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Nova, Classic Hits Radio and Sunshine 106.8 are to broadcast on the F\u00e1ilteDAB Mux2 trial, with Bay saying the expansion will bring its services to around 85% of Ireland\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>The group says the move will give Radio Nova and Sunshine 106.8 access to an additional 2.5 million people, while Classic Hits Radio will reach a further 1.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to launch in the coming days and will cover much of the country outside Dublin, but not parts of the North West and South West.<\/p>\n<p>Bay Broadcasting CEO Kevin Branigan, pictured above, told RadioToday: \u201cDAB works hand in hand with FM radio and will provide a seamless transmission network around the country alongside our existing FM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Radio Nova currently broadcasts to Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, while Sunshine 106.8 serves Dublin. Classic Hits Radio broadcasts to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Clare.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin said the move is about growing radio choice, building new national brands and delivering long-term growth for the group.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bs-push-noti-message\">Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Bay Broadcasting is putting three of its music stations national via a new DAB&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-431337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}