Cool FM
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| City | Belfast |
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| Broadcast area | Northern Ireland |
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| Slogan | Northern Ireland's number 1 for music |
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| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bauer Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | 7 February 1990 |
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| Webcast | Planet Radio |
| Website | www |
Cool FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. The station is owned and operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Hits Radio Network.
The station began broadcasting in 1990 when its parent station Downtown Radio ceased simulcasting and split its AM and FM frequencies into two separate services. Downtown Radio continued on 1026 kHz AM and FM frequencies outside Belfast–and Cool FM was created to broadcast on 97.4 MHz. Initially broadcasting to the Greater Belfast area only, Cool FM can now be received across Northern Ireland on DAB.
Programming[]
Cool FM plays a broad mix of popular, youth-orientated Pop and Dance music from the 1980s onwards, however there's also a daily dose of EDM. Some of the stations most popular shows are Pete Snodden in the Morning with Pete, Paulo and Rebeeca and the Cool Saturday Show with Stuart Robinson and Deputy Dave. Cool FM features some specialised music such as Cool of Rock on weekday mornings, classic hits in The Cool Years on Sunday afternoons and Cool Goes Quiet, love songs on Sunday–Thursday nights.
Although station owner, Bauer Radio, packages Cool FM as part of the Hits Radio Network for selling advertising, Cool FM does not broadcast any Hits Radio networked programmes. All of Cool FM's shows are locally-presented and produced from its Newtownards studios.
Local news bulletins air on the hour between 6am and 10pm every day. On weekdays, there are extended bulletins at 1pm and 5pm and headlines on the half hour during breakfast and drivetime.
Presenters[]
- Paul Kennedy 1995 - today
- Pete Snodden 2000 - today
- DJ Hix 2007 - today
- Stuart Robinson 2010 - today
- Paulo Ross 2014 - today
- John Kearns 1990-1995 / 2014 - today
- Owen Beers 2014 - today
- Rebecca McKinney 2015 - today
- Deputy Dave 2015 - today
- Melissa Riddell 2016 - today
- Curtis McCosh 2016 - today
- Connor Coates 2017 - today
- Katharine Walker 2019 - today
Notable Past Presenters[]
- Neil McLeod 1990-1994
- John-Paul Ballantine 1990-1992
- Bill Kerton 1990-1992
- Julie May Brown 1998-2001
- Mark Lima 1998-2000
- Dave Armstrong 2001-2003
- Lisa Flavelle 1990-1992
- Connor Phillips 2005-2015
- Joe Ferguson 1992-2001
- Matt Symons 1995-1997
- Joanne Savage 1994-1996
- Paul Thomas 1990-1996
- Paul Buckle 1990-2000
- Stephen Woods 1994-2010
- David Coleman 1990-2007 / 2011-2012
- Carolyn Stewart 1990-2005
- Sonya Mac 2005-2014
- Gene Wilson 1991 -2007
- Andy Baird 2015-2021
- Glen Pavis 1997-2008 / 2019-2021
- Neil McClelland 2015-2021
- Mark Wesley 1990-1999 /2019-2021
- Gary Myles 2001-2021
External links[]
- Official website
- Cool FM on Facebook
- Cool FM on Instagram
- Cool FM on Twitter
- Cool FM's channel on YouTube
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