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References
- ↑ "Community/Special Interest Broadcasters". Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Wired FM returns to the airwaves for Limerick Students". Mary Immaculate College. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Review of Licensing of Radio Services in Ireland - Final Report". April 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
Community radio is an expanding and developing sector. Of the current services they cover a wide range of interests and groups such as university based radio stations like Wired FM in Limerick...
- ↑ Wired FM