- Station name Station name
- Manx Radio FM
- Description Description
- The Isle of Man, having its own government and laws, was not subject to the rules prohibiting commercial broadcasting in the UK. However, the Manx Government still had to apply to the UK's General Post Office for a frequency and for permission to broadcast.
- Launch date Launch date
- 29 June 1964
- Owner Owner
- Radio Manx Ltd., majority-owned by the Isle of Man Treasury
- Contact Contact
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Manx Radio FM
Isle of Man
Format
96kbps • AAC
Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) (Manx: Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man. It began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before legal commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
Isle of Man
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | manxradio.com |
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Owner / network
Radio Manx Ltd., majority-owned by the Isle of Man Treasury
First air date
29 June 1964
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| Station ID | 9793 |
|---|---|
| Region | Isle of Man, Douglas |
| Branding | Manx Radio |
| Owner | Radio Manx Ltd., majority-owned by the Isle of Man Treasury |
| Launched | 29 June 1964 |
| Website | manxradio.com |
| Listen | manxradio.com |
| Contact | manxradio.com |
| Schedule | manxradio.com |
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| Last check | 21 hours ago |
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| Stream host | tx.sharp-stream.com |
| Final host | edge-audio-02-thn.sharp-stream.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aacp |
| Server software | Icecast 2.4.0-kh8 |
| Latency | 98 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Stream checked
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About station About Manx Radio FM
Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) (Manx: Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man. It began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before legal commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom.
The Isle of Man, having its own government and laws, was not subject to the rules prohibiting commercial broadcasting in the UK. However, the Manx Government still had to apply to the UK's General Post Office for a frequency and for permission to broadcast. First requested in 1960, a licence was eventually granted in May 1964. It was allocated an FM frequency of 89.0 MHz and a comparatively low power of 50 watts. In October 1964, an additional frequency of 1594 kHz AM was allocated to the station to provide greater coverage, although again at a limited power of 50 watts. It broadcasts primarily in English with several hours per week of Manx language programming. As of March 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 26,000 listeners, according to RAJAR.
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