Christmas FM, Ireland’s All Christmas Radio Station has over the period of its first three temporary licenses raised almost €200,000 for its charity partners. It has also raised their profiles and dramatically increased public awareness for them which is equally important over the long term.

The idea for the station came about (as these things do) over a cool drink on a hot summer’s evening in 2008. The directors of Event Radio along with other industry professionals decided to look at the feasibility of a Christmas station for Dublin, something which had found success in many other countries. It was also felt that the opportunity should be used to partner with a charity using the goodwill generated by the station to raise both awareness and funds. Thus Christmas FM was born!

The station first took to the air in Dublin on the 29th November 2008 and it quickly became apparent that the concept had caught the imagination of the listening public. Our charity partner was the ISPCC.

Christmas FM returned for its second run at the end of November 2009, this time extending its broadcasts to Cork City & surrounding areas. Even greater success was achieved with more than double the amount raised in 2008 for our charity partner the Simon Communities of Dublin & Cork.

The third outing for Christmas FM in 2010 was our most ambitious to date with our broadcast area extended to include Galway, Limerick & the South East as well as Dublin and Cork. Our charity partner on this occasion was Barnardos.

The station which is staffed by over 100 volunteers has now established itself as an integral part of the Christmas landscape and is also enjoyed online by large numbers of overseas listeners. At Event Radio Ireland we are delighted to provide technical and business support to the project and look forward to even greater things in the years ahead.

For further information please visit www.christmasfm.ie or call us today on (01)4433850 or email onair@eventradio.ie