RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG; Irish for The Gaeltacht, also called An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, i. ...Gaeltacht Radio) is the Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...Irish language radio service of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; English: Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly_funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland, and is available on 92_94FM in Ireland and via the Internet. It began broadcasts on 2nd April 1972, and was the second legal radio station in Ireland. Initially RnaG broadcast for only a handful of hours a day, but following the putting in place of a fourth RTÉ national radio transmitter network (used for RTÉ Lyric FM, part of Radio Telefís Éireann, is an Irish radio station. ...Lyric FM), the station expanded to 24 hours from 1st October, 2001.

RnaG is based in Casla, Co. Galway. It also has studios at: Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal; Ballydavid, Co. Kerry; Castlebar, Co. Mayo; and RTÉ Radio Centre in Dublin. The station is operated by RTÉ, but has a separate advisory council, Comhairle Raidió na Gaeltachta, which is appointed by the RTÉ Authority. RTÉ also appoints the Ceannaire, or Controller of RnaG, who has day_to_day responsibility for the service.

RnaG has been criticised by some for its "no English lyrics" policy, which has kept most popular music from being played on the station and hampered its appeal to young people. Others comment that the station has provided a much_needed dedicated For other uses of the word Media see media (disambiguation). ...communication medium for Irish, which is by far a A minority language is a language spoken by a minority of the population of a country. ...minority language in Ireland. For many years it was the only Irish language broadcaster in the country; in recent years it has been joined by Telefís na Gaelige ( TG41 is a television channel for speakers of the Irish language which was launched on 31 October 1996; it was known as Teilifís na Gaeilge or TnaG before a rebranding campaign in 1999. ...TG4, a See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. ...TV service) and regional community stations, such as the Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ...Dublin independent station Raidió na Life.

In For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ...March 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, RTÉ announced that RnaG will allow songs with English lyrics to be played between 9pm and 1am, as part of a new popular music strand. In April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...April 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005, it was announced that the name of the strand will be Annocht FM. The strand will comprise on weeknights a new programme, Geill Slí (Give Way) as well as the existing long_running An Taobh Tuathail slot. Annocht FM will also broadcast on weekends with differnet programmes. The new service will launch on May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ...2 May 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2005 at 21:02 British Summer Time (BST), known in Ireland as Irish Summer Time (IST), is the daylight saving time in effect in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October each year. ...BST.

External link

• Official site (http://www.rnag.ie)