Manx Radio

Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) (<a href="/facts/Manx_language/lG7JMRr0">Manx</a>: Radio Vannin) is the national <a href="/facts/Commercial_broadcasting/mRBxKgXN">commercial radio</a> station for the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man/HG7bYyA8">Isle of Man</a>. It began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before <a href="/facts/Independent_Local_Radio/3HaehCHU">legal commercial radio</a> was licensed in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. The Isle of Man, having its own <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man_Government/J0Naub0o">government</a> and laws, was not subject to the rules prohibiting commercial broadcasting in the UK. However, the <a href="/facts/Isle_of_Man_Government/J0Naub0o">Manx Government</a> still had to apply to the UK's <a href="/facts/General_Post_Office/gnMB2RHN">General Post Office</a> for a frequency and for permission to broadcast. First requested in 1960, a licence was eventually granted in May 1964. It was allocated an <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM</a> frequency of 89.0 MHz and a comparatively low power of 50 watts. In October 1964, an additional frequency of 1594 kHz <a href="/facts/AM_broadcasting/oS0rn1lg">AM</a> was allocated to the station to provide greater coverage, although again at a limited power of 50 watts. It broadcasts primarily in <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a> with several hours per week of <a href="/facts/Manx_language/lG7JMRr0">Manx language</a> programming.
As of March 2024, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 26,000 listeners, according to <a href="/facts/RAJAR/6CUeuRsN">RAJAR</a>.

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