About
Broadcasting Philosophy
Broadcasting in Dublin since 1993, Raidió na Life is a community-of-interest radio station set up to provide a community-oriented Irish language radio service to the Irish-speaking community of Dublin and surrounding areas on a non-profit basis. Community and education are some of the key pillars of Raidió na Life's broadcasting philosophy. Raidió na Life integrates Irish language organisations, Irish speakers, people with an interest in the language and music-lovers of all kinds - including those who would not necessarily have regular contact with the Irish language. The station takes care to include a wide range of interests in its programmes, with a focus on Dublin city and county as well as the commuter belt. It is a multicultural and diverse community, vis-a-vis the range of interests, age profile, level of fluency in Irish and active participation in the Irish language community. Radió na Life is commited to providing as wide a choice of programming as is possible to serve that diversity.
Raidió na Life's Code of Conduct on Complaints Handling
Manager's Report RnaL 2010-2011
Broadcasting Hours
Raidió na Life broadcasts seven days a week,
Monday to Thursday 08:00-04:00, and 24/7 weekends.
The station also streams live on the Internet.
Awards
Raidió na Life has received many accolades and awards throughout the years, most recently receiving the Community Award in the 2010 Barr 50 Gnó le Gaeilge (Top 50 Irish Language Businesses), and also being nominated in the Gradaim Chumarsáide Oireachtas na Gaeilge Irish Language Media Awards for Radio Programme of the Year with Caife Cois Life. The station received 3 awards in the community radio sector's annual awards, The CRAOL Achievement Awards in 2009 for Irish Language Programmes, Commissioned Programming, and Alternative Scheduling and we were also named in an online poll by web forum Boards.ie as joint "Music Broadcaster of the Year" in 2008. In years past the station has received the following awards: Gradam Bhord na Gaeilge 1999, Gradam na hAislinge 2003, various Oireachtas na Gaeilge awards as well as New Adventures in Broadcasting in 2000/2005. For some years now the station has been continually successful in being awarded funding under the BAI/BCI's Sound & Vision Broadcasting Fund.
