Bulletin Service
Sky News Radio launched in June 1999 originally providing bespoke bulletins for Talk Radio UK. The service subsequently expanded in October 2001 to provide hourly news bulletins, audio and scripts for clients including UTV Radio, GMG Radio (Real Radio, Century Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio), Global Radio (Heart, LBC, Capital), and DNN.
The radio newsroom operated from Sky News' purpose-built studios at Osterley, London. Adverts following peak-time news bulletins were sold via UBC Media and reached more than 80 radio stations.
On 15 October 2008, IRN announced it was switching its main supplier of news from ITN to Sky News Radio, expanding its customer client list by more than 280 stations and giving it a near-monopoly in UK commercial radio news provision.
The new IRN service began at 1400 on Tuesday 3 March 2009, with the first bulletin read by Ursula Hansford and simulcast on Sky News television. Bulletin duration was reduced from three minutes to two minutes, and the previous IRN 90 overnight and weekend bulletin service was dropped.
Audio cuts are distributed to stations via the IRN Net Newsroom and Sky News Radio FTP websites. Stations can also source their own audio cuts from Sky News and Sky Sports News television. Post-bulletin Newslink adverts are managed by Global Radio.
IRN operates two audio channels on the Sirius satellite: IRN1 transmits the hourly news bulletins and live sports reports. IRN2 transmits press conferences and live events.
IRN1 is also broadcast on an audio channel on the Astra 2B satellite.
In the event of a major news story (e.g. royal death or major terrorist incident), audio from Sky News television will be relayed on IRN1 and IRN2 with extended radio bulletins broadcast on the hour and additional two minute bulletins on the half-hour.
IRN supplies match reports from every FA Premier League football match, with reporters supplied by sports radio agency World Sports Communications. A classified football results check is broadcast every Saturday at 1705.
Many community, student and hospital radio stations around the UK take the hourly bulletin service. Copy and audio cuts are also used by BFBS Radio, in addition to radio stations in the Republic of Ireland, Spain, Cyprus, UAE, South Africa and Australia.
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