History
The station's first broadcast was from Grafton Street, Dublin in 1992. Since 1992, the station has moved several times including to Griffith College and Sherrif Street. However the station has been situated in Dublin's Dockland's since 2001. Former members of the Dublin City FM team include: Robbie Fogarty - Dublin's 98, Declan Carty - Newstalk, Dermot Whelan - Dublin's 98, Brian Lally - RTE and many more.
In 2001 The station was renamed to "Dublin City Anna Livia FM" due to its connection and funding from Dublin City Council. In December 2007 The station was renamed "103.2 Dublin City FM" for advertising and branding purposes.
In 2008, Chris Maher, Presenter of "The Soul Kitchen" won a "Living Dublin Award" because of his the innovation shown when setting up the Dublin City Soul Festival. On May 6, 2008 Mick Hanley was elected as C.E.O of Dublin City FM.
In March 2009, Chris Maher of "The Soul Kitchen" and Sean Brophy of "Jazzorama" moved to 4fm, a new multi-city radio station for Ireland. Both of these presenters have re-joined the Dublin City FM line-up with Jazz Scene ( Mondays 2PM ) and Midweek Music Miscellany ( Wednesday morning 11.30 ) presented and produced by Sean Brophy.
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