Bulletins
IRN transmits a two minute national and international news bulletin on the hour 24 hours a day.
Many stations take the national IRN bulletin during evenings and weekends when local newsrooms are unstaffed.
A number of stations including Sunrise Radio and Touch FM broadcast IRN bulletins followed by local news updates.
Other stations such as Radio XL, Sabras Radio and Jazz FM along with numerous community stations use the hourly IRN bulletins as their sole source of news.
The UK's largest commercial radio group, Global Radio has chosen not to broadcast IRN bulletins on its Capital, Heart, LBC and XFM network of stations in favour of bespoke local and national bulletins.
IRN include opening and closing contacts at the start and end of their hourly bulletins to allow radio stations to incorporate them into automated programming.
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