History
The station was launched from O'Connell Street in Limerick as the "New 95FM" on 6 November 1997 as a replacement for the previous local radio franchise holder Limerick 95 which broadcast from 1989 until 1997. When Limerick 95 finally lost its licence to broadcast in 1997 (after unsuccessful legal battles to reverse an IRTC decision to terminate its licence), the 95FM frequency was unused with just a test tone for months before Live 95fm took over. The first song to be aired on the station was "Dreams" by Limerick band The Cranberries. Throughout the late-1990s the station began to increase in popularity with Limerick people and the station was always ranked high in TNS/MRBI JNLR listenership figures, despite continued competition from Radio Limerick One, which had continued as a pirate radio.
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