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Galway Bay FM

The station most people in the county have on in the car started life as Radio West in 1989, the first legal local station in Galway. It took the name Galway Bay FM in 1993, and by 2024 it had 115,000 weekly listeners and a 23 per cent share in County Galway, four points ahead of RTÉ Radio 1 and Today FM.

Checked against the source on 2026-09-19.

Galway Bay FM, Galway Advertiser on the 3D model; tap a pin for its page and directions.

Owners

The Connacht Tribune newspaper, which had held 27 per cent, bought the station outright in 2006. In June 2025 it was announced that Bay Broadcasting Limited, owners of Ireland's Classic Hits Radio, had agreed to buy it in an estimated seven-figure deal, completed on 17 October 2025. The station broadcasts under a licence from Coimisiún na Meán from studios in the city; the model pins them, with the Advertiser office on Eyre Square nearby.

Questions people ask

When did Galway Bay FM start?

In 1989, as Radio West; it became Galway Bay FM in 1993.

Who owns Galway Bay FM?

Bay Broadcasting Limited, owners of Classic Hits, since 17 October 2025; the Connacht Tribune owned it from 2006.

Written from Wikipedia, "Galway Bay FM" (CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-09-19, and from the OpenStreetMap places on the model. Nothing has been added from memory; follow the source for its footnotes.