CIMR
CIMR, known as Hot Country CIMR, is a temporary licensed country and Irish music radio station broadcasting across the North East of Ireland every weekend until November. on 88.1 & 104.2FM
History[edit]
Hot Country-CIMR is a temporary radio station licensed by the BCI to provide country and Irish music programming for the North East region. The station was established in 2004, as an all Irish music radio station using the name Irish Music Radio (IMR). Before the station's third temporary licence run in 2006 the name was changed to Country and Irish Music Radio (CIMR) and the station's transmission service area was changed to cover the North East of Ireland. Before the station's 2007 license run, the station again changed its name, this time to Hot Country-CIMR.
The station was founded by Joe Doyle and Chris Adams following the famous raids of 2003 by ComReg. Joe Doyle is known for his involvement in a number of pirate stations in the 1980s and also for his involvement in the pirate station Radio Dublin during the early 1990s. Chris Adams is known to have met Joe Doyle in Radio Dublin in 1989.
Both Joe and Chris were also involved in the 2010 temporary license run of Heartbeat FM along with original owner Tony O'Hara. Following the completion of the Heartbeat FM license run, Heartbeat was launched as an internet-only station and has become one of the most listened to online stations coming out of Ireland.
Chris Adams also ran a pirate station called Magic Music Radio in Cabra, north country Dublin.
It was expected that Hot Country-CIMR would apply for a full licence from the BCI in 2008. However, the commission decided not to advertise the license due to the economic crash that occurred that year.
Joe Doyle is involved in a community radio group in Edenderry, County Offaly. He is known to be suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Chris Adams now works for Dublin's 98FM as their OB engineer.
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