About TCR FM
92.3 TCR FM broadcasts on FM to Tramore and its environs and online to the wider world.
Tramore Community Radio previously broadcast in Tramore, Co. Waterford on 104.1 FM and online at tcrfm.ie for 15 weekends from May 7th to August 14th 2011 on a temporary broadcasting licence from the BAI.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who are we?
We are the people of Tramore, it’s simple as that. The licence will be for the Tramore area and whoever may be listening online. But please understand, this station is by the people, of the people, for the people, it is ours.
TCR FM is a community-run, community-controlled and community-owned radio station serving the people of Tramore and its environs.
Why a community radio station?
One simple answer is why not?
A more in-depth answer is because not only do we, the people of Tramore need this station, but 150 of us so far and counting, have got together to make it happen.
The small print:
Tramore Community Radio Limited is registered as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.
TCR FM provides radio programming that engages, entertaines and informes the people of Tramore. As such its schedule aims to be relevant to all the town’s people, and to engage them on issues relevant to them.
TCR FM is in ongoing contact with the licensing authority, the newly formed Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, with a clear target of acquiring a second community radio licence.
It has secured support from the town council after a presentation by Mark Graham and Garrett Wyse.
It has met with various prospective funding agencies and many semi-state bodies with a view to getting their support, in principle to begin with and with resources when available and appropriate, to ensure the long-term viability of the radio station.
The use of various multi-media channels is an aim of TCR FM to ensure that as many people as possible in Tramore and its environs can access the information that TCR FM generates through as wide a range of media devices as we can.
TCR FM is firmly of the view that it shall succeed based on the level of support and engagement of the local community. It is inherently reliant on the ongoing support of the local people, their active engagement determining its role in community life.
We strive to increase and expand the level of activity of, and within, local clubs, societies and organisations
TCR FM also sees itself as an educational tool for the people of Tramore, enabling previously excluded community members to engage in a meaningful way with their families, friends and neighbours.
As TCR FM grows in volunteer numbers and nears the point where it shall return to the airwaves, it strives to pursue a strategy to engage with all the people of Tramore and this process is ongoing.
TCR FM has joined the local Community Forum, it has engaged with many local clubs, societies, and organisations to get them actively involved, with a view to them gaining new members, engaging in new activities, and generally being in a better position to fulfil their goals for their members, with the resulting spillover benefits to the town in general.
