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{{Short description|Irish language radio station}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name      = Raidió na Life
| logo      = Raidió Na Life.png
| area      = Dublin
| country   = Ireland
| frequency = 106.4 [[Megahertz|MHz]] [[Frequency modulation|FM]]<br/>
| airdate   = September 1993
| format    = Mixed network
| owner     = Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta
| webcast   =
| website   = [http://www.raidionalife.ie/ www.raidionalife.ie]
}}
[[File:Áras na Gaeilge, Sráid Amiens Street, Dublin Baile Átha Cliath (2022).jpg|thumb|Raidió na Life is based in ''Áras na Gaeilge'' on [[Amiens Street]] in Dublin City]]
'''Raidió na Life 106.4FM''' ({{IPA-ga|ˈɾˠadʲiːoː n̪ˠə ˈlʲɪfʲə}}; meaning "[[River Liffey|Liffey]] Radio") is an [[Irish-language]] [[radio station]] founded in 1993 and broadcasting in [[County Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. In addition to being transmitted on FM, the station's output is available worldwide via the internet.
== History ==
The first independent Irish-language radio station, Raidió na Life 102, came on the air in September 1993 covering Dublin and some neighbouring areas. It broadcasts under licence from the [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bai.ie/ga/craoltoiri/|title=Liosta na Stáisiúin Teilifíse agus Raidió |access-date=2018-10-06|publisher=Broadcasting Authority of Ireland}}</ref> Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta, which was set up in 1989, is the organisation which owns and operates Raidió na Life 106.4fm. In October 2017, the station moved from the offices of 7 Merrion Square to new purpose built studios in the new headquarters of Foras na Gaeilge, located at 63-66 Amiens Street on the north side of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tuairisc.ie/gailearai-beo-ar-an-aer-stiuideo-nua-raidio-na-life-i-sraid-amiens-seolta/ |title= GAILEARAÍ: Beo ar an aer! Stiúideo nua Raidió na Life i Sráid Amiens seolta- Tuairisc.ie |access-date= 10 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kKMmdEMi4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1-kKMmdEMi4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title= Muiris Ó Fiannachta agus Raidió na Life in 2018- Near FM |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date= 10 May 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta ==
Comharchumann Raidió Átha Cliath Teoranta (CRÁCT) is the cooperative that was founded on 4 July 1989 as a non-profit organisation to oversee the application for the setting up and operation of Raidió na Life. Membership of CRÁCT is open to anyone who purchases a share in the station. CRÁCT currently has 380 shareholders and is under the direction of the Board of Management.
==See also==
*[[Raidió Fáilte]] - Similar station in Belfast
*[[List of Irish-language media]]
*[[List of Celtic-language media]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.raidionalife.ie/ Raidió na Life official website]
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[[Category:Community radio stations in Ireland]]
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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1993]]