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RTÉ lyric fm presenters, including Clonmel man Niall Carroll (right) and Marty Whelan, Aedín Gormley, Paul Herriott, Liz Nolan and Lorcan Murray
RTÉ lyric fm is celebrating 25 years today Wednesday, May 1.
The debut broadcast on the dedicated classical and arts music station started at 12 noon on May 1 1999 and RTÉ lyric fm has continued to grow in popularity over those 25 years.
The 25th birthday celebrations will be marked by a gala concert in Limerick, home of RTÉ lyric fm, tonight.
The concert features the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy and a host of performers and lyric presenters. It will broadcast live on lyric fm from 7.30pm and listeners can join the party.
The Head of RTÉ lyric fm is Clonmel woman Sinéad Wylde. A past pupil of the Presentation Secondary School in the town, she is the daughter of Jean and the late Donal Wylde, the former senior lighting cameraman with RTE News and former staff photographer with The Nationalist newspaper.
Sinéad Wylde says "RTÉ lyric fm emerged from a chorus of birdsong on May 1, 1999 and the celebration of our 25th birthday is a very nostalgic time for me, having been part of the original RTÉ lyric fm team.
"On behalf of everyone at lyric fm, I would like to thank our listeners on this special anniversary. We have grown and connected with our audience to become an integral part of our listeners' lives - birthdays, marriages, new beginnings, first days at school, the morning and evening commute, candlelit dinners, times of despair and times of happiness - RTÉ lyric fm is proud and privileged to provide the musical backdrop.
"Central to our service is the experience of live music and we are dedicated to bringing the wonderful music-making that takes place throughout the country in Cork, Wexford, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and elsewhere directly into our listeners' homes.
"On this special anniversary, I would like to pay tribute to everyone at lyric fm, colleagues past and present who are dedicated to serving our listeners. From those who helped shape the identity of the station from the earliest days to the present.
"Our growing audience numbers reinforce the fact that RTÉ lyric fm has a valued place in the lives of Irish audiences".
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