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'''2RN''' was the first {{dubious|date=March 2026}} [[Radio broadcasting|radio broadcasting station]] in the [[Irish Free State]]. It began broadcasting on 1 January 1926 and continued until 1933, when it was succeeded by Radio Athlone (later Radio Éireann; now known as [[RTÉ Radio]]). The station was run by the Irish Post Office, under the [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Department of Posts and Telegraphs]] and first transmitted from 1 January 1926 from Little Denmark Street until 1928 when they moved to the GPO.{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hV1mDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22little+denmark+street%22+dublin&pg=PT562 |title=The Post Office in Ireland: An Illustrated History |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Merrion Press |isbn=978-1-78855-054-3 |language=en |access-date=26 June 2024}} Early broadcasters included [[Seamus Hughes (trade unionist)|Seamus Hughes]].{{Cite web |last=Doyle-O'Neill |first=Finola |date=13 January 2026 |title=2RN and the birth of Irish radio |url=https://www.dib.ie/blog/2rn-and-birth-irish-radio |website=[[DIB.ie]]}} |
'''2RN''' was the first {{dubious|date=March 2026}} [[Radio broadcasting|radio broadcasting station]] in the [[Irish Free State]]. It began broadcasting on 1 January 1926 and continued until 1933, when it was succeeded by Radio Athlone (later Radio Éireann; now known as [[RTÉ Radio]]). The station was run by the Irish Post Office, under the [[Minister for Posts and Telegraphs|Department of Posts and Telegraphs]] and first transmitted from 1 January 1926 from Little Denmark Street until 1928 when they moved to the GPO.{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hV1mDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22little+denmark+street%22+dublin&pg=PT562 |title=The Post Office in Ireland: An Illustrated History |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Merrion Press |isbn=978-1-78855-054-3 |language=en |access-date=26 June 2024}} Early broadcasters included [[Seamus Hughes (trade unionist)|Seamus Hughes]] and [[Sidney Czira|Sidney Gifford Czira]].{{Cite web |last=Doyle-O'Neill |first=Finola |date=13 January 2026 |title=2RN and the birth of Irish radio |url=https://www.dib.ie/blog/2rn-and-birth-irish-radio |website=[[DIB.ie]]}} |
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The station's name has since been repurposed by [[RTÉ]] (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) for the identity of [[2RN (RTÉ Networks)|their broadcasting network]] (formerly RTÉ Transmission Network Ltd) since 2013. |
The station's name has since been repurposed by [[RTÉ]] (Raidió Teilifís Éireann) for the identity of [[2RN (RTÉ Networks)|their broadcasting network]] (formerly RTÉ Transmission Network Ltd) since 2013. |
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