U2 has paid a special tribute to Dublin Radio station TXFM which plays its final song 8 o'clock this evening, bidding farewell to a legion of loyal fans.
The station which carved a niche for itself as an outlet for new and emerging irish music announced in March it would go off-air in October, after no applications were put forward to the BAI to renew the license.
It gained huge credibility among the music community as an alternative to a packed commercial music market.
Heres what Bono and the boys had to say:
The Dublin alternative rock station has been broadcasting for the past two years on 105.2 and as Phantom FM for 8 years before that.
Kim Buckley has this report:
@TXFMDublin bye bye txfm from one Joe Donnelly to another. :-( you'll be sadly missed
— Joanna Donnelly (@JoannaDonnellyL) October 26, 2016
Shout out to @kildarejoe @clairebeck1052 and @estheromd on their last day. So long #txfm https://t.co/UNRiyLxLzS pic.twitter.com/mXRyPJJGnv
— Aideen Finnegan (@AideenFinnegan) October 26, 2016
dancing around my kitchen @CathalFunge thanks for the tunes and getting my fuzzy head into gear.. #txfm @TXFMDublin #TheOnlyWayIsUp
— Kate Brennan Harding (@themeltedlady) October 26, 2016
From the first night to the last day, (with a few changes along the way) nearly a decade together. Bye #TXFM @TXFMDublin pic.twitter.com/yvOP6nctD7
— Austin Gleeson (@thethree16) October 26, 2016
Sad day for Irish radio.. Thanks @TXFMDublin for the chooons #TXFM
— Aoife McD (@eefaloves) October 26, 2016
@TXFMDublin listening to txfm full blast good luck guys only station i know to play dance magic dance pic.twitter.com/40AO1roi74
— graham crookes (@CrookesGc) October 26, 2016
