• Dublin radio (finally) getting another station

    After more than a year of legal wrangling, the path is finally free for Phantom FM to launch in Dublin.

    The legal case saw licence application runner-up Zed FM (backed by Nial Stokes of Hot Press and Bob Geldof among others) claim that the BCI had awarded Phantom FM on the basis of their illegal broadcast history; the High Court ruled against the would-be station and today the Supreme Court upheld that decision. In a statement on the Hot Press website Zed FM accepted the decision and even gave Phantom FM some praise (but didn’t avoid getting a final attempt at a dig in).

    Expect to see (hear?) Phantom FM on air again by the end of the summer, if you can’t wait until then you can always subscribe to their weekly podcasts online.