Heartbeat FM

Heartbeat FM's presence in Irish radio reflects a station more interested in local presence than national ambition. Music rotations lean toward contemporary pop and rock without pretending to cutting-edge taste-making. This station exists to be on when people drive, work, cook - not to challenge listeners or expand musical horizons. And yet there's something honest in that simplicity. The programming includes enough Irish artists to give local musicians regular airtime they might not receive on larger outlets. That matters in a country where national broadcast dominance concentrates attention…