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CRY 104.0FM is an Irish radio station based in Youghal, County Cork. Areas served by the station include Youghal, Ballymacoda, Ballycotton, Killeagh, Inch, Ardmore, Clashmore, Aglish and Knockanore.
Having operated as a "pirate" station from 1979 to 1988, CRY was granted a community broadcasting licence in 1995 to cover Youghal's surrounding areas in East Cork and West Waterford. It was one of a limited number nationwide of what were initially trial community licences, and followed political lobbying in the early 1990s for the station to return with a licence.[citation needed] The appointment of Youghal native Christy Cooney to the then Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC), was key to the effort to get C.R.Y. back on the air with a community radio licence.[citation needed] CRY reappeared on the airwaves in September 1995 on 105.1FM, originally with weekday broadcasting hours of 14:00 to 18:00.[citation needed]
The station broadcast for many years on its original frequency, but was moved to 107.2FM in 2002 to facilitate the launch of county-wide pop station Red FM, and then switched to 104.0 MHz in late 2006 after suffering interference in outlying areas from a new national station, Newstalk.[citation needed] The changeover was completed in January 2007.[citation needed]
CRY broadcasts 24 hours a day on the 104fm wavelength and on its website.[1]
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