50 years ago, Cork farmer, Dan Joe Kelleher, was helping RTE erect a TV transmitter on a nearby mountain, Mullaghanish, on the Cork-Kerry border.

The project gave him an idea: Why not erect his own transmitter and set up his own local station? Welcome to LTV Macroom.

Dan's station has been running for the past 30 years. A sister community TV station operates from nearby Millstreet (LTV2).

According to Dan Joe, both stations carry, not only local news, but good news. Their output should be uplifting.

Dan says the station is good for the community and those who volunteer on it.

His programmes are available in archive form in Macroom Library.


Music Used: "The Wise Maid", Deiseal

First Broadcast: May 29th., 2006

LTV2 Millstreet

The Curious Ear is produced by Ronan Kelly, curiousear@rte.ie

March 2012

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