Ears In The Sky Through WRN Facilities

The newest radio station for the Sky platform is Insight Radio. Providing the satellite uplink, capacity and EPG services will be WRN, the United Kingdom-based TV and radio transmission company. Insight Radio is the radio station of the RNIB and Europe’s first radio station for blind and partially sighted people. It broadcasts online at www.insightradio.co.uk, in the Glasgow area on 101 FM, and now on Sky. The Sony-Award-winning station provides blind and partially sighted listeners with quick and easy access to information and public services as well as leisure, recreational and social opportunities. The station is funded by the RNIB with support from stakeholder organisations including Glasgow City Council, East Renfrewshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council and the British Wireless for the Blind Fund.




Insight Radio is using WRN’s existing ON AIR channel 0188, which is used by stations seeking fast access to the Sky platform and its penetration into more than 8.6 million homes across Britain and Ireland. It has previously played host to Virgin Radio, Yorkshire Radio, and the British Forces Broadcasting Service. WRN is also supplying EPG data compilation and submission services—London, United Kingdom