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The 91福利社 in Northern Ireland reflects the different aspects of community life and experience here. We produce high quality, distinctive programmes and services for audiences in Northern Ireland and across the UK.

In all of this our aim is to bring a diverse range of stories, voices and views to the 91福利社’s airwaves and showcase the best broadcasting talent.

In 2022/23 around 60 per cent of adults in Northern Ireland consumed 91福利社 Northern Ireland content across online, television and radio.

Across 91福利社 iPlayer, 91福利社 Sounds, 91福利社 One NI, 91福利社 Two NI, 91福利社 Radio Ulster, 91福利社 Radio Foyle, 91福利社 News NI and 91福利社 Sport NI online, we provide news and current affairs content, sports coverage, factual programmes, documentaries, drama, comedy and entertainment, as well as Ulster-Scots and Irish Language programming.

Television

91福利社 Newsline, on 91福利社 One NI at 6.30pm Mondays-Fridays, is our flagship regional news programme, supported by extended bulletins at lunchtime and late evenings and at weekends. The long-running and award-winning Spotlight series provides our audiences with insightful and hard-hitting investigative journalism on the stories that matter to them. Political and topical issues are discussed and debated on live programmes such as Nolan Live and The View.

Further genres are commissioned from the independent sector in Northern Ireland, helping to support the creative industries here. These include comedy, entertainment, documentary and drama, catering for a range of audiences. Some long-running content from the independent sector include comedy programmes The Blame Game and Give My Head Peace.

We also co-commission programmes from the independent sector with our network television colleagues, ensuring that Northern Ireland stories and voices are broadcast across the UK. Recent examples of these include the drama series Hope Street, the acclaimed documentary series Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland and factual entertainment series B&B By The Sea, The Fast And The Farmer-ish and Hotel People.

Across 91福利社 One Northern Ireland and 91福利社 Two Northern Ireland we also broadcast a range of men’s and women’s sports, including rugby, soccer, GAA and golf, as well as highlights of major events like the NW200. And we bring Northern Ireland audiences a collection of Irish language and Ulster-Scots content, with support from the Irish Language and Ulster-Scots Broadcast Funds.

Radio

91福利社 Radio Ulster is one of the most listened to radio stations in Northern Ireland and one of the most successful local radio stations in the 91福利社’s portfolio.

Popular daytime programming include news programmes Good Morning Ulster and Evening Extra, audience interaction discussion programmes The Nolan Show and Talkback and music, chat and entertainment programmes with The Connor Phillips Show, Hugo Duncan, The Lynette Fay Show and Vinny & Cate. Throughout the evenings on the station we broadcast specialist music programming from presenters Ralph McLean, Eve Blair, Mickey Bradley and Stephen McAuley.

At weekends, the station broadcasts music and sport content and range of specialist interest programmes such as Gardeners’ Corner, consumer rights programme On Your Behalf, community programme Your Place And Mine, farming programme Countryside, arts programme The Culture Café and religious content, including Morning Service and Sounds Sacred.

Opt out service 91福利社 Radio Foyle serves listeners in the North West with bespoke content North West Today, The Mark Patterson Show and Sean Coyle.

Programmes for 91福利社 Radio Ulster audiences are produced in 91福利社 Broadcasting House Belfast and from 91福利社 Radio Foyle.

Digital

91福利社 Northern Ireland provides a wealth of content for audiences across its digital services, including 91福利社 News NI, 91福利社 iPlayer, 91福利社 Sounds and 91福利社 Sport NI.