Q Radio Belfast
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| Broadcast area | Greater Belfast on FM & Northern Ireland on DAB |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Contemporary/Top 40 |
| Network | Q Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Northern Media Group |
| History | |
First air date | 6 April 1990 |
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| Technical information | |
| Power | 600 watts (96.7) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official Website |
Q Radio (formerly known as Citybeat and Belfast CityBeat) is a Northern Irish radio station. The station is part of the Q Radio Network.
It broadcasts to Greater Belfast on 96.7 MHz FM and on DAB Digital Radio across all of Northern Ireland since summer 2015. The station is based at the Fountain Centre in Belfast city centre.
From 5 April 2007, Citybeat became available on 102.5FM for North Belfast, Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus. On 2 November 2007, Citybeat launched a third FM transmitter also broadcasting on 102.5FM for Bangor.
Citybeat reaches a weekly audience of 127,000 listeners in Belfast, around 22% of the adult population. It has won both Arqiva 'Station of the Year' and Sony Awards. The station was rebranded as Q Radio on-air at 6pm on Sunday 9 August 2015.