A popular Dublin radio station will soon be going off the air

Sad news for alternative rock fans.

Popular Dublin radio station TXFM looks set to go off the air before the year is out after the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) today confirmed that no applications had been received for for a license advertised last December. In a statement released today, BAI confirmed that no applications had been received for the music-driven (alternative rock) sound broadcasting service for Dublin City & County which was advertised on December 21 last year. The contract is currently held by Dublin Rock Radio, broadcasting as TXFM, and is scheduled to expire on 26 October of this year. Pic via Twitter/TXFMDublin TXFM, the successor to Phantom 105.2, has been on the air for two years and six full-time employees are set to lose their jobs as a result of it going off the air. The BAI revealed that two expressions of interest had been made for the license as of December 1 2015. The BAI Contract Awards Committee will consider the matter at a meeting in April and provide further updates in due course.