The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 59th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. ON August 13, 1990, Jamaican ...

ONE of the main outlets for music from the Jamaican underground in the 1990s, was Irie FM. The all-reggae station was officially launched in 1990 and coincided with the rise of the dancehall genre.

A 24-hour dedicated reggae radio station was formally launched today in the shape of Irie 98.3 FM.The channel, formerly operating as KJAZ on 98.1, will feature local and international reggae artists ...

Billboard speaks to reggae legend Jimmy Cliff as he receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Jamaica's IRIE FM (107.5). By Patricia Meschino An enthusiastic crowd of several thousand began ...

Jamaica’s first reggae radio station, IRIE FM, debuted on the island’s airwaves in August 1990. In Jamaican Rastafarian parlance, “irie” means good, cool, nice, and the station utilized a simple ...

Damaged equipment after a lightning strike and power cut at the Irie FM studio during Hurricane Fiona has prevented the radio station from broadcasting on the airwaves since Friday. But the reggae ...

The Irie 98 radio station is under new ownership, with Russell “Rusty G” Griffith, Michael Terceira and Teddy Terceira saying they are “grateful and excited for what’s to come.” A spokesperson said, ...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will pay tribute to Mr. Jimmy Cliff, OM – the recipient of IRIE FM’s first lifetime achievement award. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will pay ...

Irie 98.3 fm, Bermuda’s 24-hour reggae music station, resumed over-the-air broadcasting at the weekend after engineers moved the station’s transmitter and antenna to government’s new tower in Prospect ...