Here at countryni no-one that we are a station that is fully behind new and rising talent and 90% of our airplay is dedicated to artists that fall into that category. We are the only station that dedicates so much airtime to new talent.

Unfortunately the costs involved in running our station are very high and a little help from those we support and our listeners can have a massive impact in helping to keep us going.

Below is an idea of our running costs, most of which is paid for out of my day job salary. It's a hard slog to do all this and pay the usual bills any home gets.

Broadcasting Licences £479.00 a year

Software Licence £228.00 a year

Broadcasting Software £2376.00 a year

Website £324.00 a year

Total is £3407.00 a year or £283.00 a month.

I don't want the cost of living to impact the great work we do for the singers of Northern Ireland.

So can I ask you to please help us so we can keep helping you, keep dedicating our station to giving the new talent coming through a voice and much needed airplay.

Just a £5 one off payment via paypal can really make a difference.