949 The Rock’s schedule Fridays 07.00 - Tommy Green 10.00 - John Power 13.00 - Chris Barry 15.00 – Enda Murphy 18.00 - ‘Something for the Weekend’ with Andrea Hayes and Conor Clear 19.00 – Des Fitzgerald 21.00 – Tony Ainscough Saturdays 00.00 – The Classic Album at Midnight with Enda Caldwell 07.00 – Damien Allen 10.00 – Garv Rigby 12.00 – ‘Best BITS of Rock’ with Gerry Wilson 13.00 – Dave Adams 15.00 – Gavin Hayes 18.00 – ‘Soundtrack to my Life’ with John Power 19.00 – Peter Redmond 21.00 – ‘Lone Highway’ with Pat James Sundays 07.00 – Mike Ormonde 10.00 – Stephen Davitt 13.00 – Matt Dempsey 15.00 – Paul Bradley 18.00 – Sunday Night Live with Paul Ashford 19.00 – ‘Living in the 70s - The best in American Classic Rock’ with Brendan Flanagan 21.00 – ‘Chilled Rock’ with David Hynes

The classic rock music station '949 The Rock' is returning for ten weekends under a temporary licence from the BCI. The station, which broadcast which last broadcast during 2007, will return this Friday evening on 94.9MHz FM and 1278kHz AM and will broadcast to Dublin city, county and commuter belt every Friday, Saturday and Sunday until December 7th. 949 The Rock will broadcast a mix of classic rock music from the past four decades, as well as news and information from their studios based in Dun Laoghaire.

The station has announced its schedule and the arrival of new presenters to its lineup, including talk show host Chris Barry (formerly of Dublin's FM104, 98FM, Radio Nova & Q102), Gerry Wilson (formerly of RTÉ 2FM), Matt Dempsey (formerly of Dublin's 98, Red FM, Live 95FM & Tipp FM) and legendary rock host Pat James (formerly of Radio Dublin, ARD & Southside 95).
Other presenters featured in the lineup are Enda Murphy, John Power, Tommy Green, Des Fitzgerald, Garv Rigby, Damien Allen, Dave Adams, Gavin Hayes, Peter Redmond, Stephen Davitt, Paul Bradley, Brendan Flanagan, David Hynes and Kevin Branigan.
Meanwhile, Friday evening’s ‘Something for the Weekend’ will be presented by TV3 co-presenters Andrea Hayes and Conor Clear and the station’s Sunday Night Live show will be presented by singer Paul Ashford, well-known for his involvement with Stepaside. In addition, ‘Sounds of my Life’ presented by John Power every Saturday evening, will feature well-known Irish performers talking about their experiences and musical influences. The station will also provide a full news service between 7am and 9pm each day.

Speaking to Radiowaves News 949 The Rock station manager Kevin Branigan said: "We’ve very excited about bringing The Rock back for another temporary run; we’ll be expanding the range of music genres we play this year, particular at night-time to cater for a ‘broad church’ of tastes. We’ve been preparing for months and are confident that we will bring something very different to the radio landscape during our ten week run."