The first use of the Q brand in Northern Ireland came with the launch of Q102 in Derry city September 1993 from studios at the old railway station in the waterside of the city....Q97.2 from
Coleraine,
County Londonderry, on 26 January 2000. Additional stations were opened in
Omagh,
County Tyrone (Q101.2). Further stations that would later become part of Q Radio launched in the mid-2000s. Seven FM launched on 1 November 2005 from its base in
Ballymena., while Five FM won a licence to broadcast to Newry and Mourne on 100.5 MHz in 2006, signing on 12 December. That same year, River Media bought Mid 106 FM in
Cookstown from
CN Group and rebranded it as Six FM. In 2011, Five FM, Six FM and Seven FM were rebranded as Q Radio stations. In 2015, Q Radio acquired Citybeat in
Belfast from CN Group, marking its entry into that market. The station was then rebranded as Q Radio Belfast. In 2017, "QHQ", the network's main studios, were opened in Belfast's Fountain Centre. A series of licence extensions in 2018 brought Q Radio additional coverage in Northern Ireland, including transmitters covering Larne, Newcastle, Draperstown, Enniskillen and Ballycastle. == Notable former presenters ==