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Thu 06 Jun 2004Station loses radio licence appealThe operators of North West Radio (NWR), which has been broadcasting for the past 14 years, have lost their High Court challenge to the Broadcasting Commission's decision to grant a broadcasting licence for their area to a rival company.Sligo-based NWR had sought to quash the awarding by the BCI of the licence to North West Broadcasting Ltd (NWBL), trading as Ocean FM radio.