According to Station Manager, Stephen O'Brien, WRFM 98.2 has a mandate "to provide quality local news and current affairs to our listeners in Westport and over the web.
"Our sports programming and reporting, which is produced and presented by Brendan Mulroy and Michael Killeen, has been very well received.
"We are now looking to develop our news and current affairs department so that we can provide instant breaking local and national news, as well as in depth analysis and discussion of local and national issues and concerns, in a professional, fair and balanced manner.
"We will be providing our news department volunteers with training in the areas of production, technical work, presentation and documentary making.
"Currently we have a rotating set of presenters for our news and politics shows, all of them experienced and qualified journalists. We are now looking to add new talent (and voices) to WRFM 98.2's news and current affairs output."
WRFM 98.2's news programming goes out at 1pm on Saturdays and the Politics show goes out on Sundays from 10am till noon.
Anyone interested is asked to get in touch with the station on 098 24000 or by emailing info@wrfm.ie. More information is available on www.wrfm.ie.
WRFM 98.2 is Westport's community radio station and broadcasts to 2,000 listeners a week each and every Saturday and Sunday from 8am till midnight.
The station broadcasts from its studios in the courtyard on James Street and was established with funding from LEADER, Westport Town Council and the generous support of the people of Westport.
The station is run and managed by volunteers and is funded entirely by sponsorship by local businesses and donations by the Westport community.