 The station also runs an internet cafe in the Northside Civic Centre, Coolock, where the project is based, as well as the Near Drama, Near Records, and Near Choice projects.Near fm is a founding member of CRAOL, The Community Radio Forum of Ireland.In the 1980s there was a pirate radio station which NEAR FM is based on called, "North Dublin Community Radio" it closed down in order to reform as NEAR FM and apply for a licence.