This is a recording of Cork station Radio City from April 5th 1982. First up is part of the 6-9pm show. Then, from 9pm it’s Luke Ward with ‘Rock City’.
This is Mick Duggan on Bray Local Broadcasting from 9.39am on April 7th 1982. It was recorded off 657kHz. You have the choice of listening to the recording as it was broadcast or with the music edited out.
A recording of Louth station Community Radio Drogheda from April 12th 1982. It runs from 11.35am to 12.35pm and starts with Richard Kenny on air. He’s followed by Ken Murray from midday.
An (airchecked) recording of Dublin superpirate Radio Nova from April 24th 1982. Taken from 88.2MHz it features the voices of Tony Allan, Siobhán Purcell on news and Don Allen.
Radio Nova celebrates one year on air with a birthday surprise from RTÉ.
From June 29th 1982, this is a recording of the Dublin station as they were forced to use an alternative to their main microwave link from Herbert St. The main link was under attack from signals emanating from an RTÉ-owned building in Rathmines. The jamming had started the day before but lasted just 30 minutes.
First, from 6.18pm, John Clarke is on air for the final 40 minutes of his afternoon show.
Next, the magazine programme Dublin Today features an interview with Éamonn Cooke of Radio Dublin
Then from 7.30pm, Jason Maine
Radio Retro: Archiving Irish radio broadcasts with the help of Ken Baird
From the very short-lived Capitol Radio, which broadcast in Dublin in 1982, this is a special Anorak show presented by Peter Madison.
Broadcast on 97.7MHz on August 14th at 11pm, the programme’s date and time coincided with the introduction of the Marine Offences Act outlawing offshore pirates in the UK in 1967. Peter talks us through the history of the stations drawing from his own personal experiences.
This is a morning’s worth of programming from Kiss FM, the Radio Nova sister station. Recorded in Dublin off 102.7MHz we first hear from John Clarke from 7.50am and he’s followed by Tony Allan from 11am.
John Clarke as broadcast from 7.50am
Tony Allan as broadcast from 11am-11.25am
Tony Allan as broadcast from 12.01pm-12.15pm
Tony Allan as broadcast from 12.35pm-1pm
With the music stripped out
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts in collaboration with Gary Hogg
Keith York – South Coast Radio Photo courtesy of Ian Biggar
This is a recording of Cork pirate station South Coast Radio off 102.9MHz from the evening of October 29th 1982. On the air is Keith York from 6.50pm and he’s followed at 7pm by Nick Richards. Stevie Dunn is on News.
This is a recording of Cork City Local Radio from October 29th 1982 taken from 95.5MHz. Rob Richards is on air from 7.15pm. You can listen to it either as it was broadcast or with the music stripped out.
From Christmas Eve 1982 this is a recording of Radio Nova off 819kHz. Tony Gareth is on the air from 11.15am.
This recording was made by Ken Baird in Scotland and we thank him and DX Archive for the use of it Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This is the final 30 minutes of Wicklow dance music pirate Bliss FM, who were ordered to cease broadcasting by the ODTR in November 2002 after two years on air. The recording has had the music stripped out.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002 This recording is with thanks to David C
This is Chris Cary and Hugh O’Brien taking calls from listeners on Radio Nova in the very early hours of St Stephen’s Day in 1982. The recording is off 88.2MHz. Roland Burke takes over from around 1am.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts in collaboration with Gary Hogg
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