From November 1986 this is a recording of North Dublin Community Radio off 100FM.
Starting at 9am, it’s the debut outing for Early Call with Dave & Tony.
This Radio Retro recording is by kind courtesy of Dave O’Connor
This is Ballinamuck-based Longford Community Radio from November 1986. This Monday lunchtime recording was made in Dungannon from 1071kHz.
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This is Liam Quigley on the overnight shift for the Dublin pirate station Energy 103 on November 13th 1986. The recording starts at 12.40am.
Liam Quigley
Ths recording is by kind courtesy of Joe Rossa
The photo is of one of the design logos which were hanging on the walls around the Energy building. The logo came from a listener competition but was never used publicly. The image courtesy of Mike Mahon
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002
This is a short recording of the launch of Heartbeat FM, Dublin’s love-songs station.
The service started broadcasting at midday on November 15th 1986 with David Baker hosting a party on air!
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Airchecked
From November 1986 this is a recording of the south Limerick based pirate station West Country Radio. On the air is Paul Fahy from 8.10pm.
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This contribution is from the collection of Ian Biggar
From Thursday, November 20th, this is Liam Quigley on mid-morning for Energy 103, starting from just after the 10am News. The 11am News is read by Michael Lewis.
Liam Quigley
This recording is by kind courtesy of Mike Ormonde
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002