The launch of the UK national station Virgin Radio on 1215kHz from April 1993.
Radio Retro: Archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
VIRGIN RADIO April 30th 1993
1993
DLR 106FM May 30th 1993
From May 30th 1993 this is DLR 106FM, the Dún Laoghaire-based pirate station. Gordon Kelly is on the air for this recording which you can listen to as it was broadcast or with the music stripped out.
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This recording is by kind courtesy of Gordon Kelly
Kiss FM – June 7th 1993
From Castlebar in Co Mayo this is a recording of Kiss FM. It features Mr Techno with an anarchic broadcast from the night of June 7th 1993.
This Kiss FM recording is with thanks to Mike
BBC RADIO 1 July 30th 1993
A recording off the Astra satellite of the much-loved and much-missed John Peel on BBC Radio 1 from July 1993
BBC RADIO 1 August 14th 1993
This is a recording of the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 from August 14th 1993.
It features Loudon Wainwright live in the studio and the usual eclectic choice of music.
COAST FM August 15th 1993
This is a recording of the first-ever official episode of The Anorak Hour Free Radio Show on Coast FM, recorded off 103.2MHz. It was the forerunner of the version best-known for its run on Phantom FM.
This edition is presented by Barry Dunne along with Pete Reed and together they bring us a digest of news and information about events in the radio world.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002