Following the untimely death of Ronan O’Rahilly, RTÉ Radio 1’s flagship Morning Ireland show invited radio historian Eddie Bohan on to talk about Radio Caroline and Ronan’s legacy .
The recording is from the RTÉ News Now channel on Saorsat and starts at 7.43am.
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On the morning of the funeral of Ronan O’Rahilly, Clem Ryan of Kildare Today on KFM spoke to radio historian Eddie Bohan about Ronan’s legacy and the influence of his station, Radio Caroline.
The recording is off 97.6MHz and starts at 9.48am.
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Radio Kerry turned 30 years of age on July 14th 2020. In this special Kerry Today programme Jerry Sullivan has a look back at the history of the station and replays some memorable moments.
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This is Pat Courtenay on air for Radio Nova, the multi county rock music licensed service. The recording was made off 100.3MHz on August 11th 2020 from 3.40pm.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
From August 12th 2020 this is a recording of Pat Courtenay on his Drive show for Radio Nova, the multi-county rock service which was originally licensed just for Dublin.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This is a recording of Tech Thursday with Patrick Sheehan on West Limerick 102FM from the afternoon of August 27th 2020.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This is a recording of 11-1 with Sinéad Brassil on LMFM Radio from September 25th 2020. Taken off 95.8MHz, the spools started spinning at 12.30pm.
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Presented and written by Pete Casey, with research by Colin Burke, this is ‘Heartland Pirates’, a documentary made by Athlone Community Radio which explores the history of pirate radio in the Athlone area.
Broadcast on November 2nd 2020 at 5pm, the production includes many familiar names such as Pete Casey, Noel Lackey, Roy Jennings, Peter Mooney, TRDallas, Geraldine O’Sullivan, Barry Flynn, Val Beaumont, Gerard O’Reilly, Seamus McKenna, Jill Moran, Fergal McCoy, Patrick Brilly and Michael McKenna.
This programme was supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) with the help of the TV licence fee.
Sound Mastering was by Jonathan Callaghan; artwork by Frank Sammon and the programme was produced and edited by Irena Djak Cvetkovic.
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This recording is by kind courtesy of Irena Djak Cvetkovic
This is a recording of 11-1 with Sinéad Brassil on LMFM Radio from November 26th 2020.
Carers for family members are in the spotlight.
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