From October 28th 1982 this is a recording of Tony Gareth on the Dublin superpirate Radio Nova from 5.50pm.
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Radio Nova October 28th 1982
Tony Gareth
Radio Nova December 24th 1982
From Christmas Eve 1982 this is a recording of Tony Gareth on Radio Nova off 819kHz. Tony Gareth is on the air from 11.15am.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This recording was made by Ken Baird in Scotland and we thank him and DX Archive for the use of it
Radio Nova
May 14th 1983 was the date set for Operation Novacare 1983, an annual charity fundraiser ran by Radio Nova.
In the first recording Declan Meehan is on air from the studios from 9.56am, whilst Nova personalities are on location in Dún Laoghaire Shopping Centre.
Tony Gareth takes over from Declan at 2pm
This recording can now be downloaded direct from DX Archive.
We host it with thanks to Gary Hogg.
ABC Radio December 29th 1988
Photo: DXArchive
From December 29th 1988 this is programming from the final day of this Waterford giant before legislation enforced its – and all pirates – closure in December 1988.
We have Clive Derek from 11.07am. Then Kevin McCarthy and Dave Hunt bring us on a tour around the station’s studio location from midday.
11.07am – Clive Derek
Midday – Station Tour
1.35pm – Kevin McCarthy
With the station scheduled to switch off at 3pm, this is the final hour…
Closedown