This is a chronological overview of the newspaper coverage for the month of December 1988 up until the first closedown…tap on a heading bar to read and tap on an image to enlarge.
The end for the pirates
Evening Herald – December 5th
Will pirates be silent on December 31?
Anglo Celt – December 8th
TC wants radio service to stay
The Nationalist – December 9th
Radio: all set to go
Evening Herald – December 10th
New radio stations set for February broadcast
Cork Examiner – 10th
IRTC
Irish Independent – 13th
Where YOU are on the air
Evening Herald – December 14th
Carlow’s two pirates apply for a licence
The Nationalist – December 16th
Anger at ‘radio’ carve-up
Meath Chronicle – December 17th
Can county support three radio stations?
The Nationalist – December 17th
Two radio stations to serve Leitrim
Leitrim Observer – December 17th
Newspaper coverage will continue to appear chronologically through the following pages as we follow the story as it unfolded on a day to day basis.
And so, on we go to the horrible business of radio stations ceasing to be, starting with a surprise closedown on December 20th…
Introduction
December 20th
Liberty 104
