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Final hour of BLB before 1983 closedown - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is part of the final hour of Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) before it closed voluntarily following the raids on the larger Dublin pirates in 1983. At the microphone is a familiar voice on BLB, Mar...

Most #pirate stations closed down temporarily as a precaution in May 1983 after the raids on the big #Dublin stations Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio. Listen here to the closedown of #Wicklow station Bray Local Broadcasting.

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The breakfast show on Energy 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Alan Burns presented the breakfast show on Dublin station Energy 103 in 1986 and 1987. This recording was made on a cold morning in the autumn of 1986 but despite the weather, there’s plenty to keep l...

From a chilly autumn morning in 1986, this is the breakfast show on #Dublin #pirate Energy 103. The DJ is Alan Burns.

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Sounds a bit like him but I don't think they're the same.

Late night on KISS FM from Foley Street - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is another recording of the early days of KISS FM from Foley Street in Dublin’s north inner city (1985-86). Our recording features Clem Francis in a late-night slot not long after the station was...

This is the second of our recordings of #Dublin #pirate KISS FM not launch after the station's launch in 1986.

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Breakfast on the new KISS FM from Foley Street - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive KISS FM from Foley Street in Dublin’s north inner city was one of several pirates using that name over the decades. This KISS FM (1985-86) emerged from the second iteration of Dublin Community Radio (...

This is the first of two recordings of KISS FM from the north inner city of #Dublin not long after its launch in April 1986. The #pirate broadcast from 1986-1987 before being raided.

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Early Cork series: Test broadcast by Radio City 2 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This recording is of a test broadcast by Radio City 2, an apparent offshoot of the early Cork pirate Radio City (1980-1982). The frequency is 88.8 FM, distinct from the main channel on 95.5, but the s...

Today we share what seems to be a test broadcast from 1981 of Radio City 2, an apparent offshoot of the original early #Cork #pirate station. If anyone has information about this mysterious station, leave a comment below.

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Politics on late-night talk show on Radio Dublin - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Pirate stations often became embroiled in politics not just because they were broadcasting without licences but also due to the unregulated nature of the radio scene. One issue that caused friction wa...

#Pirate #radio in Ireland often became embroiled in politics, not only because it operated outside the law but because it often broke other rules. This recording of Radio Dublin from 1987 features a discussion on the Section 31 broadcasting ban.

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Great to hear Jim Kenny. I was in his house a few times and his musical collection was as you’d expect .. massive!

That Barbara Pennington tune he plays was a big tune on the London soul pirates so it’s another sign of how influential radio was then.

Early Cork series: Alan Edwards and Luke Ward on Radio City - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is another recording of Alan Edwards on his regular Saturday early evening slot on Radio City from 1981. There are the usual requests and a mixture of contemporary hits and oldies. Plenty of adve...

Here's another recording of early #Cork #pirate Radio City from 1981. There are plenty of adverts, evidence that the station was gaining traction with advertisers and listeners.

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Midnight Megamix and All-Night Sunshine on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Sunshine Radio (1980-1988) was located in the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock, which also housed the popular Tamango’s nightclub. Adverts for the club were heard on Sunshine and the station regularly broad...

From 1985, this is the sound of Midnight Megamix live from Tamango's Nightclub on the #Dublin #pirate station Sunshine Radio.

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Border series: Evening shows on KISS FM Monaghan - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive KISS FM from Monaghan Town was a short-lived but highly successful and professional pirate station that broadcast for only 9 months in 1988. Although many border pirates relied on Northern listeners a...

KiSS FM was a successful but shortlived #pirate broadcasting from #Monaghan in 1988 and aiming at the Northern market. This recording is from its early days in April that year.

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From this time in 1989, listen here to our recordings of #Galway #pirate Quincentennial Radio. It was one of several pirates that ventured on air in defiance of the new #broadcasting legislation.

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Early Cork series: lunchtime to drivetime on Radio City - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive These recordings of Radio City from 1981 include excerpts spanning lunchtime, afternoon and early evening programmes. First up is Carl Johnson (Dan Noonan) with various examples of the 3-in-a-row feat...

From our series on early #pirate #radio in #Cork, this is more of Radio City. The recording contains clips from various shows from 1981.

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Northeast series: Boyneside Radio North at Easter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Boyneside Radio North was one of several satellite services of the main Drogheda station, aimed at listeners north of the border as far as Belfast. This was the most successful of the offshoot station...

Boyneside Radio North was a successful satellite of the #Drogheda station from 1982-1988. It broadcast from the #Louth #border, aiming its signal into the North. This recording is from Easter 1988.

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Radio Dublin raided twice in a week - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive After more than a month defying the new broadcasting laws, the inevitable happened in February 1989 when Radio Dublin was raided not once, but twice. The longest-running pirate station in Ireland and ...

Around this time in 1989, #pirate station Radio #Dublin was raided twice in the space of a week. Radio Dublin was the most high-profile pirate to defy the new #broadcasting laws that came into force that year.

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Northeast series: Boyneside Radio North at Easter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Boyneside Radio North was one of several satellite services of the main Drogheda station, aimed at listeners north of the border as far as Belfast. This was the most successful of the offshoot station...

Boyneside Radio North was a successful satellite of the #Drogheda station from 1982-1988. It broadcast from the #Louth #border, aiming its signal into the North. This recording is from Easter 1988.

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Radio Dublin raided twice in a week - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive After more than a month defying the new broadcasting laws, the inevitable happened in February 1989 when Radio Dublin was raided not once, but twice. The longest-running pirate station in Ireland and ...

Around this time in 1989, #pirate station Radio #Dublin was raided twice in the space of a week. Radio Dublin was the most high-profile pirate to defy the new #broadcasting laws that came into force that year.

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Early Cork series: Saturday evening on Radio City - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is another edition of the Saturday early evening show on Cork pirate Radio City in spring 1981. On air is Alan Edwards with a mixture of contemporary hits and oldies. Alan shares requests and an ...

Radio City was one of the early wave of #pirates in #Cork. This recording features Alan Edwards in his Saturday evening slot from 1981.

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Final Bee Bop Gold of 1987 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Bee Bop Gold was a hugely popular oldies show on Dublin pirate Sunshine 101 hosted by Nails Mahoney in the final part of the station’s 8-year period on air. This edition is the final such show of 1987...

Bee Bop Gold was a hugely popular oldies show on #Dublin #pirate station Sunshine 101, presented by Nails Mahoney. This is the final edition of the show of 1987.

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Operation Novacare a few days before the Nova raid - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Operation Novacare was one of various charity events organised by large Dublin pirate Radio Nova over its five years on air. Novacare 1983 consisted of an on-air auction of items donated by sponsors i...

On the weekend of 14th May 1983, #Dublin #pirate Radio Nova organised a major charity fundraiser called Novacare. Listen here to part of that event. Nova was raided just 4 days later and put off the air as part of a crackdown on pirate #radio.

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Early Cork series: More of the lunchtime show on Radio City - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is another recording of the lunchtime show on Cork pirate Radio City, presented by one of the station founders, Pete Andrews (O’Neill). There are plenty of community notices in this edition, as w...

Radio City was a #Cork station that emerged in the early years of the early #pirate #radio scene. This recording of the lunchtime show is from 1981.

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Another Radio West Anoraks' Show as pirate closedowns approach - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This is another recording of one of the last episodes of the weekly Anoraks’ Show on midlands station Radio West in the final weeks of 1988. As usual station boss Shaun Coyne is at the helm, this week...

This is part of another Radio West Anoraks Show from the end of 1988 as the deadline for the closure of the #pirate stations approached. Radio West was based in #Mullingar and was claiming national coverage by 1987, renaming itself West National Radio 3.

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Launch of new Dublin super-pirate Q102 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive These recordings are of the launch of the new Dublin super-pirate Q102, that began broadcasting on Wednesday 23rd January 1985. The station shook up the competitive Dublin radio market, offering anoth...

On this day in 1985, the #Dublin #radio scene was shaken up by the launch of a new professional #pirate station called Q102. Listen here to recordings of the first day.

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Northeast series: Border Weekend Radio from Co. Louth - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Border Weekend Radio was a short-lived pirate broadcasting in January and February 1989 after the introduction of new legislation that was supposed to silence the unlicensed stations. Based in Carrick...

From this day in 1989, this is a recording of Border Weekend Radio from the #Louth #Armagh #border. The #pirate station was a brief reincarnation of Rainbow Radio that had broadcast from the same location in 1987-1988.

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Radio West Anoraks Show as pirate closedowns approach - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive The Anoraks Show every Sunday morning on Radio West was a must for radio fans in the final years of the heyday of the Irish pirates in the 1980s. This excerpt from one such show was recorded with litt...

From the end of 1988, this is part of the weekly Anoraks Show on #midlands station Radio West. Listeners were asked to help record the closedown of the #pirates that would come about a month later.

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I love @pirate.ie’s sharing of airchecks and info from the glory days of Irish Pirate Radio. One of the things that sold me on a career in broadcasting was listening to ABC whilst on holiday in Tramore and thinking how professional it sounded with no idea that it was just a few fellas in a caravan.

Early Cork series: Lunchtime shows on Radio City - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive This recording of Cork pirate Radio City was made in spring 1981, about seven months after the station went on the air. Up first is the end of Mark Lawrence’s mid-morning programme. He is followed by ...

From our early #Cork series, this is a recording of the lunchtime show on Radio City from spring 1981.

#pirate #radio

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Agreed - it doesn't sound like Nova at all!

Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive KISS FM Weekend Radio was a short-lived weekend service of the Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM (1982-1984). This recording from late 1983 was made not long after the service was launched and there are a f...

From winter 1983, this is a Saturday show on KISS FM Weekend Radio. KISS FM was one of the many offshoots of the big #Dublin #pirate Radio Nova.

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Friday afternoon on Ballincollig Community Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Ballincollig Community Radio broadcast to the Cork suburb of Ballincollig for the latter part of 1988 up to the deadline for the pirate stations to go off the air. The station operated on FM only and ...

#Ballincollig Community Radio was a small #pirate station broadcasting to a suburb of #Cork city in the late 1980s. This recording is from 1988.

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