Interview: Patricia Loughlan (DXer)

On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era.  We hear a lot from the broadcasters but it is rare to hear from the listeners of the era. The hardcore listeners were DXers (listening in to faint distant signals or as Patricia puts it, trainspotting for radio). Here Patricia Loughlan from Raheny tells you her story and listening to covert stations from Santry to behind the Iron Curtain to Australia.

Interview: Brian Kelly – Southside / DLR / Energy AM

On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. In this interview, Brian Kelly tells Leigh McGowran about his pirate radio past in Dublin and Wicklow and explains the reasons why he is keeping AM radio alive.

Interview: Ken O’Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)

Interview: Ken O'Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)
Capital Radio sticker c. 1981 (courtesy DX Archive).

On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. Ken O’Sullivan worked at pirates in Cork (WKLR and Capital Radio) in the 1980s and is still working in radio today with LMFM. Here is his story.

Interview: Ken O'Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)
WKLR logo courtesy of DX Archive.

Interview: Rosemary Day discusses the transition from the pirate era to community radio

Interview: Rosemary Day discusses the transition from the pirate era to community radio

In this interview from December 2016, John Walsh speaks with Dr. Rosemary Day, Head of the Department of Media and Communication Studies in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. The post-1988 licencing of radio and the development of the community radio space are discussed. This interview was first broadcast on Wireless on Flirt FM.

Interview: Liam Byrne – the Limerick Pirates

Interview: Liam Byrne - the Limerick Pirates
Hits 954 flyer courtesy of Ger Sweeney.

In this interview, John Walsh visited Limerick and spoke with anorak Liam Byrne who has all the details on the old Limerick pirate radio scene from the late 1970s to the pirate Radio Limerick One in the 1990s and beyond. This interview was first broadcast on Wireless on Flirt FM.