Radio Nova on Good Friday 1985

Radio Nova on Good Friday 1985
Nova flyer from 1984 with claimed coverage area (DX Archive).

This is a recording of the popular breakfast show with John Clarke and Bob Gallico on Radio Nova from Good Friday 1985. There is no paper review given the holiday but the programme features the normal friendly banter between the hosts and Bob reads out a fan letter from a group of listeners. John gives a traffic report for the northwest of England but by contrast the streets of Dublin are quiet. Although Nova was still a leader in the Dublin radio market in early 1985, new Irish-owned station Q102 would soon make its presence felt and Chris Cary’s radio empire began to unravel by the autumn of that year. Nova closed suddenly on March 19th 1986.

Radio Nova on Good Friday 1985
Original cassette label lfrom Anoraks Ireland Collection.

The recording was made from 102.7 FM from 0703-0751 on 5th April 1985 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.