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Radio Caroline Dublin was one of the longest-running pirates in the post-1989 period, broadcasting from Dublin’s northeastern suburb of Sutton. It was operated by Brian Greene, one of the founders of Pirate.ie, so it has a special place in our hearts. Caroline broadcast occasionally from 1989 to 1992, mostly on bank holidays, but then introduced a full schedule every evening and all day at weekends. It applied unsuccessfully for a community licence in 1996 and continued broadcasting as a pirate until 2000.
This recording was made early in Caroline’s full-time period and includes a promo voiced by Bobby Gibbson (Brian Greene), outlining the station’s non-commercial philosophy. At the time, 16 volunteers presented a variety of talk and music programmes, illustrating some of the diversity in Irish pirate radio of the 1990s. On air is Brian Wilson with a 1970s and 1980s music show. The recording is courtesy of Ian Biggar and was made from 102.5 FM between 1755-1840 on Sunday 20th September 1992.