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4th January 20196th August 2021

Jingles: North Dublin Community Radio

North Dublin Community Radio (NDCR) began broadcasting from Coolock in northeast Dublin in 1983 and was one of the leading community stations of the time, broadcasting on 1008 kHz AM and 100 FM. Many of those involved in NDCR went on to establish NEAR FM, the current licensed community station for northeast Dublin. Here’s a selection of NDCR jingles and promos from 1987 and 1988.

This station ident is from late 1988 when NDCR had dropped its AM service.

A jingle from 1988.

A station promo from 1988.

You can hear an interview with NDCR founder Jack Byrne here and with former presenter Declan Ralph here.

30th December 201817th May 2020

Interview: Jack Byrne – NDCR

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North Dublin Community Radio (NDCR) broadcast from 1982 to 1988 from the north Dublin suburb of Coolock and had a strong community broadcasting ethos. It first aired as Concord Community Radio before changing its name to NDCR. It could be heard on 1008 kHz AM and on 100 FM, abandoning medium wave at a later stage in common with many other stations. In this interview with Wireless on Flirt FM from May 2017, NDCR founder Jack Byrne talks about the early years of the station, the philosophy of community radio and the establishment of NDCR’s licensed successor, NEAR FM.

30th December 20189th September 2023

Interview: Joe Doyle (Moonlight Radio, NDCR, Ballymun Community Broadcasting, Radio Dublin)

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This is an interview with Joe Rossa (aka Joe Doyle), a former manager of Radio Dublin for the later part of this station’s history. Joe also recalls his involvement in earlier pirates such as the hobby station Moonlight Radio, community station NDCR and Ballymun Community Broadcasting, which continued until July 1988. The interviewer is Walter Hegarty and the conversation took place at a meeting of radio anoraks in Ballsbridge in October 2018.

23rd December 20185th January 2019

Interview: Declan Ralph (NDCR)

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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. Declan Ralph has been on radio in North Dublin for over 30 years. Currently hosting a few programmes on NEAR FM, Declan talks about his pirate past including NDCR which was the pirate forerunner to NEAR FM.