{"id":10103,"date":"2024-09-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10103"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:52:06","slug":"sunshine-radio-protests-against-rte-jamming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-protests-against-rte-jamming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Radio protests against RT\u00c9 jamming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7276\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10103-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8117AI-A-192-new.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8117AI-A-192-new.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8117AI-A-192-new.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8117AI-A-192-new.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10103-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8117AI-A-192-new.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8117AI-A-192-new.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-1024x423.jpg\" alt=\"Sunshine Radio protests against RT\u00c9 jamming\" class=\"wp-image-9968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986.jpg 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunshine Radio sticker (Anoraks Ireland Collection).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Frustrated by the commercial success of the large Dublin stations Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio and by the failure of politicians to regulate the radio market, RT\u00c9 began jamming the pirates in 1984 by broadcasting on the same frequencies. At the beginning of the year, RT\u00c9 stepped up its jamming campaign against Nova before moving to block the signal of Sunshine Radio at the end of March. The actions caused consternation due to the popularity of the stations and politicians, including the Minister for Communications, expressed their concern in the D\u00e1il. The jamming ended in May, reportedly after intervention from the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These airchecked recordings are of Sunshine Radio&#8217;s news bulletins about a week into the RT\u00c9 campaign after the station&#8217;s FM frequencies were jammed. Managing Director Robbie Robinson is quoted as saying that Sunshine Radio was like a moped being chased by a 10-ton truck. Newsreaders are Cathy Cregan, Stephen Fogarty, Justin McKenna and Gary Miley. The bulletins are from Wednesday 4<sup>th<\/sup> April 1984 at 1200, 1300, 1400, 1600 and 2400 and the tape also includes an excerpt from Robinson&#8217;s morning show the following day. The recording was made from 531 kHz AM and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frustrated by the commercial success of the large Dublin stations Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio and by the failure of politicians to regulate the radio market, RT\u00c9 began jamming the pirates in 1984 by broadcasting on the same frequencies. At the beginning of the year, RT\u00c9 stepped up its jamming campaign against Nova before moving &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-protests-against-rte-jamming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunshine Radio protests against RT\u00c9 jamming&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[537,46,564,527,153,725,356,529,191,726,47],"class_list":["post-10103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-537","tag-am","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-cathy-cregan","tag-dublin","tag-gary-miley","tag-jamming","tag-justin-mckenna","tag-robbie-robinson","tag-stephen-fogarty","tag-sunshine-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sunshine Radio protests against RT\u00c9 jamming - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-protests-against-rte-jamming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunshine Radio protests against RT\u00c9 jamming - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Frustrated by the commercial success of the large Dublin stations Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio and by the failure of politicians to regulate the radio market, RT\u00c9 began jamming the pirates in 1984 by broadcasting on the same frequencies. 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