{"id":10205,"date":"2024-10-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10205"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:02:36","slug":"more-dublin-radio-from-summer-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-dublin-radio-from-summer-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"More Dublin radio from summer 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3522\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10205-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.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\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10205-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tipler-1979-tape-3-side-A-ARD-Big-D-bandscan-180779.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"More Dublin radio from summer 1979\" class=\"wp-image-10206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-862x1024.jpg 862w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-768x912.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-1293x1536.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270-1724x2048.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-Tipler-on-Radio-270.jpg 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leon Tipler at British pirate station Radio 270 in the late 1960s (courtesy Steve England)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Continuing our series featuring the tapes of English radio enthusiast Leon Tipler (RIP), today&#8217;s recording is of a bandscan made in July 1979, during one of Leon&#8217;s frequent visits to Dublin. Recorded mostly from AM, it begins with an excerpt from the <em>Citizen&#8217;s Band<\/em> legal advice programme on Alternative Radio Dublin (ARD) presented by Sylvia McClelland, an example of the diversity of programming on the station at the time. ARD news airs on the half-hour. This is followed by an unidentified DJ on Big D, who reads out requests from listeners and refers to Dublin&#8217;s iconic Dandelion Market. There are adverts for small businesses, some read live by the DJ, and a mention of a Big D social night the following Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towards the end of the recording, the dial is tuned around the AM band and we hear snippets of the new RT\u00c9 Radio 2, Radio Dublin and UK stations. At the very end some FM stations are heard. The tape was recorded on 18<sup>th<\/sup> July 1979 from around midday. Audio quality is fair at best due to cassette degradation over time. Thanks to Steve England for the donation of Leon&#8217;s invaluable recordings and to Ian Biggar for additional information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series featuring the tapes of English radio enthusiast Leon Tipler (RIP), today&#8217;s recording is of a bandscan made in July 1979, during one of Leon&#8217;s frequent visits to Dublin. 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