{"id":10209,"date":"2024-10-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10209"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:15:33","slug":"more-of-dublins-capitol-radio-in-summer-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-of-dublins-capitol-radio-in-summer-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Dublin&#8217;s Capitol Radio in summer 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8788\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10209-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-4-side-A-capitol.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-4-side-A-capitol.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-4-side-A-capitol.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-4-side-A-capitol.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10209-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-4-side-A-capitol.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tipler-1979-tape-4-side-A-capitol.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-1024x513.jpeg\" alt=\"More of Dublin&#039;s Capitol Radio in summer 1979\" class=\"wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-1024x513.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-1536x769.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Capitol-226-logo-1-2048x1025.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capitol Radio compliments slip (courtesy lan Russell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s recording is a short excerpt of one of the Dublin pirate stations of the late 1970s, Capitol Radio, as recorded by English radio anorak Leon Tipler during a visit to Ireland in July 1979. Station co-founder Alan Russell reminds listeners of a chance to win a bottle of wine and gives a postal address on the South Circular Road, or people can drop into the studios on Bachelors Walk. Coming up after Alan is another co-founder of the station, Chris Barry. At the very end is a quick tune around AM, giving a taste of the amount of broadcasters on the band at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording is undated but is likely from 19<sup>th<\/sup> or 20<sup>th<\/sup> July 1979 and begins shortly before 1000. It was recorded from 1332 kHz, announcing 226 metres. Capitol Radio broadcast initially on a part-time basis for a few months in 1975 but returned as full-time operation in 1978, offering a mixture of music, talk and specialist programmes. 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