{"id":10254,"date":"2024-11-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10254"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:34:54","slug":"southside-radio-frc-programme-from-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/southside-radio-frc-programme-from-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1159\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10254-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AI443353-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AI443353-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AI443353-192.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\/11\/AI443353-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10254-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AI443353-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI443353-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_large_sticker_b.jpg\" alt=\"Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981\" class=\"wp-image-10255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_large_sticker_b.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_large_sticker_b-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_large_sticker_b-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Southside Radio sticker (courtesy DX Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Southside Radio was one of the early Irish medium wave pirates of the late 1970s and early 1980s, based in various places in north Wicklow and south Dublin. It began broadcasting in December 1978 from a caravan to Bray for a few hours daily before extending its coverage. Southside Radio was raided in 1979 but a rate card and schedule from December that year showed an ambitious full-time schedule including accomplished broadcasters such as Bryan Dobson, Cathy Cregan, Sybil Fennell, Hugh Browne (RIP) and Paul Nicholas (Andy Ruane). Southside claimed to be the \u2018major radio station on the southside of Dublin\u2019 and said it had a community emphasis in its programmes. In spring 1980, a lightning strike and a break-in damaged equipment and disrupted broadcasts. In June that year, Southside moved to the Victor Hotel in D\u00fan Laoghaire and became a round-the-clock operation. A report by DX Archive from April 1982 said that Southside was on its last legs and that the station closed the following month for good. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_victor.jpg\" alt=\"Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981\" class=\"wp-image-10256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_victor.jpg 486w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_victor-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The hotel in D\u00fan Laoghaire where Southside was based (courtesy DX Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of interest in the Southside schedule was the weekly Free Radio Campaign (FRC) show by Mark Boland on Sunday mornings, which was also relayed on shortwave stations Westside Radio International and Radio Condor and therefore heard well beyond Ireland. This recording is of an edition of the FRC that includes free radio and station news, a report from Liverpool, a tape of Australian station OZFM and Radio Caroline jingles from the 1960s. There are plenty of adverts for local businesses on the southside, including the voice of Tony Allan (RIP), who also features on station idents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made on Easter Sunday 19<sup>th<\/sup> April 1981 between 1133-1305 from 999 kHz, announcing 300 metres. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southside Radio was one of the early Irish medium wave pirates of the late 1970s and early 1980s, based in various places in north Wicklow and south Dublin. It began broadcasting in December 1978 from a caravan to Bray for a few hours daily before extending its coverage. Southside Radio was raided in 1979 but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/southside-radio-frc-programme-from-1981\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981&#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":[152],"tags":[486,46,564,153,703,607,733,343],"class_list":["post-10254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-486","tag-am","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-easter-sunday","tag-frc","tag-mark-boland","tag-southside-radio-300"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981 - 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\/southside-radio-frc-programme-from-1981\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southside Radio FRC programme from 1981 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southside Radio was one of the early Irish medium wave pirates of the late 1970s and early 1980s, based in various places in north Wicklow and south Dublin. 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