{"id":10349,"date":"2024-12-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10349"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:21:52","slug":"country-station-treble-tr-welcomes-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/country-station-treble-tr-welcomes-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2174\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10349-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8126AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8126AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8126AI-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\/12\/8126AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10349-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8126AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8126AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986\" class=\"wp-image-10350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-1536x1162.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-1-2048x1550.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Treble TR Christmas card from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Treble TR (sometimes written TTTR) was a country and Irish pirate station broadcasting from Dublin from the spring of 1981 until the end of 1988. The station began on 945 kHz AM, announcing 317 metres, adding FM from 1983. A second AM frequency on 891 kHz was added in 1987. Initially based in Rathfarnham near Radio Nova, TTTR later moved to Harold&#8217;s Cross south of the city centre. It closed down on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 in line with new broadcasting legislation. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-1024x788.jpg\" alt=\"Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986\" class=\"wp-image-10351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-1536x1182.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TTTR-Christmas-Card-1985-2-2048x1576.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Other side of Christmas card from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording was made as TTTR entered 1986. First up is Conn O&#8217;Mahoney who shares plenty of New Year&#8217;s requests from listeners around Dublin. He signs off at midnight and hands over to Dave Stewart who picks up the pace a bit, although the music is still country in style. Adverts are heard from small and medium-sized businesses around town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 99 FM between 2343-0030 on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1985 and 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 1986. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Treble TR (sometimes written TTTR) was a country and Irish pirate station broadcasting from Dublin from the spring of 1981 until the end of 1988. The station began on 945 kHz AM, announcing 317 metres, adding FM from 1983. A second AM frequency on 891 kHz was added in 1987. Initially based in Rathfarnham near &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/country-station-treble-tr-welcomes-1986\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986&#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":[488,536,564,282,153,688,739,147],"class_list":["post-10349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-536","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-country-music","tag-dublin","tag-new-years-day","tag-new-years-eve","tag-treble-tr-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986 - 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\/country-station-treble-tr-welcomes-1986\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Country station Treble TR welcomes 1986 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Treble TR (sometimes written TTTR) was a country and Irish pirate station broadcasting from Dublin from the spring of 1981 until the end of 1988. 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