{"id":10539,"date":"2025-02-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:03:40","slug":"border-series-late-night-music-on-fm100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-late-night-music-on-fm100\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Late-night music on FM 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2694\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10539-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8133AI-B-FM100-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8133AI-B-FM100-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8133AI-B-FM100-192.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\/2025\/02\/8133AI-B-FM100-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10539-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8133AI-B-FM100-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8133AI-B-FM100-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-1024x378.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Late-night music on FM 100\" class=\"wp-image-10540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-1536x568.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FM-100-I-Want-Music-Radio-2048x757.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FM100 sticker (courtesy Rodney Neill). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>FM 100 was one of many border pirates to ignore the new broadcasting legislation that came into effect in the Republic of Ireland at the start of 1989. It used the studios and transmitters of previous pirate KITS in Monaghan Town, that had closed at the end of 1988, and beamed its signal across Northern Ireland. FM 100 launched on 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 1989, with the first live show presented by John Friday (Lawrence John), who also programmed the station. Complaining about the lack of an all-music station in the North, FM 100 launched the &#8216;Campaign for Music Radio in Ulster&#8217; but despite claiming &#8216;province-wide&#8217; coverage with the support of advertising campaigns and fund-raising events, the station fizzled out after a few months in late 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of FM 100 from autumn 1989 is of a late-night show featuring pop and chart music. Adverts are heard for businesses in Armagh and Down and an advertising promo gives a Craigavon contact number, reflecting new restrictions on pirates taking advertising in the Republic. The strapline &#8216;Province-wide: Ulster&#8217;s newest, Ulster&#8217;s best&#8217; is used by DJ Noel McStay and there are professional jingles and liners. The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 100 FM on Tuesday 5<sup>th<\/sup> September 1989 from 2200-2242. FM 100 also broadcast on 103.25 FM in Newry and South Down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FM 100 was one of many border pirates to ignore the new broadcasting legislation that came into effect in the Republic of Ireland at the start of 1989. 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