{"id":10618,"date":"2025-12-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:28:33","slug":"island-radio-on-st-stephens-day-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/island-radio-on-st-stephens-day-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Radio on St. Stephen&#8217;s Day 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4246\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10618-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8134AI-Island-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8134AI-Island-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8134AI-Island-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\/12\/8134AI-Island-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10618-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8134AI-Island-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8134AI-Island-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1078\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pirate.ie-Cassette.jpg\" alt=\"Island Radio on St. Stephen&#039;s Day 1981\" class=\"wp-image-10709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pirate.ie-Cassette.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pirate.ie-Cassette-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pirate.ie-Cassette-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pirate.ie-Cassette-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Island Radio was a short-lived pirate broadcasting from the Dalkey area of south Dublin in late 1981 and 1982. It launched as an FM operation only but later added AM due to the reality of radio listening at the time. The station tried out a format of album tracks only and DJs were expected to bring quality music for their shows. Island Radio never really got off the ground though and was closed in early 1982 after objections from local residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of Island Radio on St. Stephen&#8217;s Day 1981, just two weeks after its launch. First up is Tony Adams and he is followed by Tommy Greene, who continues to broadcast today on licensed Wicklow station East Coast FM. There are sung jingles and a live-read advert for a local business. 229 metres (1314 kHz) is mentioned, a frequency that was logged by DX Archive at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airchecked recording was made on 26<sup>th<\/sup> December 1981 from 98.1 FM beginning after 1500 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Island Radio was a short-lived pirate broadcasting from the Dalkey area of south Dublin in late 1981 and 1982. It launched as an FM operation only but later added AM due to the reality of radio listening at the time. 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