{"id":10648,"date":"2025-04-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10648"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:27:39","slug":"northeast-series-plenty-of-requests-on-telstar-community-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-plenty-of-requests-on-telstar-community-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Plenty of requests on Telstar Community Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6415\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10648-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Telstar-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Telstar-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Telstar-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\/8134AI-Telstar-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10648-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Telstar-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8134AI-Telstar-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Telstar-flyer-1981-crop-1024x951.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Plenty of requests on Telstar Community Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Telstar-flyer-1981-crop-1024x951.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Telstar-flyer-1981-crop-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Telstar-flyer-1981-crop-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Telstar-flyer-1981-crop.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Telstar Community Radio letterhead from 1981 (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Telstar Community Radio (1980-1988) was a long-running pirate station broadcasting from in and around Dundalk in Co. Louth. Despite stiff competition from other stations in the small county, especially Radio Carousel,  it held its own and carved out a niche in the local market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This short recording of Telstar gives a flavour of afternoon programming in 1982. Dave Ritchie reads out plenty of requests from listeners, there is an oldies spot and sports results are promised. The station also offers a chance to win tickets to a concert by Irish traditional band Clannad, who were making waves at the time. One of the most familiar voices on Telstar, Ray Stone, is heard on many of the adverts for businesses in and around Dundalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This airchecked recording was made  by Kieran Murray from around 1400 on 13<sup>th<\/sup> May 1982 from 1197 kHz (announcing 250 metres) and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. Audio is of DX quality as the recording was made outside the core listening area in north Louth.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telstar Community Radio (1980-1988) was a long-running pirate station broadcasting from in and around Dundalk in Co. Louth. Despite stiff competition from other stations in the small county, especially Radio Carousel, it held its own and carved out a niche in the local market. 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