{"id":10670,"date":"2025-05-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10670"},"modified":"2025-03-30T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:05:58","slug":"sunday-afternoon-on-community-radio-fingal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-afternoon-on-community-radio-fingal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday afternoon on Community Radio Fingal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4575\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10670-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-CRF-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-CRF-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-CRF-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-CRF-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10670-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-CRF-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8134AI-CRF-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CRF-Loughshinney-28-03-1984-2-1-1024x995.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday afternoon on Community Radio Fingal\" class=\"wp-image-10671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CRF-Loughshinney-28-03-1984-2-1-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CRF-Loughshinney-28-03-1984-2-1-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CRF-Loughshinney-28-03-1984-2-1-768x746.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CRF-Loughshinney-28-03-1984-2-1.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Studio shot of CRF from 1984 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast to the region of Fingal in north Co. Dublin between 1982 and 1988. A mostly community-oriented service, it was based initially at the Rockabill Hotel in the coastal town of Skerries and then moved to founder Brian Matthews&#8217; house in the village of Loughshinney. At a later stage the station was based at the Swords shopping centre. CRF began broadcasting on 1584 kHz but later moved to the better channel of 1575 kHz. 189 metres was announced throughout.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This short airchecked recording from summer 1982 begins with an unidentified DJ and is followed by a double-hander with Debbie and Damien presenting a music and requests show. There are adverts for small businesses around Swords but in very low audio. The recording was made by Kieran Murray from 1584 kHz on Sunday 18<sup>th<\/sup> July 1982 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast to the region of Fingal in north Co. Dublin between 1982 and 1988. 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