{"id":10684,"date":"2025-02-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10684"},"modified":"2025-03-01T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T10:48:40","slug":"border-series-106-fm-donegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-106-fm-donegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Short-lived pirate 106 FM from Donegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2288\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10684-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IB0114.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IB0114.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IB0114.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\/IB0114.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10684-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IB0114.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0114.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=\"Border series: Short-lived pirate 106 FM from Donegal\" 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>106 FM was a short-lived pirate station broadcasting to Derry from just across the border in Donegal in 2001. The station was run by Delbert Jackson, a former DJ from another Donegal-based pirate, Riverside 101. However, reflecting a stricter approach to the pirates at the time, 106 FM only managed to broadcast for a few months from April before leaving the airwaves for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, it was reported in an online radio forum that 106 FM was off the air following the theft of equipment, but planned to return shortly. In a letter to Ian Biggar on 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;September 2001, Andy Craig (formerly of Riverside 101) mentioned that Department of Communications officials had visited Donegal in August to raid 106 FM and another pirate, Tyrone Community Radio (TCR), which despite the name broadcast from near Lifford in the Republic. It was believed that the raid occurred as a result of a complaint from a rival station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Donegal pirates Drive 105, Radio North and WABC switched of their transmitters at the time as a precaution. The DJ on air at 106 FM at the time of the raid was reportedly arrested by Garda\u00ed and Eddie Barr who was on air at WABC was told to keep the transmitter switched off (WABC was never to return). No other pirates were visited, and they had returned to the air by the time of the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of 106 FM is of a test transmission and was made on 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;April 2001 between 1320-1450. It features continuous music with recorded links giving a Northern phone number and email address as well as professional station liners. The tape was made by Rodney Neill and is kindly donated by Ian Biggar, who also provided background information. Reception quality is good with some fading, as the recording was made in Portadown, some distance from the Derry\/Donegal border.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>106 FM was a short-lived pirate station broadcasting to Derry from just across the border in Donegal in 2001. 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However, reflecting a stricter approach to the pirates at the time, 106 FM only managed to broadcast for a few &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-106-fm-donegal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Short-lived pirate 106 FM from Donegal&#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":[770,642,260,459,521],"class_list":["post-10684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-106-fm","tag-642","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-northern-ireland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Short-lived pirate 106 FM from Donegal - 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\/border-series-106-fm-donegal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Short-lived pirate 106 FM from Donegal - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"106 FM was a short-lived pirate station broadcasting to Derry from just across the border in Donegal in 2001. 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