{"id":10746,"date":"2025-04-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10746"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:49:10","slug":"border-series-north-atlantic-radio-breaks-away-from-radio-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-north-atlantic-radio-breaks-away-from-radio-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: North Atlantic Radio breaks away from Radio North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3883\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10746-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IB0116.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IB0116.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IB0116.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\/04\/IB0116.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10746-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IB0116.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0116.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_ann_card.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: North Atlantic Radio breaks away from Radio North\" class=\"wp-image-10747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_ann_card.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_ann_card-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_ann_card-768x647.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">North Atlantic Radio 1st birthday poster in 1990 (courtesy DX Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There were many splits in the Radio North camp during its long existence since 1986. One such offshoot station was North Atlantic Radio that began broadcasting around the beginning of November 1989 from Carndonagh, also on the Inishowen peninsula where Radio North was based. It was run by Tommy Cunningham and specialised in classic gold and country hits. A report in the <em>Donegal Democrat<\/em> on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> March 1990 listed North Atlantic as one of five pirate stations operating in Inishowen alone, taking advantage of the proximity to the border and listeners in Derry and beyond. In a letter to Ian Biggar on 6<sup>th<\/sup> March 1990, Francis Callaghan of Radio North said that North Atlantic was set up by former DJs who took over the station\u2019s previous premises and telephone number. On 18<sup>th<\/sup> January 1991, the <em>Donegal Democrat<\/em> reported that North Atlantic Radio was proposing the establishment of a community broadcast co-operative to seek a licence for the Inishowen peninsula, claiming that the new licensed station Highland Radio had fallen short of providing public information and entertainment. Tommy Cunningham was quoted as saying that North Atlantic Radio would act as sponsors for such a co-op and called for the support of listeners, advertisers, community organisations and individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plethora of pirate stations in one small area of Donegal was clearly untenable, and Radio North closed down sometime near the end of 1991. On 16<sup>th<\/sup> February 1992, North Atlantic Radio was logged by Ken Baird of DX Archive on the old Radio North frequency of 846 kHz. Although there were brief appearances by Radio North in 1992 and 1993, on 13<sup>th<\/sup> January 1994, the <em>Donegal Democrat<\/em> reported that North Atlantic Radio was the only pirate left on air in the county. A short time later on 31<sup>st<\/sup> January 1994, North Atlantic reverted to the original Radio North name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of North Atlantic Radio features Mickey Bradley and DJ Heather with lunchtime shows. There are plenty of requests from both sides of the border and adverts from Donegal, Derry and Antrim, some voiced by Paul and Krissi from other pirate station WABC. The tape was made from 1125 kHz between 1217-1353 on 1<sup>st<\/sup> August 1990 and is courtesy of Ian Biggar. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were many splits in the Radio North camp during its long existence since 1986. One such offshoot station was North Atlantic Radio that began broadcasting around the beginning of November 1989 from Carndonagh, also on the Inishowen peninsula where Radio North was based. It was run by Tommy Cunningham and specialised in classic gold &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-north-atlantic-radio-breaks-away-from-radio-north\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: North Atlantic Radio breaks away from Radio North&#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":[630,46,260,282,459,774,473],"class_list":["post-10746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-630","tag-am","tag-border","tag-country-music","tag-donegal","tag-mickey-bradley","tag-north-atlantic-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: North Atlantic Radio breaks away from Radio North - 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-north-atlantic-radio-breaks-away-from-radio-north\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: North Atlantic Radio breaks away from Radio North - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There were many splits in the Radio North camp during its long existence since 1986. 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