{"id":10756,"date":"2025-05-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10756"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:49:01","slug":"border-series-interview-with-francis-callaghan-of-radio-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-interview-with-francis-callaghan-of-radio-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Interview with Francis Callaghan of Radio North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8610\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10756-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.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\/19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10756-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19910500_Francis_Callaghan_interview_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_muff_may_1991_7-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Interview with Francis Callaghan of Radio North\" class=\"wp-image-3580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_muff_may_1991_7-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_muff_may_1991_7-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_muff_may_1991_7-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_muff_may_1991_7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francis Callaghan at Radio North in Muff in 1991 (courtesy DX Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This interview with Radio North founder Francis Callaghan was conducted in mid-1991, almost two and a half years after the Donegal station defied the new broadcasting laws and decided to stay on the air. Francis gives a short station history, describing how Radio North receives reception reports from listeners throughout Europe and explaining the change of name to Northside Radio in 1989. He also refers to the new breakaway station, North Atlantic Radio, which was at the time broadcasting from the old Radio North location in Carndonagh. Radio North was at the time focusing on serving listeners in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was conducted by DX Archive during a visit to Radio North in the village of Muff in May 1991 and was donated by Ian Biggar. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This interview with Radio North founder Francis Callaghan was conducted in mid-1991, almost two and a half years after the Donegal station defied the new broadcasting laws and decided to stay on the air. 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