{"id":10855,"date":"2025-07-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10855"},"modified":"2025-07-10T22:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T21:25:31","slug":"border-series-summer-sounds-on-radio-north-from-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-summer-sounds-on-radio-north-from-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Summer sounds on Radio North from 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_265\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10855-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.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\/07\/19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10855-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19970717-1256-1338-ShakinStephen_StorminNorman_104.0FM.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Steven-Lynch.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Summer sounds on Radio North from 1997\" class=\"wp-image-10862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Steven-Lynch.jpg 492w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Steven-Lynch-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steven Lynch at Radio North in the 1990s (thanks of Steven for the photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording of Donegal pirate Radio North was made in the summer of 1997 and shows how the station continued to generate significant advertising revenue many years after the enactment of the new broadcasting laws. Up first is Steven Lynch, who continues to present on the station to this day, with the end of his mid-morning show. He is followed at lunchtime by Norman Dougherty of Derry pirate Riverside 101 and its licensed successor Q102.9. The music is a mixture of country and Irish, oldies and pop or chart. Long commercial breaks feature adverts for businesses almost exclusively from the North, some of which are voiced by Paul Barnett (RIP), who would go on to take over the station in later years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made between 1256-1338 on Thursday 17<sup>th<\/sup> July 1997 from 104 FM. There is plenty of fading as it was recorded some distance from the transmitter. Thanks to Rodney Neill and Ian Biggar for the donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Donegal pirate Radio North was made in the summer of 1997 and shows how the station continued to generate significant advertising revenue many years after the enactment of the new broadcasting laws. 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