{"id":11044,"date":"2025-09-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11044"},"modified":"2025-09-21T18:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:13:54","slug":"radio-dublin-as-heard-in-cumbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-dublin-as-heard-in-cumbria\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Dublin as heard in Cumbria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9474\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11044-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.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\/09\/19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11044-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830626_Radio_Dublin_Adrian_Nolan_0936-1037_1188_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Dublin as heard in Cumbria\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Dublin badge from the Pirate.ie collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Dublin was one of Ireland\u2019s longest running pirate stations, on air from 1966 to 2002. This recording was made in Broughton-in Furness on the Cumbrian coast and features Gerry Stevens with the end of the breakfast programme, which was also broadcast on Radio Dublin Channel 2. Gerry announces that Channel 2 is coming on the air with separate programming at 1000 and he is followed by Adrian St James (Nolan) with the <em>Morning Call International <\/em>programme on the main Radio Dublin frequencies on AM, FM and shortwave. The phone is out of order but Adrian still shares requests from listeners, presumably dropped into the station in Inchicore or received by post. The daily <em>Golden Hour<\/em> slot begins at 1030 and there\u2019s a promo for the weekly <em>Lebanon Requests Show<\/em> with DJ Angie. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is good AM groundwave propagation on the recording despite the distance of over 230 kilometres from Dublin to Cumbria. The tape was made from 1188 kHz (253 metres) on 26<sup>th<\/sup> June 1983 between 0936-1037. It is from the Leon Tipler Collection, donated to us by Steve England. Adrian Nolan continues to broadcast on Irish radio to this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Dublin was one of Ireland\u2019s longest running pirate stations, on air from 1966 to 2002. This recording was made in Broughton-in Furness on the Cumbrian coast and features Gerry Stevens with the end of the breakfast programme, which was also broadcast on Radio Dublin Channel 2. 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