{"id":11054,"date":"2025-10-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11054"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:03:30","slug":"radio-nova-news-as-heard-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-nova-news-as-heard-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Nova news as heard in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2580\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11054-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_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\/19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11054-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19841114_Radio_Nova_Sybil_Fennell_1400_news_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/191446_169910593059186_4550784_o.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Nova news as heard in Britain\" class=\"wp-image-11055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/191446_169910593059186_4550784_o.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/191446_169910593059186_4550784_o-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sybil Fennell in the Nova newsroom during the raid of 1983 (courtesy Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording of Dublin pirate station Radio Nova was made in the winter of 1984, a day after a serious air accident involving a plane flying from Dublin to Paris. Eight passengers and the pilot were killed on 13<sup>th<\/sup> November 1984 when the light aircraft in which they were travelling crashed near Eastbourne on the southeast coast of England.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording of the 1400 Nova news bulletin was made from 738 kHz AM on 14<sup>th<\/sup> November, when the extent of the tragedy was apparent. The newsreader is Sybil Fennell and the tape was made in Kidderminster near Birmingham. It is from the Leon Tipler Collection, donated to us by Steve England.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Dublin pirate station Radio Nova was made in the winter of 1984, a day after a serious air accident involving a plane flying from Dublin to Paris. 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