{"id":1119,"date":"2020-04-10T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:27:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:27:36","slug":"blb-1983-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/blb-1983-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) during 1983 raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9064\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1119-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1119-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830518_BLB_1853-1910.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker.jpg\" alt=\"Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) during 1983 raids\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>BLB car sticker courtesy of DX Archive. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) was a pioneer in Irish community radio and spent almost ten years on air from 1979 to 1988. Based in the north Wicklow town, it focused on local speech content and carried specialist music shows in contrast with other stations broadcasting mostly pop music. You can hear a panel discussion about the history of BLB <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/panel-bray-local-broadcasting-blb\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> or read a newspaper report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/regionals\/braypeople\/community-radio-set-up-40-years-ago-38420885.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording, made from 657 kHz AM from 6.53pm on 18 May 1983 is significant because of its date, not its content: this was the same day as the infamous raid by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs on Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova. Sunshine Radio was raided the follow day, prompting panic among pirates throughout the country. On 19 May many, including BLB, closed down temporarily as a result of the raids and some such as Radio Leinster were never to return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) was a pioneer in Irish community radio and spent almost ten years on air from 1979 to 1988. Based in the north Wicklow town, it focused on local speech content and carried specialist music shows in contrast with other stations broadcasting mostly pop music. You can hear a panel discussion about &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/blb-1983-raids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) during 1983 raids&#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":[709,501,171,46,86,24,545],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-18th-may-1983","tag-501","tag-1983-raids","tag-am","tag-blb","tag-community-radio","tag-skywave-collection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) during 1983 raids - 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\/blb-1983-raids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) during 1983 raids - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) was a pioneer in Irish community radio and spent almost ten years on air from 1979 to 1988. 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