{"id":11306,"date":"2026-02-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11306"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:31:08","slug":"northeast-series-boyneside-radio-north-at-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-boyneside-radio-north-at-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Boyneside Radio North at Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4299\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11306-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8145AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8145AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8145AI-A-192.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\/2026\/02\/8145AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11306-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/8145AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8145AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border-712x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Boyneside Radio North at Easter\" class=\"wp-image-2806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border-712x1024.jpeg 712w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border-768x1105.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border-1067x1536.jpeg 1067w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Boyneside_north_244_border.jpeg 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Boyneside Radio North transmitter right on the border (courtesy Eddie Caffrey). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Boyneside Radio North was one of several satellite services of the main Drogheda station, aimed at listeners north of the border as far as Belfast. This was the most successful of the offshoot stations, broadcasting continuously from late summer 1982 to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. The studios of Boyneside Radio North were located at Killeen, just south of the border, and AM and FM transmitters were situated on the border itself. There were local programmes from Killeen for long parts of the day, with the remainder of material relayed from Drogheda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Boyneside Radio North was made on Easter Sunday 1988 and features an unidentified DJ with a mixture&nbsp; of pop and oldies. Requests are mostly from the Northern counties of Down and Armagh. Adverts feature businesses around the Newry area and an advertising promo contains Northern phone numbers. News at 1500 is read by Gerry Malone from Drogheda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 1419-1508 on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> April 1988 from the 106.1 FM transmitter located at Edentubber, just on the border. Boyneside Radio North also broadcast on 1233 kHz (244 metres) to Newry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boyneside Radio North was one of several satellite services of the main Drogheda station, aimed at listeners north of the border as far as Belfast. This was the most successful of the offshoot stations, broadcasting continuously from late summer 1982 to 31st December 1988. 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