{"id":11515,"date":"2026-06-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:08:36","slug":"southside-radio-frc-show-from-march-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/southside-radio-frc-show-from-march-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Southside Radio FRC show from March 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2900\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11515-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AI442352-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AI442352-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AI442352-192.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\/06\/AI442352-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11515-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AI442352-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI442352-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_hotel_victor_4.jpg\" alt=\"Southside Radio FRC show from March 1981\" class=\"wp-image-11514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_hotel_victor_4.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ireland_dunlaoire_southside_hotel_victor_4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Victor Hotel in D\u00fan Laoghaire, home to Southside from 1980 (courtesy DX Archive).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>An early pioneer in news for radio anoraks was the weekly Free Radio Campaign (FRC) show on Southside Radio from D\u00fan Laoghaire in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Presented by Marc Boland, it was often relayed on shortwave pirate Westside Radio International. This short recording of the end of one edition of the FRC from 1981 includes correspondence from a listener in Leeds who wants to swap recordings of pirate stations from both sides of the Irish Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 999 kHz AM (300 metres) on Sunday 29<sup>th<\/sup> March 1981 between 1248-1930 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An early pioneer in news for radio anoraks was the weekly Free Radio Campaign (FRC) show on Southside Radio from D\u00fan Laoghaire in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Presented by Marc Boland, it was often relayed on shortwave pirate Westside Radio International. 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