{"id":11519,"date":"2026-06-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2026-06-15T18:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:41:44","slug":"border-series-drive-105-from-donegal-derry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-drive-105-from-donegal-derry\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Drive 105 from Donegal\/Derry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8966\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11519-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0020.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0020.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0020.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\/IB0020.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11519-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0020.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0020.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Drive 105 from Donegal\/Derry\" class=\"wp-image-11520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-1414x2048.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-poster-scaled.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drive 105 poster from c2000 (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drive 105 began transmissions to Derry and surrounding area on 105.3 MHz in 1999. Originally the station was located in a property just over the border in Muff, County Donegal, near the Rock Bar. The station broadcast a mainly pop music format and featured some staff who had worked on other pirates like Radio North and Riverside 101. As far as we are aware Drive 105 was never raided but did have to temporarily close in August 2001 when officials from the Department were operating in the area. At some point the station moved its studio to Shipquay Street in Derry, linking from there to the transmitter site just over the border in Donegal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian Biggar recalls: <em>I remember hearing Drive 105 in Portpatrick, Scotland on December 30<sup>th<\/sup> 2004 clearly having technical issues with very low audio.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it was due to technical problems or not, Drive 105 left the air in January 2005 seemingly with the intention of applying for a licence. After some time off the air, they received a community licence in 2012 to broadcast to Derry, which they still do to this day. This recording was made from 105.3 FM on 26<sup>th<\/sup> April 2000 between 1315-1445. Plenty of entries into a listeners&#8217; quiz and adverts from Derry and Donegal. The DJ is Brian Magoo. Many thanks to Ian for the donation and background text. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drive 105 began transmissions to Derry and surrounding area on 105.3 MHz in 1999. Originally the station was located in a property just over the border in Muff, County Donegal, near the Rock Bar. The station broadcast a mainly pop music format and featured some staff who had worked on other pirates like Radio North &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-drive-105-from-donegal-derry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Drive 105 from Donegal\/Derry&#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":[605,260,829,519,459,828],"class_list":["post-11519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-605","tag-border","tag-brian-magoo","tag-derry","tag-donegal","tag-drive-105"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Drive 105 from Donegal\/Derry - 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\/border-series-drive-105-from-donegal-derry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Drive 105 from Donegal\/Derry - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drive 105 began transmissions to Derry and surrounding area on 105.3 MHz in 1999. 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