{"id":11640,"date":"2026-08-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:13:32","slug":"dublin-am-and-fm-bandscan-from-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dublin-am-and-fm-bandscan-from-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin AM and FM bandscan from 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3924\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11640-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-Tape-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-Tape-1.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-Tape-1.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\/08\/Tipler-1980-Tape-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11640-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-Tape-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tipler-1980-Tape-1.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dublin AM and FM bandscan from 1980\" class=\"wp-image-11641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tipler-1980-tapes--2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some of the Leon Tipler cassettes from 1980 in the Pirate.ie collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording consists of a selection of snippets from radio as heard in Dublin in summer 1980 by English anorak Leon Tipler on one of his many visits to Ireland. These and other recordings were the raw material for his acclaimed documentary series <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-1\/\">The Irish Pirates<\/a><\/em>. Tipler tunes up and down the AM band and comes across items such as a legal advice slot on Radio 257 from the Crofton Airport Hotel, Radio Dublin with DJ Lee and various clips of the Big D, including the 6pm news bulletin. Some UK stations are also received on AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of note from the pirates is an advert for the Stardust nightclub, which was destroyed in February 1981 in a devastating fire in which 48 people died. There is also an advert for Tamango\u2019s nightclub at the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock, later to be home of Sunshine Radio. On the relatively empty FM band are RT\u00c9 Radio 1, Radio 2 and Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta. The 6.30am opening of Radio 1 is heard with the O&#8217;Donnell Ab\u00fa interval signal and an early music show presented by Eileen Dunne, who would go on to become one of the station&#8217;s main newsreaders. Radio 2 DJs in the recording include Jim O&#8217;Neill and Dave Fanning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made on and around 29<sup>th<\/sup> July 1980 and is from the Leon Tipler Collection, donated to us by Steve England.   &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording consists of a selection of snippets from radio as heard in Dublin in summer 1980 by English anorak Leon Tipler on one of his many visits to Ireland. These and other recordings were the raw material for his acclaimed documentary series The Irish Pirates. 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