{"id":1428,"date":"2020-05-12T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2025-01-19T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:48:01","slug":"full-recording-q107-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-q107-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin hobby station Q107"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7395\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1428-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Q107.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Q107.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Q107.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\/05\/Q107.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1428-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Q107.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Q107.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Dublin hobby station Q107\" class=\"wp-image-1434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/q107-back-lit.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Q107 was one of many small weekend hobby pirates broadcasting in Dublin in the 1980s. In this undated recording it describes itself as a 24-hour weekend station but then refers to test transmissions on Saturday from midnight to midday. It seems the recording was made on a Thursday morning from 3am until the end of broadcasting. There are generic jingles but no links apart from the sign-off which is followed by the famous pirate theme tune &#8216;Man of Action&#8217; by Les Reed. Q107 may have been based in Ballyfermot in west Dublin and we estimate this recording to be from 1984 as it is the other side of a tape of Radio Zodiac from that year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anoraks Ireland catalogue includes a recording of Q107 from 1988 and the following account:  &#8216;Ray Brennan, boss at&nbsp;Q107&nbsp;was reported to be a nephew of the famous Doctor Don. We understand Don provided young Ray with the studio gear which was very basic with Realistic turntables and a Phonic 5 channel mixer. Pity young Ray didn&#8217;t make much use of the equipment and the transmitter again courtesy of Uncle Don.&nbsp;Q107&nbsp;spent most of its 6 weeks off the air and when broadcasting programming it was terrible&#8217;. We do not know if this was the same Q107 or another station entirely. Thanks to Ian Biggar for research.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q107 was one of many small weekend hobby pirates broadcasting in Dublin in the 1980s. In this undated recording it describes itself as a 24-hour weekend station but then refers to test transmissions on Saturday from midnight to midday. 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