{"id":1497,"date":"2023-05-18T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2025-05-18T08:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T07:39:23","slug":"radio-nova-raided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-nova-raided\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Nova raided"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7627\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1497-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.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\/2020\/05\/raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1497-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"raids_radio_nova_raid_180583.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Nova raided\" class=\"wp-image-1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L-R: Sybil Fennell, Declan Meehan and Bob Gallico on 19th May 1983,the day of Nova&#8217;s official closedown (photo courtesy Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is the well-known recording of Radio Nova on the morning of the infamous raid on the 18th of May 1983. Garda\u00ed and officials from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs arrived at about 9.30am and requested that both Nova and KISS FM cease transmission at once. Keys were sought for the transmission site and just over an hour later, the plug was pulled. Nova returned at about 4.15am the following morning but on lower power and at lunchtime the station announced that it would close officially at <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/nova-close-down-19-05-1983\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6.00pm that evening<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"483\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Herbert-St-crowds.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Nova raided\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Herbert-St-crowds.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Herbert-St-crowds-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crowds at Herbert Street in anticipation of the 6pm closedown on May 19th 1983 (photo courtesy Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording from 819 kHz AM begins on May 18th during the 10am news with Bob Gallico. After the news, DJ Declan Meehan asks station owner Chris Cary to come to the studios in Herbert Street immediately. During the following 30 minutes, Declan makes several references to the fact that Nova may go off the air and back to back jingles are played during records. Bob Gallico joins Declan throughout the hour for live versions of their inimitable two-handers, responding to unfolding events. At the same time another DJ Tom Hardy was bringing the P&amp;T officials to the transmitter site in Rathfarnham in order to put Nova off the air. During our interviews with former Nova staff, many recalled their memories of the 1983 raids including <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-tom-hardy-radio-nova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Hardy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-dennis-murray-kiss-fm-dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denis Murray<\/a>. Declan Meehan recalls his Nova days <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-meehan-part-2-1982-1989\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nova_closedown_0583-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Nova raided\" class=\"wp-image-1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nova_closedown_0583-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nova_closedown_0583-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nova_closedown_0583-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/nova_closedown_0583.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some of the crowd at Herbert Street for the Nova closedown on 19th May 1983. Photo courtesy of Gary Hogg\/Ian Biggar. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording is courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/dxarchive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DX Archive<\/a> where more information about and recordings of the 1983 raids can be found. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the well-known recording of Radio Nova on the morning of the infamous raid on the 18th of May 1983. Garda\u00ed and officials from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs arrived at about 9.30am and requested that both Nova and KISS FM cease transmission at once. Keys were sought for the transmission site and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-nova-raided\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio Nova raided&#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":[709,501,171,46,167,145,153,13,10],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-18th-may-1983","tag-501","tag-1983-raids","tag-am","tag-bob-gallico","tag-declan-meehan","tag-dublin","tag-kiss-fm-102-7","tag-radio-nova"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Radio Nova raided - 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\/radio-nova-raided\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Nova raided - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the well-known recording of Radio Nova on the morning of the infamous raid on the 18th of May 1983. 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