{"id":2058,"date":"2020-06-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:34:38","slug":"full-recording-zoom-103-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-zoom-103-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9847\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2058-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.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\/06\/19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2058-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19860320_Zoom_103_mono_1405.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"504\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zoom-CU.jpg\" alt=\"Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-2061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zoom-CU.jpg 897w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zoom-CU-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zoom-CU-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cassette label from the Skywave Collection (photo by Brian Greene). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zoom 103 was a short-lived station which came on air on 103.1 FM immediately following the final closure of Radio Nova on 19<sup>th<\/sup> March 1986. After a receiver was appointed to Nova Media Services, Nova&#8217;s FM service was replaced by continuous music just after 3pm on that day while continuing on 738 kHz AM until 6pm. Shortly after 10pm, the music service on 103.1 FM began identifying itself as Zoom 103. Programmes continued as normal the following day, with the usual line-up of Nova presenters but without Chris Cary and an AM service. Zoom broadcast from 144 Upper Leeson Street in the city centre but closed suddenly on Monday 24<sup>th<\/sup> March, after the Nova receiver reportedly seized the transmitter. A new station calling itself Energy 103 emerged from the ashes of Zoom on 28<sup>th<\/sup> April and continued until 11th March 1988, also from Upper Leeson Street.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-1611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/144-Upp-Leeson-St--scaled-e1590248596734.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">144 Upper Leeson Street, former home of Zoom and Energy 103, is now a hair salon (photo by John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording is from 1405-1450 on the second day of Zoom, 20<sup>th<\/sup> March 1986, and features Colm Hayes on air, who refers to Gary Hamill (Se\u00e1n McCarthy) on news. There are no jingles, imaging or ads. It was made from 103.1 FM and despite the tape label is in mono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom 103 was a short-lived station which came on air on 103.1 FM immediately following the final closure of Radio Nova on 19th March 1986. After a receiver was appointed to Nova Media Services, Nova&#8217;s FM service was replaced by continuous music just after 3pm on that day while continuing on 738 kHz AM until &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-zoom-103-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova&#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":[536,153,627,312,545,358],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-dublin","tag-richard-jackson","tag-gary-hamill","tag-skywave-collection","tag-zoom-103"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova - 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\/full-recording-zoom-103-dublin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Short-lived Zoom 103 replaces Radio Nova - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zoom 103 was a short-lived station which came on air on 103.1 FM immediately following the final closure of Radio Nova on 19th March 1986. 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