{"id":234,"date":"2018-12-30T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=234"},"modified":"2021-08-07T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:05:58","slug":"shout-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/shout-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Promo: \u2018Shout to the Top\u2019 on Bray Local Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6538\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-234-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.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\/2018\/12\/1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=234-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"1987_BLB_Shout_to_the_top.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker.jpg\" alt=\"Promo: \u2018Shout to the Top\u2019 on Bray Local Broadcasting\" class=\"wp-image-970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>BLB car sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) was one of the leading community broadcasters of the 1980s and put out a strong signal on 657 kHz AM from Bray in Co. Wicklow. In this promo from 1987 which includes the voice of Minister for Communications Jim Mitchell, BLB extols the virtues of community radio in anticipation of the new licences. Although many of those involved in BLB were behind the licensed Horizon Radio in 1989, that station was to merge with another more commercially-focused broadcaster in Wicklow and community radio proper was not licensed until the mid 1990s. You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/wirelessflirt.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/24\/into-the-licensed-era-horizon-radio-in-bray\/  \">Horizon Radio<\/a> on the Wireless Flirt blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) was one of the leading community broadcasters of the 1980s and put out a strong signal on 657 kHz AM from Bray in Co. Wicklow. 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