{"id":2564,"date":"2020-09-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:11:07","slug":"full-recording-radio-nova-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-radio-nova-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Full recording: Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6877\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2564-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.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\/08\/19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2564-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830830_Radio_Nova_6000_giveaway_Dublin_Today_828AM_SK_1857-1930.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Full recording: Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-2565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sybil-Declan-Bob-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Sybil Fennell, Declan Meehan and Bob Gallico when Nova closed down officially in May 1983 (photo courtesy of Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Nova was renowned for many things including its powerful signal, slick formatting and innovative content. Another aspect which drew attention to the station and boosted its audience were the regular cash prizes which were occasionally very generous. On 30<sup>th<\/sup> August 1983, Nova gave away \u00a36,000 in cash, a fortune in the cash-strapped times, to Dolores Carney from Trim in Co. Meath. This recording was made from 1857-1930 that evening and features part of the &#8216;Dublin Today&#8217; talk programme which of course gives prominence to the giveaway, replaying the moment when Dolores heard that she had won and her subsequent interview with Declan Meehan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The presenter is Sybil Fennell, one of the best known newsreaders on Nova and interestingly, the recording gives an example of how Nova sometimes split its service between AM and FM in order to maximise its audience. On this occasion, &#8216;Dublin Today&#8217; was broadcast on 828 kHz AM only, while 88 FM carried a rock music show. It&#8217;s hard to believe that this was just five months after Nova was <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-radio-nova-dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raided and shut down<\/a> by the authorities but by August 1983, Ireland&#8217;s biggest pirate station was back with a vengeance. <\/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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Nova was renowned for many things including its powerful signal, slick formatting and innovative content. Another aspect which drew attention to the station and boosted its audience were the regular cash prizes which were occasionally very generous. 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