{"id":2579,"date":"2021-11-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:06:58","slug":"full-recording-bray-local-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-bray-local-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh (RIP) on Bray Local Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1508\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2579-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.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\/19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2579-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19831109_BLB_Gaeilge_SK_2030-2100.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RnaL-launch-Sept-1993-Saol-original-2.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh (RIP) on Bray Local Broadcasting\" class=\"wp-image-5221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RnaL-launch-Sept-1993-Saol-original-2.jpg 979w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RnaL-launch-Sept-1993-Saol-original-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RnaL-launch-Sept-1993-Saol-original-2-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh (top left) at the launch of Raidi\u00f3 na Life in 1993 (courtesy Saol\/Raidi\u00f3 na Life). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We were saddened to learn of the death on 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2021 of R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh, a pioneering broadcaster with Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) in the 1980s. After developing Irish language programmes on BLB, R\u00f3n\u00e1n went on to be the manager of the licensed Irish language station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raidionalife.ie\/ga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raidi\u00f3 na Life<\/a> in 1993. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BLB was one of the leaders in local community broadcasting during the pirate era and played a key role in the National Association of Community Broadcasters (NACB) which lobbied for licensed community radio. It began broadcasting in 1979 and continued until the closedowns at the end of 1988, making it one of the country&#8217;s longest-running pirate stations. As a community station, BLB prided itself on catering for minority groups and audiences served poorly by mainstream radio, including Irish speakers in its catchment area of north Wicklow and south Dublin. Irish was marginal on pirate radio, particularly among commercial stations, but community radio across the country regularly broadcast programmes in Irish. There were also Irish language pirate stations such as <a href=\"http:\/\/cartlann.ie\/items\/show\/1#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;xywh=-1%2C-165%2C1087%2C981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saor-Raidi\u00f3 Chonamara<\/a> in the Connemara Gaeltacht in 1970 (which led to the establishment of Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta) and Raidi\u00f3 an Phobail in Dublin in 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ireland_bray_blb_657_sticker.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh (RIP) 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><em>Mar st\u00e1isi\u00fan pobail, chuir BLB roimhe freastal ar ghr\u00fapa\u00ed mionlaigh agus daoine nach raibh freastal mar is ceart \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh orthu ag na st\u00e1isi\u00fain mh\u00f3ra raidi\u00f3, ina measc cainteoir\u00ed Gaeilge i dtuaisceart Chill Mhant\u00e1in agus deisceart Bhaile \u00c1tha Cliath. Bh\u00ed an Ghaeilge imeallach ar an raidi\u00f3 bradach, go h\u00e1irithe ar na st\u00e1isi\u00fain tr\u00e1cht\u00e1la, ach craoladh cl\u00e1racha Gaeilge ar st\u00e1isi\u00fain raidi\u00f3 pobail ar fud na t\u00edre. Bh\u00ed st\u00e1isi\u00fain bhradacha Ghaeilge ann chomh maith, ina measc <a href=\"http:\/\/cartlann.ie\/items\/show\/1#?c=0&amp;m=0&amp;s=0&amp;cv=0&amp;xywh=-1%2C-165%2C1087%2C981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saor-Radio Chonamara<\/a> i nGaeltacht Chonamara in 1970 (a thug ann do Raidi\u00f3 na Gaeltachta) agus Raidi\u00f3 an Phobail i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath in 1979.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an extract from the final half hour (2030-2100) of one of BLB&#8217;s Irish language programmes Timchuairt Bhr\u00e9 (a trip around Bray), presented by R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh on 9<sup>th<\/sup> November 1983. R\u00f3n\u00e1n went on to present Irish language programmes on the successor licensed station to BLB, Horizon Radio (John Walsh of Pirate.ie also worked on those programmes) and he became the first manager of the licensed Raidi\u00f3 na Life in 1993. The recording features Irish traditional and folk music and is followed by the station closedown at 2100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Seo \u00ed an leathuair an chloig deireanach (2030-2100) de cheann de chl\u00e1racha Gaeilge BLB, Timchuairt Bhr\u00e9, \u00e1 chur i l\u00e1thair ag R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh ar 9 Samhain 1983. Lean R\u00f3n\u00e1n air ag cur cl\u00e1racha Gaeilge i l\u00e1thair ar Horizon Radio, an st\u00e1isi\u00fan cead\u00fanaithe a th\u00e1inig i gcomharbacht ar BLB. D&#8217;oibrigh John Walsh \u00f3 Pirate.ie ar na cl\u00e1racha sin chomh maith. Ceapadh R\u00f3n\u00e1n ina ch\u00e9ad bhainisteoir ar an st\u00e1isi\u00fan cead\u00fanaithe Raidi\u00f3 na Life in 1993. Ar an taifeadadh seo, cloistear ceol Gaelach agus traidisi\u00fanta agus ina dhiaidh sin d\u00fantar an st\u00e1isi\u00fan ar 2100.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh (RIP) on Bray Local Broadcasting\" class=\"wp-image-2582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Prince-of-Wales-Tce-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>9 Prince of Wales Terrace, Quinsboro Road, Bray from where BLB broadcast in its later years. Horizon Radio was also based here (photo by John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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>We were saddened to learn of the death on 17th November 2021 of R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Dubhthaigh, a pioneering broadcaster with Bray Local Broadcasting (BLB) in the 1980s. After developing Irish language programmes on BLB, R\u00f3n\u00e1n went on to be the manager of the licensed Irish language station Raidi\u00f3 na Life in 1993. 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