{"id":2588,"date":"2020-09-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:19:25","slug":"full-recording-community-radio-fingal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-community-radio-fingal\/","title":{"rendered":"Full recording: Community Radio Fingal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8390\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2588-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.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\/19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2588-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830701_CRF_Des_Lee_1922-1952_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"376\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1024x376.jpg\" alt=\"Full recording: Community Radio Fingal\" class=\"wp-image-2586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1024x376.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-768x282.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1536x564.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02.jpg 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>CRF car sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast from Swords and then Skerries in north Co. Dublin from 1982 to 1988. It began with a 300 watt transmitter but then increased it to 1 kW, and moving from 1584 to 1575 kHz (announced as 189 metres) improved its reception, particularly on the west coast of Britain. Leon Tipler visited CRF in <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1982<\/a> on one of his visits to Ireland and you can hear an interview with the owner of CRF Brian Matthews <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-with-brian-matthews-of-community-radio-fingal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> in which he gives information about the station&#8217;s history and technical set-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our recording was made from 1575 kHz from 1922-1952 on 1<sup>st<\/sup> July 1983, apparently on the west coast of Britain as it sounds like daytime groundwave reception. Des Lee is on the air with music and community notices. He mentions that CRF is broadcasting from the Castle Shopping Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin and also refers to an FM transmitter on 90 MHz. Audio quality deteriorates towards the end as the cassette has degraded with the passage of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast from Swords and then Skerries in north Co. Dublin from 1982 to 1988. It began with a 300 watt transmitter but then increased it to 1 kW, and moving from 1584 to 1575 kHz (announced as 189 metres) improved its reception, particularly on the west coast of Britain. 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