{"id":2717,"date":"2020-10-02T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2021-08-07T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:55:51","slug":"northeast-series-community-radio-drogheda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-community-radio-drogheda\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Community Radio Drogheda (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7328\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2717-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.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\/10\/19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2717-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820407_1250-1400_Gavin_Duffy_1400-1420_NiallMcGowan_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/crd_82_rkenny-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Community Radio Drogheda (1981)\" class=\"wp-image-2728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/crd_82_rkenny-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/crd_82_rkenny-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/crd_82_rkenny-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/crd_82_rkenny.jpg 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Richard Kenny (Crowley) in the CRD studio on Baymore Road in 1982 (courtesy of Ken Baird). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drogheda&#8217;s two pirate radio stations, the original Boyneside Radio and the breakaway Community Radio Drogheda continued to battle it out through the second half of 1981 and into 1982. As the brochure below illustrates, the CRD team included several presenters who would move on to Radio Leinster in Dublin such as Richard Kenny (Crowley), Gavin Duffy and Ken Murray while Eddie Caffrey and Dermot Finglas would eventually return to Boyneside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRDbrochure2-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Community Radio Drogheda (1981)\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRDbrochure2-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRDbrochure2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRDbrochure2-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRDbrochure2.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Community Radio Drogheda brochure (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Community Radio Drogheda (1981)\" class=\"wp-image-2720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004-768x1066.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004-1107x1536.jpg 1107w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ireland_drogheda_crd_booklet-page-004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption>Community Radio Drogheda brochure (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRD_SundayJournal05121981-393x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Community Radio Drogheda (1981)\" class=\"wp-image-2722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRD_SundayJournal05121981-393x1024.jpg 393w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRD_SundayJournal05121981-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CRD_SundayJournal05121981.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption>Sunday Journal, 05.12.1981 (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The final page of the brochure above includes news editor Michael O&#8217;Dowd, whose brother Fergus is now a Fine Gael TD for Louth. Another brother Niall is a well-known Irish-American journalist. Tony Clayton-Lea, who would become a well-known rock critic and writer, is also among the presenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community Radio Drogheda was among the pirates whose schedules were published in the <em>Sunday Journal<\/em> (see left). As we can see, many of the presenters did two shows per day and there were more specialist programmes at the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long recording above was made from 1250-1420 on 7<sup>th<\/sup> April 1982 and features Gavin Duffy with a packed Lunchtime Special show. He interviews excited local teenagers about their school opera, reads letters from listeners and introduces various features. News at 1.15 is read by Richard Kenny (Crowley), who would eventually work as a journalist with RT\u00c9. Niall McGowan follows Gavin&#8217;s show at 2pm.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shorter recording below is an airchecked version of part of Ken Murray&#8217;s afternoon show on 26<sup>th<\/sup> March 1982. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Ian Biggar and Eddie Caffrey for the recordings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19820326_CRD_aircheck.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drogheda&#8217;s two pirate radio stations, the original Boyneside Radio and the breakaway Community Radio Drogheda continued to battle it out through the second half of 1981 and into 1982. 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