{"id":3090,"date":"2020-11-21T10:19:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T10:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3090"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:07:58","slug":"pop-up-community-radio-styc-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/pop-up-community-radio-styc-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_489\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3090-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.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\/11\/19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3090-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19860824_STYC_963AM_88FM_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/via-cinematreasures-dot-org.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/via-cinematreasures-dot-org.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/via-cinematreasures-dot-org-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Stella Cinema where STYC Radio was based (photo courtesy www.cinematreasures.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Because radio technology was so accessible in 1980s Dublin, all sorts of groups could get involved including youth clubs and community associations. Another station which began under the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) banner was St. Teresa\u2019s Youth Club Radio (STYC) in the Dublin suburb of Mount Merrion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the usual CBC model, STYC Radio came on the air first in August 1983 to coincide with a local festival and was due to return the following summer but never did so. The station was back on 17<sup>th<\/sup> August 1986 from the old Stella Cinema under the direction of John Marren and Greg Manahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/demolition-brianedempsey-twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/demolition-brianedempsey-twitter.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/demolition-brianedempsey-twitter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/demolition-brianedempsey-twitter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The demolition of the Stella Cinema in February 2019 (courtesy @brianedempsey \/ Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a still a link with CBC through the FM transmitter which was supplied by Dave Reddy. Although output was only about 40 watts, the signal on 88 FM got good coverage because of the height of the antenna on the roof of the cinema which was only demolished recently. From 1986 STYC also broadcast on 963 kHz AM using the old D\u00fan Laoghaire Local Radio transmitter, formerly Radio South County from Cabinteely in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording above was made on 24<sup>th<\/sup> August 1986 and features the final day of STYC Radio that summer. A giddy presenter at the start has mic problems and is followed by Greg Manahan, one of those running the station. There are references to festival events including a kids\u2019 party, car treasure hunt and double DJ disco that night. It\u2019s an Irish music show and bootlegs of U2 are among the songs played. Given that the destructive storm Hurricane Charley hit Ireland that very night, it was just as well that this was STYC\u2019s final day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The short airchecked recording below is also from August 1986 and includes Kevin O\u2019Leary &amp; Ken Kelleher with their punk show followed by Greg Manahan. The voice of John Marren is heard on the advert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19850800_STYC_aircheck_KB.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The long recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International was a shortwave station broadcasting from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. The shorter clip is shared courtesy of Kevin Branigan. Thanks to Dave Reddy, Paul Murray and Kevin Branigan for background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because radio technology was so accessible in 1980s Dublin, all sorts of groups could get involved including youth clubs and community associations. Another station which began under the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) banner was St. Teresa\u2019s Youth Club Radio (STYC) in the Dublin suburb of Mount Merrion. Following the usual CBC model, STYC Radio came &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/pop-up-community-radio-styc-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,152],"tags":[536,46,429,24,261,153,442,545,441],"class_list":["post-3090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-am","tag-community-broadcasting-co-operative","tag-community-radio","tag-dave-reddy","tag-dublin","tag-greg-manahan","tag-skywave-collection","tag-styc-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/pop-up-community-radio-styc-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pop-up community radio: STYC Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Because radio technology was so accessible in 1980s Dublin, all sorts of groups could get involved including youth clubs and community associations. 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