{"id":3199,"date":"2020-12-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2022-12-04T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T14:53:32","slug":"radio-snowflake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-snowflake\/","title":{"rendered":"The original Christmas station: Radio Snowflake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5894\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3199-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.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\/12\/Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3199-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Radio-Snowflake-999FM-1512KHz-199M-1345pm-15-12-1984.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-700x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The original Christmas station: Radio Snowflake\" class=\"wp-image-3198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-700x1024.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-205x300.jpeg 205w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-768x1123.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-1050x1536.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-1400x2048.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/snowflake-flyer-c-1986-scaled.jpeg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>A Radio Snowflake flyer from c. 1986 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Snowflake was the original Christmas station, set up by Dave Reddy of the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) in 1982. The CBC rang temporary festival stations around Dublin in locations such as Glasnevin, Ringsend and Donnybrook and also broadcast Radio Snowflake around Christmas each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 1512 kHz AM on 15<sup>th<\/sup> December 1984 from 1345-1430. David Baker, a well-known voice of CBC and other pirates, is on air with his usual mix of easy listening music and community news. There is plenty of co-channel mixing, possibly from Wicklow Community Radio on the same frequency. 1512 or 1530 were the usual AM frequencies for CBC with various low-powered FM channels in operation. 99.9 MHz is announced in this recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Baker continued to run Radio Snowflake online until 2019, using many of the original presenters. <a href=\"https:\/\/christmasfm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christmas FM<\/a> comes on air every year on a temporary licence in various cities and towns across Ireland. The recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International was a shortwave station broadcasting from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Snowflake was the original Christmas station, set up by Dave Reddy of the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) in 1982. The CBC rang temporary festival stations around Dublin in locations such as Glasnevin, Ringsend and Donnybrook and also broadcast Radio Snowflake around Christmas each year. 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