{"id":337,"date":"2020-09-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=337"},"modified":"2020-08-23T08:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T07:58:29","slug":"interview-john-brady-radio-ireland-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-john-brady-radio-ireland-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: John Brady (Radio Ireland International)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9645\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-337-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=337-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-John_Brady-Radio_Ireland_Shortwave.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-677x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Interview: John Brady (Radio Ireland International)\" class=\"wp-image-2574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-677x1024.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-198x300.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-768x1162.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-1015x1536.jpeg 1015w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-1354x2048.jpeg 1354w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Radio-Ireland-map-scaled.jpeg 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><figcaption>Image from the Radio Ireland International QSL card (courtesy of Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Ireland International was one of several hobby shortwave stations operating from Ireland in the 1980s, usually on the air on Sunday mornings. The station was set up by two 20 year-olds, John Brady and Tony Healy (Clarke on air), on 1<sup>st<\/sup> May 1983 using an output power of 90 watts on 6293 kHz. Programmes were mostly pre-recorded with occasional live shows. Shortwave logs from that period are scant but Radio Ireland was heard relaying Radio Nova by Anoraks UK on 9<sup>th<\/sup> December 1984 on 6310 kHz. An address in Glasnevin North was given and a <a href=\"https:\/\/piratememories.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/radio-ireland-int.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recording<\/a> from around that time said that the station was broadcasting from near Dublin Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"936\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-1024x936.jpeg\" alt=\"Interview: John Brady (Radio Ireland International)\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-1024x936.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-300x274.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-768x702.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-1536x1404.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Letter-2048x1871.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>1983 letter from Radio Ireland International to Ian Biggar, giving further station information. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Ireland International was logged again on 6312 kHz on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1984 and from 1985 on, was a regular on the Irish shortwave scene. An Anoraks Ireland listing from 1986 gave 31 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1 as the address. On 12<sup>th<\/sup> April 1987, Anoraks UK reported that the station had closed for &#8216;personal reasons&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-1024x676.jpeg\" alt=\"Interview: John Brady (Radio Ireland International)\" class=\"wp-image-2576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-1024x676.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-768x507.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-1536x1015.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/QSL-2048x1353.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>1983 Radio Ireland International QSL (courtesy of Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, John Brady tells Eolann Aitken about the early days of Radio Ireland International and described how they used a low-powered FM link to avoid being raided. The interview was conducted on 20<sup>th<\/sup> October 2018 at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin at a meet-up of people involved in Irish pirate radio over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Ireland International was one of several hobby shortwave stations operating from Ireland in the 1980s, usually on the air on Sunday mornings. The station was set up by two 20 year-olds, John Brady and Tony Healy (Clarke on air), on 1st May 1983 using an output power of 90 watts on 6293 kHz. 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