{"id":3480,"date":"2021-01-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2022-01-06T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:47:39","slug":"launch-of-radio-257","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/launch-of-radio-257\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of Radio 257 in 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7605\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3480-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.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\/2021\/01\/19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3480-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19870405_Radio-Rainbow_FRC_47_-Kieran_Murray_jingles_Radio_257_launch_EC.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Launch of Radio 257 in 1980\" class=\"wp-image-3488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ian-D.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Ian Dempsey at the Crofton Airport Hotel (photo courtesy of Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio 257 was the new name for Alternative Radio Dublin (ARD), a pioneering station of the late 1970s that itself had broken away from Radio Dublin. Radio 257 was launched on 4<sup>th<\/sup> January 1980 and based at the Crofton Hotel near Dublin Airport, but reverted to the former ARD name at a later stage. Household names of the future were among the early ARD\/Radio 257 crew, including John Clarke, Mike Moran, Tony Allan (RIP), Paul Vincent and Ian Dempsey.  The station closed in 1982, a casualty of super-pirates Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio, which had come to dominate the Dublin radio market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ard_1979_tony_c.jpg\" alt=\"Launch of Radio 257 in 1980\" class=\"wp-image-3481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ard_1979_tony_c.jpg 760w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ard_1979_tony_c-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Tony Allan (RIP) in ARD before the relaunch as Radio 257 (photo courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of edition #47 of the Free Radio Campaign show on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tags\/radio-rainbow-international\/\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Rainbow International<\/a>, presented by Kieran Murray on 5<sup>th<\/sup> April 1987. It begins with a 5-minute jingle sweep, followed by a recording of the launch of Radio 257 at 12 noon on 4<sup>th<\/sup> January 1980. Dave C is in the chair and the launch includes an interview with new breakfast DJ Ian Dempsey and the iconic Tony Allan 257 jingles. The show ends with a weekly round-up of free radio news from Ireland and abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_257_sticker_clean.jpg\" alt=\"Launch of Radio 257 in 1980\" class=\"wp-image-3482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_257_sticker_clean.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_257_sticker_clean-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_257_sticker_clean-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio 257 sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Rainbow International was a hobby station set up by Boyneside Radio engineer Eddie Caffrey from his home in Co. Louth. It broadcast every Sunday on shortwave, AM and FM for three years from 1985 to the end of 1988. As well as the weekly FRC show, Radio Rainbow also leased airtime to British pirate stations at risk of being raided. We thank Eddie Caffrey for sharing this recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio 257 was the new name for Alternative Radio Dublin (ARD), a pioneering station of the late 1970s that itself had broken away from Radio Dublin. Radio 257 was launched on 4th January 1980 and based at the Crofton Hotel near Dublin Airport, but reverted to the former ARD name at a later stage. 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