{"id":3562,"date":"2021-02-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:36:09","slug":"royal-county-radio-from-navan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/royal-county-radio-from-navan\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Royal County Radio from Navan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8370\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3562-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.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\/19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3562-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19821028-1145-1235-RoyalCountyRadio_OliverKellan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-710x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Royal County Radio from Navan\" class=\"wp-image-1287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-710x1024.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-1065x1536.jpeg 1065w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-1420x2048.jpeg 1420w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RCR-flyer-244-m-scaled.jpeg 1775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption>Flyer for Royal County Radio (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Royal County Radio (RCR) broadcast from 1982 to 1984 from Navan in Co. Meath and was a rival to Radio Carousel, which was based in the town&#8217;s shopping centre. It was set up by Canadian ex-offshore DJ Don Allen (RIP) who was a familiar voice on the Irish pirates of the 1980s and had formerly worked with Carousel. RCR was launched on 8<sup>th<\/sup> October 1982 and broadcast from a shopping arcade in Navan town centre. The station used the former Southside Radio transmitter from Dublin and moved around the AM band before settling on 846 kHz. Navan was probably too small to support two pirates and RCR closed around the middle of 1984. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording is of Oliver Callan on his lunchtime show from 1145-1235 on 28<sup>th<\/sup> October 1982, only a few week&#8217;s after the station was launched. 305 metres is announced which is roughly equivalent to 981 kHz although the actual frequency may have been the slightly off-channel 1000 kHz where RCR was located for a time. The voice of Don Allen is heard on ads and promos and Peter reads news headlines at midday. We thank Ian Biggar for this donation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal County Radio (RCR) broadcast from 1982 to 1984 from Navan in Co. Meath and was a rival to Radio Carousel, which was based in the town&#8217;s shopping centre. 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