{"id":3706,"date":"2021-03-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3706"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:48:41","slug":"dublin-pirate-radio-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dublin-pirate-radio-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4184\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3706-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.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\/02\/19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3706-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19721000_Radio_Dublin_1300-1400_Prince_Terry_Mark_T_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-Carlow-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972\" class=\"wp-image-3711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-Carlow-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-Carlow-2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-Carlow-2-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Dublin QSL sent to Carlow in 1974 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a brief period as Static Radio on 225&nbsp;metres&nbsp;in late 1971 or early 1972, Radio Dublin re-established itself as a regular weekend broadcaster. Broadcasts resumed on 253&nbsp;metres&nbsp;(1183&nbsp;kHz)&nbsp;with a power of 50 watts fed into a V-antenna. At this&nbsp;point&nbsp;the station was located in Roger Lloyd&#8217;s flat in&nbsp;Crumlin. They were very pleased to get a reception report from a listener in Cheshire for a normal Sunday lunchtime broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular broadcasts were made every Sunday from noon until\u00a02pm\u00a0with Prince Terry (Roger Lloyd) and Mark T. (Mark Story) each doing an hour. The station served the young people of Dublin who had a penchant for heavier music. However, in the latter part of 1972 trouble first appeared on the horizon for the Dublin free radio stations. A white Volkswagen tracker car was spotted in the vicinity of Radio Galaxy, with the operator Tony Boylan quickly informing the other pirates in the city. The car, along with another, duly turned up in the area fairly close to Radio Dublin, which was forced to abruptly terminate its broadcasts one Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the operators of Radio Dublin decided to suspend transmissions on medium wave, with a plan to move to short wave which attracted less attention from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. Reluctantly Radio Dublin made its final broadcast for the time being in October 1972, a wise move considering the raid that followed on Radio Milinda just a few weeks later. We will cover the Milinda story in another post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording, which was supplied by Roger Lloyd, features Prince Terry and Mark T. with their goodbye shows. The American jingle package of WDEE &#8216;the Big D&#8217; is heard throughout. There is also a taped appearance at the end of the transmission from Ken Edwards (Sheehan), the founder of Radio Dublin. We thank Ian Biggar for the text and for sharing this rare recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972\" class=\"wp-image-3710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1974-Radio-Dublin-QSL-UK.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Dublin QSL sent to Hertfordshire in 1974 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Dublin did make some transmissions on shortwave in 1973 and 1974 as the QSL received by Mike Barraclough in Herfordshire shows, as well as sporadic transmissions on 253&nbsp;metres&nbsp;as illustrated by the QSL received by John Dowling in Carlow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a brief period as Static Radio on 225&nbsp;metres&nbsp;in late 1971 or early 1972, Radio Dublin re-established itself as a regular weekend broadcaster. Broadcasts resumed on 253&nbsp;metres&nbsp;(1183&nbsp;kHz)&nbsp;with a power of 50 watts fed into a V-antenna. At this&nbsp;point&nbsp;the station was located in Roger Lloyd&#8217;s flat in&nbsp;Crumlin. They were very pleased to get a reception report &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dublin-pirate-radio-1972\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972&#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],"tags":[532,46,153,479,9,192],"class_list":["post-3706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-532","tag-am","tag-dublin","tag-pirate-pioneers-series","tag-radio-dublin","tag-roger-lloyd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972 - 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\/dublin-pirate-radio-1972\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pirate Pioneers: trouble brews for Dublin pirate radio in 1972 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following a brief period as Static Radio on 225&nbsp;metres&nbsp;in late 1971 or early 1972, Radio Dublin re-established itself as a regular weekend broadcaster. 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