{"id":3998,"date":"2021-05-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2021-05-07T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T09:40:07","slug":"capitol-98-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/capitol-98-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_269\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3998-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.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\/05\/19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3998-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820911_Capitol_98_983fm_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM\" class=\"wp-image-4008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1-1093x1536.jpg 1093w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fullsizeoutput_d54-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><figcaption>Capitol Radio schedule from 1982 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitol Radio was a short-lived Dublin pirate specialising in adult contemporary music and was on air for a few months from mid-1982. Both experienced and up-and-coming broadcasters were involved in the station including Tony Allan, Peter Madison, Steve Marshall, Scott Williams, Paul Allen, Eddie West and Lawrence John. Capitol specialised in adult-oriented contemporary music and was aimed at listeners from 17 to 35 years. It also promised community programmes, advice slots and a local news service. The station was located in Robert Emmet House in Milltown in south Dublin. It closed in the autumn of 1982, probably due to increased competition in the Dublin radio market.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-ad-info-990x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM\" class=\"wp-image-4005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-ad-info-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-ad-info-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-ad-info-768x795.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-ad-info.jpg 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Capitol advertising promo (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitol&#8217;s promotional material referred to 999 kHz AM but it&#8217;s not clear if the station was ever on medium wave. The FM transmitter was 3 kW in power and 98.3 MHz was announced on air. This recording was made on 11<sup>th<\/sup> September 1982 and although it contains a station ID and ads, there&#8217;s no sign of a DJ so the station may have been nearing the end of its run. Audio quality is variable but it&#8217;s not clear if this is because the recording was made a distance from the transmitter or due to a technical issue. It seems that this Capitol was linked with another pirate of the same name that ran from 1983-1988 and eventually became an indie music station.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.  Thanks to David Baker and Steve Marshall for background information.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitol Radio was a short-lived Dublin pirate specialising in adult contemporary music and was on air for a few months from mid-1982. 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Capitol specialised in adult-oriented contemporary music and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/capitol-98-fm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM&#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":[152],"tags":[498,499,78,153,342],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-498","tag-capitol-98","tag-capitol-nitesky-96","tag-dublin","tag-leon-tipler"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM - 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\/capitol-98-fm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Short-lived adult music station Capitol 98 FM - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Capitol Radio was a short-lived Dublin pirate specialising in adult contemporary music and was on air for a few months from mid-1982. 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