{"id":4032,"date":"2021-05-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2021-05-22T17:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T16:32:29","slug":"visit-to-community-radio-fingal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/visit-to-community-radio-fingal\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Community Radio Fingal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_823\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4032-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_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\/19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4032-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820900_Tipler_visit_Pat_Young_Cindy_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1024x376.jpg\" alt=\"Visit to Community Radio Fingal\" class=\"wp-image-2586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1024x376.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-768x282.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02-1536x564.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ireland_skerries_crf_02.jpg 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>CRF sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast from various locations in north Co. Dublin from March 1982 until the end of 1988. In September 1982, they were visited at the Rockabill Hotel near Skerries by the British radio enthusiast Leon Tipler during one of his Irish trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the unedited version of the <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:24:40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interviews about CRF<\/a> in Tipler\u2019s documentary series \u2018The Irish Pirates\u2019. Speaking in the tiny CRF studio, Pat Young explains that the station emerged from Dublin Community Radio, which by 1982 was struggling with increased competition in the city\u2019s pirate scene. At the time the station broadcast on 1584 kHz AM, announcing 189 metres, with 1 kW of power which gave it good reception all over Dublin. A 25-watt FM transmitter on 96 MHz linked to the AM installation a few kilometres away. CRF had 10-12 presenters and four sales staff and was doing well with listeners and advertisers. Tipler also interviews DJ Sindy who is one of four female presenters and a part-time sales representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast from various locations in north Co. Dublin from March 1982 until the end of 1988. In September 1982, they were visited at the Rockabill Hotel near Skerries by the British radio enthusiast Leon Tipler during one of his Irish trips. This is the unedited version of the interviews about CRF &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/visit-to-community-radio-fingal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Visit to Community Radio Fingal&#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":[14],"tags":[498,87,153,342],"class_list":["post-4032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-498","tag-community-radio-fingal","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>Visit to Community Radio Fingal - 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\/visit-to-community-radio-fingal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visit to Community Radio Fingal - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community Radio Fingal (CRF) broadcast from various locations in north Co. 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