{"id":4355,"date":"2021-07-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2021-07-15T13:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:43:53","slug":"irm-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/irm-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Radio Mayo as heard in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2084\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4355-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.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\/07\/19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19880725_IRM_738_1525-1720_Q102_off_Gerry_Delaney_Joe_Finnegan_KB_low.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IRM-3-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"Independent Radio Mayo as heard in Scotland\" class=\"wp-image-4356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IRM-3-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IRM-3-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IRM-3-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IRM-3.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>IRM flyer from 1987 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of Independent Radio Mayo (IRM) as received in Scotland from 1525-1720 on Friday 25<sup>th<\/sup> July 1988 on 738 kHz AM. IRM was in fact heard by accident when Dublin station Q102, broadcasting on the same frequency, went off the air for approximately two hours. The recording begins with adverts on Q102 and a relatively strong signal due to the geography, followed by the weaker signal of IRM when the Dublin station goes off.\u00a0However IRM&#8217;s 1kW professional transmitter, used originally by Radio Leinster in Dublin, was very effective and as can be heard, the signal travelled well as far as Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There follows almost two hours of IRM, including the afternoon show of one of the founders Gerry Delaney with plenty of community announcements, requests, the Golden Hour and a sports round-up. Joe Finnegan takes over at 5pm with his teatime programme and news is read on the hour by Chris Clesham. Of note are the long ad breaks featuring businesses from across Mayo and occasionally Sligo. At the end Q102 returns to the frequency, blocking out IRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made by Ken Baird and we thank Ian Biggar for sharing it with us.\u00a0Reception is fair to poor but perfectly listenable for DXers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of Independent Radio Mayo (IRM) as received in Scotland from 1525-1720 on Friday 25th July 1988 on 738 kHz AM. IRM was in fact heard by accident when Dublin station Q102, broadcasting on the same frequency, went off the air for approximately two hours. 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