{"id":5325,"date":"2021-12-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5325"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:25:43","slug":"closedown-of-boyneside-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-boyneside-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Closedown of Boyneside Radio as heard on shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_888\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5325-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.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\/12\/19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5325-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_Boyneside_SW_closedown_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-1024x879.jpeg\" alt=\"Closedown of Boyneside Radio as heard on shortwave\" class=\"wp-image-2630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-1024x879.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-300x258.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-768x659.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-1536x1319.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Boyneside-sticker-blue-2048x1758.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Boyneside sticker (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Boyneside Radio, based in Drogheda in Co. Louth, was a successful local and eventually regional radio station broadcasting to the northeast of Ireland and beyond from 1978-1988. This is a recording of the final few hours of Boyneside on the afternoon of its last day on air, 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. Rather than its familiar medium wave and FM frequencies, this was taken from 6231 kHz shortwave, the transmitter of Radio Rainbow International which was linked to Boyneside and used specially for the occasion. Reception ranges from fair to poor with a heterodyne in the second half of the recording but it gives a sense of how shortwave listeners, especially those outside Ireland, experienced the closedown.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-814x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Closedown of Boyneside Radio as heard on shortwave\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-814x1024.jpeg 814w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-768x966.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-1221x1536.jpeg 1221w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-1628x2048.jpeg 1628w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-scaled.jpeg 2035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Eddie Caffrey pictured in 1986 (courtesy of Eddie himself). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording runs from 1348-1502 and features Eddie Caffrey on air with a host of Boyneside DJs and other staff. There are also plenty of farewell messages from loyal listeners who will miss their local station. We thank John Breslin for the donation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history of Boyneside is already well documented on this site and all recordings of the station can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tags\/boyneside-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. For a comprehensive account of the 1988 closedowns, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a> site.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boyneside Radio, based in Drogheda in Co. Louth, was a successful local and eventually regional radio station broadcasting to the northeast of Ireland and beyond from 1978-1988. This is a recording of the final few hours of Boyneside on the afternoon of its last day on air, 31st December 1988. 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