{"id":5761,"date":"2022-02-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:46:20","slug":"telstar-community-radio-from-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/telstar-community-radio-from-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9776\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5761-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-192.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\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5761-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8016AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984\" class=\"wp-image-5762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Telstar-logo.jpg 1565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Telstar Community Radio logo from the early days (courtesy Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Telstar Community Radio broadcast from Co. Louth between November 1980 and the end of 1988 from locations in and around Dundalk. Its AM frequency was 1197 kHz (announcing 250 metres) and it claimed coverage from Drogheda to Newry, which was boosted when the station acquired a commercial 1 kW unit. An FM transmitter on 88.5 FM was later added but at the end of 1981, Telstar was closed down for not having planning permission for its mast. It moved to a premises above a pub in the coastal village of Blackrock south of Dundalk. Read a longer station history <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-telstar-community-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984\" class=\"wp-image-5764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Brake-Tavern-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The Brake Tavern in Blackrock where Telstar was based (photo by John Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Telstar was made from 88.5 FM in mono on Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> June 1984 and is an aircheck between 1424 and 1705. DJ Martin is up first with chart hits and is followed by Gerry Byrne with Saturday Old Gold. Adverts feature businesses from Dundalk, Newry and Navan, giving a sense of the station&#8217;s coverage at this time, and are voiced by station manager Ray Stone and another well-known local DJ Owen Larkin. Quality is excellent as the recording was made on Blackrock strand opposite where Telstar was based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-464x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984\" class=\"wp-image-5765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-464x1024.jpg 464w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-768x1694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B-696x1536.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8016AI-B.jpg 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption>Cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made originally by Kieran Murray and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. More material from this collection can be heard on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ibhof.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish Pirate Radio Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telstar Community Radio broadcast from Co. Louth between November 1980 and the end of 1988 from locations in and around Dundalk. Its AM frequency was 1197 kHz (announcing 250 metres) and it claimed coverage from Drogheda to Newry, which was boosted when the station acquired a commercial 1 kW unit. An FM transmitter on 88.5 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/telstar-community-radio-from-1984\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984&#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":[537,564,154,544,377],"class_list":["post-5761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-537","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-louth","tag-northeast-series","tag-telstar-community-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984 - 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\/telstar-community-radio-from-1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northeast series: Telstar Community Radio from 1984 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Telstar Community Radio broadcast from Co. 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