{"id":5790,"date":"2022-02-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:45:09","slug":"more-telstar-community-radio-from-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-telstar-community-radio-from-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9351\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5790-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-A-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\/AI626-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5790-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI626-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-720x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986\" class=\"wp-image-2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-720x1024.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-1080x1536.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-1440x2048.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Telstar-coverage-1988-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Telstar flyer from 1988 (courtesy Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another recording of Co. Louth station Telstar Community Radio from 1986. Broadcasting from the village of Blackrock south of Dundalk, Telstar was heard across the county and beyond and held its own for eight years despite stiff competition from other local pirates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986\" class=\"wp-image-5794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-rotated.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Handwritten cassette label from the Anoraks Ireland Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1 of this recording above was made from 88.5 FM from 1222-1310 on 30<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986 and features the end of the show presented by station manager Ray Stone, who also reads the news. Ray is still broadcasting today on local licensed station LMFM. Part 2 below was made on the same date from 1310-1400 and features Dominic Keenan. Telstar also broadcast on 1197 kHz, announcing 250 metres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI626-B.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 of the recording from 1310<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of Co. Louth station Telstar Community Radio from 1986. Broadcasting from the village of Blackrock south of Dundalk, Telstar was heard across the county and beyond and held its own for eight years despite stiff competition from other local pirates. Part 1 of this recording above was made from 88.5 FM &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-telstar-community-radio-from-1986\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Northeast series: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986&#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":[536,154,544,415,377],"class_list":["post-5790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-louth","tag-northeast-series","tag-ray-stone","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: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986 - 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\/more-telstar-community-radio-from-1986\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northeast series: More Telstar Community Radio from 1986 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is another recording of Co. 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