{"id":634,"date":"2019-01-08T15:04:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T15:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=634"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:14:00","slug":"jingles-capitol-radio-nitesky-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/jingles-capitol-radio-nitesky-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Jingles – Capitol Radio\/Nitesky 96"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There were several stations calling themselves Capital or Capitol Radio at various times during the pirate era but one favourite of ours was Capitol Radio\/Nitesky 96 which evolved from playing album tracks to indie and alternative music. Nitesky 96 was launched as a \u2018sister station\u2019 to Capitol on 1st July 1986 and initially featured specialist programmes before settling into its own style of niche music drawing on the lively Dublin band scene. Its ‘Alternative Night’ at McGonagle’s nightclub in South Anne Street was highly popular towards the end of the station’s existence in 1988. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capitol broadcast on 1017 kHz until early 1986 before selling its AM TX to the new Liberties Local Community Radio which took up position on 1035 kHz. For the remainder of its existence Capitol\/Nitesky broadcast on 94.1 and 95.8 FM. Capitol’s jingle package was from the station of the same name in South Africa. Here’s a selection of those jingles from our own collection along with some idents featuring Tony Allan and a Bill Mitchell ident for Nitesky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n