{"id":6454,"date":"2022-05-17T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:28:14","slug":"rte-coverage-of-1983-pirate-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/rte-coverage-of-1983-pirate-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"RT\u00c9 coverage of 1983 pirate raids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5285\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6454-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Tipler-RTE-audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Tipler-RTE-audio.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Tipler-RTE-audio.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\/05\/Tipler-RTE-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6454-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Tipler-RTE-audio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tipler-RTE-audio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sunshine_raid6_0583-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"RT\u00c9 coverage of 1983 pirate raids\" class=\"wp-image-2033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sunshine_raid6_0583-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sunshine_raid6_0583-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sunshine_raid6_0583-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sunshine_raid6_0583.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>Equipment removed from Sunshine Radio, 19 May 1983, with RT\u00c9 crew filming (courtesy Joe King).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was extensive coverage on RT\u00c9 of the raids on Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio on 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> May 1983. This was unsurprising given that RT\u00c9&#8217;s income and standing was threatened by the popularity of the pirates. British radio enthusiast Leon Tipler recorded RT\u00c9 coverage of the raids from Radio 1, listening on its medium wave transmitter on 567 kHz which got reasonably well into the English midlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording consists of several RT\u00c9 news bulletins during that fateful week in 1983: the 6.30pm news and 10.00pm headlines on Wednesday 18<sup>th<\/sup> May; the newspaper review at 8.10am on 19<sup>th<\/sup> May followed by news from 1.00pm, 1.30pm and 6.30pm that day; the newspaper review at 9.05am on Saturday 21<sup>st<\/sup> May and the 1.00pm news programme on Sunday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> May. The final extract includes an interview with the Minister of State for Posts and Telegraphs, Ted Nealon, promising new radio legislation by the autumn of 1983. Optimistically, he predicted that local radio in the 1980s would be similar to rural electrification 40 years earlier. In fact, it would be another 5 and a half years before the pirates would be closed down and licensed radio introduced.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was extensive coverage on RT\u00c9 of the raids on Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio on 18th and 19th May 1983. This was unsurprising given that RT\u00c9&#8217;s income and standing was threatened by the popularity of the pirates. 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