{"id":6552,"date":"2022-06-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:34:59","slug":"first-test-royal-county-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/first-test-royal-county-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: First test broadcasts on Royal County Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6734\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6552-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/8010AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/8010AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/8010AI-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\/06\/8010AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6552-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/8010AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8010AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: First test broadcasts on Royal County Radio\" class=\"wp-image-6553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Royal-County-Envelope-2048x1100.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>RCR envelope (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal County Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1984 from Navan in Co. Meath and was managed by the late Don Allen, a stalwart of the offshore and Irish pirate scene. The station launched on 8<sup>th<\/sup> October from the Trimgate Arcade in the centre of Navan, announcing 245 metres although the cassette label records the actual wavelength as 254 metres (1179 kHz although it is unlikely that the station was so close to Radio Dublin on 1188). Royal County Radio moved around the medium wave band before settling on 355 metres (846 kHz).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of the first test broadcasts of Royal County Radio and is undated but seems to be from more than one day, so we estimate 8<sup>th<\/sup> and possibly 9<sup>th<\/sup> October 1982. The voice of station manager Don Allen is heard on promos and a single advert and other DJs include Lynsey Shelbourne (Dolan), John Stevens and Fab Ollie. Audio levels are uneven and a heterodyne is heard at night, suggesting that the transmitter was slightly off channel. To the strains of <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em>, Don Allen closes down the station at midnight. RCR was in direct competition with Radio Carousel Navan and left the airwaves by the middle of 1984.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made by Kieran Murray and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal County Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1984 from Navan in Co. Meath and was managed by the late Don Allen, a stalwart of the offshore and Irish pirate scene. 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