{"id":7974,"date":"2023-02-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2023-02-12T11:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:37:05","slug":"nova-offshoot-kiss-fm-nears-end-of-run-in-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/nova-offshoot-kiss-fm-nears-end-of-run-in-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova offshoot KISS FM nears end of run in 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8828\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7974-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-192.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\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7974-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI880-715-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nova offshoot KISS FM nears end of run in 1984\" class=\"wp-image-7975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption>John Clarke in the KISS FM studio in December 1982 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>KISS FM was set up by Chris Cary as an offshoot of Radio Nova in September 1982, and offered specialist programming aimed at listeners in Dublin, in contrast to Nova&#8217;s more mainstream service and wider reception area. It also had the function of absorbing additional advertising for the main station but as it entered 1984, KISS FM was in trouble. Jamming by RT\u00c9 and growing industrial unrest with the National Union of Journalists was threatening the entire Radio Nova operation and KISS FM closed down at midnight on 15<sup>th<\/sup> January.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made a fortnight earlier and includes the afternoon show with John Clarke from 2pm. The emphasis is on the music with limited talk and from 3pm John presents the Top 40 most played easy listening songs on KISS in 1983. News on the hour is read by Ken Hammond, who went on to work as a journalist with RT\u00c9. The bulletins contain reference to the new state telecommunications board Telecom \u00c9ireann, which was set up to deal with the dire state of the Irish telephone system in the early 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"Nova offshoot KISS FM nears end of run in 1984\" class=\"wp-image-7980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/AI880-715-rotated.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 102.7 FM from 1341-1521 on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 1984 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISS FM was set up by Chris Cary as an offshoot of Radio Nova in September 1982, and offered specialist programming aimed at listeners in Dublin, in contrast to Nova&#8217;s more mainstream service and wider reception area. 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