{"id":8728,"date":"2023-07-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8728"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T11:54:40","slug":"ballymun-community-radio-from-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ballymun-community-radio-from-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballymun Community Radio from 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6939\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8728-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.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\/07\/19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8728-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830826_Ballymun_CR_104FM_SK_1135-1220.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Ballymun Community Radio from 1983\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ballymun Community Radio was an FM-only pirate broadcasting to the north Dublin suburb of Ballymun in 1983. The station was noted on 104 FM in a DX Archive log from July that year, but did not appear in earlier or later logs. In the July 1983 column by Tony Donlon in <em>Contact<\/em> magazine of the World DX Club, the station was listed on the same frequency and the address of 39, Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun given. According to the same report, Ballymun Community Radio went on air on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> June and broadcast from a ground floor flat with a long wire antenna hanging from a top floor window.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made on 26<sup>th<\/sup> August 1983 from 104 FM between 1135 and 1220 and features Derek Bates playing pop and chart music. There is one commercial break featuring local shops. Sound levels are variable and audio quality is fair with a hiss due to cassette degradation over time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A station called Ballymun Community Broadcasting set up by Joe Doyle (later of Radio Dublin) was listed by Anoraks Ireland and in the Anoraks UK <em>Weekly Report<\/em> between July 1987 and July 1988 with an address at 382 Balcurris Road, Dublin 9. Frequencies logged at various times were 89.5 and 104.7 FM. It is not clear whether or not this was linked to the earlier Ballymun station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Radio Skywave International was a 1980s shortwave station operating from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. Thanks to Ian Biggar for assistance with background information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballymun Community Radio was an FM-only pirate broadcasting to the north Dublin suburb of Ballymun in 1983. The station was noted on 104 FM in a DX Archive log from July that year, but did not appear in earlier or later logs. 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