{"id":8830,"date":"2023-08-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2023-08-12T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:32:58","slug":"non-stop-music-on-carnival-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/non-stop-music-on-carnival-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-stop music on Carnival Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_393\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8830-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.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\/08\/19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8830-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19840220_Carnival_Radio_257_1535-1623.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=\"Non-stop music on Carnival Radio\" 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>Carnival Radio was a short-lived station broadcasting to Dublin in 1984. According to <em>Offshore Echos<\/em> no. 52 of May 1984, it began tests in late January that year on 1116 kHz and a 24-hour pop service was planned. It appeared to have links with the former Community Radio 257 which was raided the previous November. The phone number was used by 257 before its move to Portmarnock and several former 257 staff worked on it. An Anoraks UK report from 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February 1984 suggested the same relationship. The strength of the signal in this recording suggests that the tranmission site was close to the receiver in northeast Dublin but we have been unable to unearth any more information about Carnival Radio. The recording is not of much assistance either as it contains no station idents and consists of continuous music only. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wavelength of 257 metres is listed on the cassette, roughly equivalent to 1161 kHz although that would have clashed with several UK stations so 1116 kHz is more likely. The recording was made from 1535-1623 on 20<sup>th<\/sup> February 1984 and is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Radio Skywave International was a 1980s shortwave station broadcasting from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. Thanks to Ian Biggar for further information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnival Radio was a short-lived station broadcasting to Dublin in 1984. According to Offshore Echos no. 52 of May 1984, it began tests in late January that year on 1116 kHz and a 24-hour pop service was planned. It appeared to have links with the former Community Radio 257 which was raided the previous November. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/non-stop-music-on-carnival-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Non-stop music on Carnival Radio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[537,46,663,153,545],"class_list":["post-8830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-am","tag-carnival-radio","tag-dublin","tag-skywave-collection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Non-stop music on Carnival Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/non-stop-music-on-carnival-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Non-stop music on Carnival Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Carnival Radio was a short-lived station broadcasting to Dublin in 1984. 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