{"id":8882,"date":"2023-08-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2024-02-12T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:58:30","slug":"echo-community-radio-from-west-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/echo-community-radio-from-west-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo Community Radio from west Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2367\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8882-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.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\/19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8882-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19850617_Echo_CR_280_1140-1227_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Community Radio from west Dublin\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Echo Community Radio was a shortlived station broadcasting from the west Dublin suburb of Blanchardstown in 1985. In July that year, DX Archive logged it on 1071 kHz AM, announcing 280 metres. On 12<sup>th<\/sup> January 1986, Anoraks UK <em>Weekly Report<\/em> said it appeared that Echo Community Radio had closed down. The station was based in the Centrepoint Shopping Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This daytime recording features an unidentified DJ playing a mixture of oldies, disco and more recent chart music. There are no adverts but a phone number is given out for requests. Audio quality is fair with the signal distored in places and electrical interference, reflecting the distance from the transmitter. There is some co-channel interference also, probably from Radio Carousel North in Dundalk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 1071 kHz from 1140-1227 on 17th June 1985. It is from the Skywaves Tapes Collection. Radio Skywave International was a 1980s shortwave station broadcasting from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echo Community Radio was a shortlived station broadcasting from the west Dublin suburb of Blanchardstown in 1985. In July that year, DX Archive logged it on 1071 kHz AM, announcing 280 metres. On 12th January 1986, Anoraks UK Weekly Report said it appeared that Echo Community Radio had closed down. 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