{"id":8897,"date":"2023-09-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8897"},"modified":"2023-08-12T20:42:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T19:42:31","slug":"radio-dublin-broadcasts-world-music-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-dublin-broadcasts-world-music-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Dublin broadcasts World Music Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6910\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8897-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_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\/19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8897-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19850609_WMR_R_Dublin_6910_987_260_1200-1245_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_wmr_1188_qsl_card.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Dublin broadcasts World Music Radio\" class=\"wp-image-1632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_wmr_1188_qsl_card.jpg 522w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_wmr_1188_qsl_card-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><figcaption>WMR QSL via Radio Dublin from 1985 (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Dublin regularly carried programming from the former Dutch pirate station World Music Radio (WMR). WMR broadcast without a licence from 1967 until 1973 when it was raided by the Dutch authorities. In the 1970s and 1980s, its programmes were carried by stations in Andorra, Italy, France and Radio Dublin in Ireland. WMR has been revived on a number of occasions over the past 25 years and has broadcast from Denmark on shortwave. It currently operates an AM licence in Copenhagen. Read more about the station history <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmrclassic.com\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This relay of WMR via Radio Dublin is from 1985 and features station pioneer Lee Alvin followed by Danish DJ Oscar Hansson with European hits in various languages. A mailing address in Amsterdam is given and there are adverts for the <em>World Radio and Television Handbook<\/em>. Radio Dublin is mentioned as one of the station&#8217;s partners. A break in audio about 25 minutes into the recording is possibly due to the change-over of a cassette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 1200-1247 on 9<sup>th<\/sup> June 1985 from 1188 kHz AM and is from the Skywave 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>Radio Dublin regularly carried programming from the former Dutch pirate station World Music Radio (WMR). WMR broadcast without a licence from 1967 until 1973 when it was raided by the Dutch authorities. In the 1970s and 1980s, its programmes were carried by stations in Andorra, Italy, France and Radio Dublin in Ireland. 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