{"id":8997,"date":"2023-09-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2023-09-23T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T10:37:56","slug":"jason-maine-on-radio-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/jason-maine-on-radio-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Maine on Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1861\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8997-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.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\/09\/19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8997-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19840528_Radio_Nova_Jason_Maine_738_2141-2209_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Maine on Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-8999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-1068x1536.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR-1423x2048.jpg 1423w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ireland_dublin_nova_ad_rate_folder_october_1984_page-0001-MR.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption>Cover of Nova advertising brochure from 1984 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 1984, things were looking up for Radio Nova following the end of RT\u00c9\u2019s relentless jamming of the station for the early part of the year. A public backlash led to the jamming being called off but although the obstacles to reception of Nova had been removed, storm clouds were gathering due to a bitter industrial relations dispute with journalists laid off by Chris Cary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tape is of Jason Maine\u2019s evening programme as heard in the English midlands around this time. It was recorded from the high-power transmitter on 738 kHz AM, which had recently become the only AM frequency following the end of the jamming. The weather forecast contains reference to the northwest of England as Nova was targetting that area at the time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording features good skywave reception with fading and occasional co-channel interference from the Spanish station on the same frequency. It was made on Monday 28<sup>th<\/sup> May 1984 from 2141-2211 and is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1984, things were looking up for Radio Nova following the end of RT\u00c9\u2019s relentless jamming of the station for the early part of the year. 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