{"id":9584,"date":"2024-03-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2025-01-18T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:25:08","slug":"overnight-nova-as-heard-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/overnight-nova-as-heard-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight Nova as heard in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8037\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9584-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.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\/2024\/03\/19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9584-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830409_Radio_Nova_819_into_10_April.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ireland_dublin_nova_mast1_1983-695x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Overnight Nova as heard in Britain\" class=\"wp-image-9592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ireland_dublin_nova_mast1_1983-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ireland_dublin_nova_mast1_1983-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ireland_dublin_nova_mast1_1983-768x1132.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ireland_dublin_nova_mast1_1983.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The massive AM aerial at the Nova Park site in 1983 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The boss of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova, Chris Cary, made various attempts to reach the west coast of Britain through the use of high-powered AM transmitters. At various times in the station&#8217;s existence, weather reports referred to northwest England, southern Scotland and the Isle of Man and Nova opened an advertising office in Liverpool in 1984. Expansion plans were dealt a severe blow in May 1983 when the authorities raided Nova and when the station returned to full-time broadcasting a days weeks later, power was reduced significantly. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Overnight Nova as heard in Britain\" class=\"wp-image-9588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ken-Hammond-Noel-Hiney-2048x1397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nova newsreader Ken Hammond (courtesy Noel Hiney). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from Nova&#8217;s AM frequency about a month before the raids and gives a flavour of how the station sounded in the English midlands outside the intended listening area on the west coast. It begins with Denis Murray finishing his Saturday night show and the extended midnight news read by Ken Hammond, who would go on to become an RT\u00c9 journalist. The overnight DJ is the late Roland Burke. The recording continues with a Sunday morning show presented by Mike Moran and news read by Bryan Dobson, who also went on to a career with RT\u00c9 News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The night-time recording contains lots of fading consistent with AM propagation in the hours of darkness and the daytime section is typical of groundwave reception. Made from 819 kHz, it begins at 2350 on Saturday 9<sup>th<\/sup> and continues from 0937 on Sunday 10<sup>th<\/sup> April 1983. The recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boss of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova, Chris Cary, made various attempts to reach the west coast of Britain through the use of high-powered AM transmitters. 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