{"id":9812,"date":"2024-05-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2024-05-01T19:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:04:58","slug":"northeast-series-1st-birthday-of-radio-rainbow-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-1st-birthday-of-radio-rainbow-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: 1st birthday of Radio Rainbow International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8504\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9812-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-192.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\/05\/8100AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9812-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8100AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-4-KM.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: 1st birthday of Radio Rainbow International\" class=\"wp-image-2906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-4-KM.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-4-KM-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Rainbow International antenna system in 1986 (courtesy Kieran Murray). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Rainbow International was a high-powered shortwave station broadcasting from Co. Louth between 1985-1988. It was set up by the engineer of Boyneside Radio, Eddie Caffrey and other Boyneside presenters were also involved. Radio Rainbow was the highest powered of the shortwave pirates from Ireland and broadcast every Sunday morning across Europe on 6240 kHz in the 48-metre band, later adding medium wave and FM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday 27<sup>th<\/sup> July 1986, Radio Rainbow International celebrated a year on the air, complete with cake and champagne in the studio. This recording opens with the final 15 minutes of a special celebratory show from 1145-1200 on that date presented by Eddie Caffrey, who is joined by fellow DJs Jim Agnew and Kieran Murray. They estimate that up to 350 reception reports have been received in the station&#8217;s first year, the furthest of which came from Finland. Kieran Murray looks back at the popular weekly Free Radio Campaign (FRC) show, that has been running since January. This is followed by Jim Agnew&#8217;s music show on the same date. There are no times, but it seems it was broadcast before the special birthday programme. The recording includes promos for Anoraks UK and a multilingual ident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-1024x331.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: 1st birthday of Radio Rainbow International\" class=\"wp-image-9815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-1024x331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8100AI-B.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette inlay from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At this time, Radio Rainbow International broadcast on 6240 kHz, but this is a stereo studio copy. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Rainbow International was a high-powered shortwave station broadcasting from Co. Louth between 1985-1988. It was set up by the engineer of Boyneside Radio, Eddie Caffrey and other Boyneside presenters were also involved. 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