{"id":9842,"date":"2024-07-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9842"},"modified":"2024-06-15T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T15:35:22","slug":"northeast-series-frc-show-35-on-radio-rainbow-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-frc-show-35-on-radio-rainbow-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: FRC show #35 on Radio Rainbow International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8038\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9842-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8102AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8102AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8102AI-A-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\/8102AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9842-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8102AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8102AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-1-KM.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: FRC show #35 on Radio Rainbow International\" class=\"wp-image-2895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-1-KM.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rainbow-1-KM-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Part of the Radio Rainbow antenna system in 1986 (courtesy Kieran Murray). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another episode of the Free Radio Campaign (FRC) on Louth shortwave station Radio Rainbow International (1985-1988). It is presented by Kieran Murray, who describes Radio Rainbow as the biggest free shortwave station in Europe at the time. The Louth station operated on much higher power than other Irish shortwave pirates, and received reception reports from across Europe during its three years on air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode #35 of the FRC show contains <em>Boola Boola<\/em> by Drifter Sound, the theme tune to Radio Dublin, which was then celebrating its 20<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. There&#8217;s the customary 5-minute sweep of jingles and a feature on early 1980s stations ARD and Southside Radio. The free radio newsdesk includes information about the raid on KISS FM in Dublin earlier that month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made on Sunday 12<sup>th<\/sup> October 1986 from 1100-1200 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. This is a studio copy but Radio Rainbow International at this time broadcast on 6240 kHz shortwave and the FRC show was relayed on various stations in Ireland and elsewhere. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another episode of the Free Radio Campaign (FRC) on Louth shortwave station Radio Rainbow International (1985-1988). It is presented by Kieran Murray, who describes Radio Rainbow as the biggest free shortwave station in Europe at the time. 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