Kieran Murray Homepage

Welcome to the Kieran Murray Homepage!

Career

Legal

Playlists

Secret

Stereo Steve

Stereo Steve Controversy

Fresh FM

Premier FM

Thank You!

Jingles

Radio Jingles

Galleries

Irish Radio (1)

Irish Radio (2)

Irish Radio (3)

Irish Radio (4)

Medium Wave Goodbye

Little Becky

Videos

Links

Irish Pirate Radio 1978-1988

 
     

Medium Wave Goodbye

Monday, March 24th 2008 was a historic day in the history of Irish radio broadcasting, because at 15:00, RTÉ switched off the medium wave service for the final time. The service, which began 82 years ago in 1929 has now come to an end.

RTÉ broadcast a 90 minute programme, appropriately called "Medium Wave Goodbye", which was presented by Brendan Balfe and this was broadcast on all frequencies. The programme featured some of the great radio highlights going back 82 years.

old radio dial

Prior to the MW switch-off, RTÉ released a publication called: Stay Tuned to RTÉ Radio One.pdf

 

--------------------------------------- Medium Wave Goodbye - Audio Clips ---------------------------------------

download Ireland's first-ever radio jingle (IMCO Cleaners).mp3 (187 KB - Dur: 0:16)

download Radio Éireann call-sign O'Donnell Abu (stereo).mp3 (256 KB- Dur: 0:10)

download Radio Éireann call-sign O'Donnell Abu (original).mp3 (141 KB - Dur: 0:12)

You can read about the background to "O'Donnell Abu"and read the lyrics here

download RTÉ Medium Wave - Final Song played before closedown.mp3 (5.47 MB - Dur: 3:59)

Now your chance to hear (in full) the final programme broadcast on RTÉ (24/4/8)

download Medium Wage Goodbye - Part One.mp3 (33 MB - Dur: 24:04)

download Medium Wage Goodbye - Part Two.mp3 (44.1 MB - Dur: 29:59)

download Medium Wage Goodbye - Part Three.mp3 (42.1 MB - Dur: 30:43)

--------------------------------------- Medium Wave Goodbye - Video Clips ---------------------------------------

download Download this video 23.3 MB (right-click the 'download this video' link and select 'save target as')

download Download this video 7.55 MB (right-click the 'download this video' link and select 'save target as')

--------------------------------------- Medium Wave Goodbye - Links ---------------------------------------

 
 
The content on this web site is confidential. © 2011 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Welcome to The Kieran Murray Homepage! career Legal Playlists Secret Stereo Steve Fresh FM Premier FM Thank You! Jingles Radio Jingles Galleries Irish Radio (1) Irish Radio (2) Irish Radio (3) Irish Radio (4) Little Becky Stereo Steve Controversy Medium Wave Goodbye Irish Pirate Radio 1978 to 1988 Videos Links