Century Radio – 100.3 in Dublin and various FM, 1143 AM in Dublin and Cork
I heard the launch of Century Radio on September 4th 1989 on a tinny transistor in my grandmother’s house in Dublin. After all the …
Programme #24 (November 2018)
It’s been a big month for pirate radio history in Ireland. We report on the donation of the Irish Pirate Radio Archive to DCU and also bring you a flavour of the pirate radio meet-up in Dublin, where we recorded …
Programme #23 (October 2018)
On this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we have big news about the Irish Pirate Radio Archive which is heading to Dublin City University. We hear from Nick Richards who was involved in the ‘border blaster’ pirate KISS …
Into the licensed era: Horizon Radio in Bray
By the autumn of 1989 I was pretty despondent about radio, having filled my teenage summers with pirate bliss only to see it snuffed out when the sector was finally regulated. There were a lot of unemployed former pirates in …
Programme #22 (September 2018)
On the first programme of series 3 of Wireless on Flirt FM we have a distinctively pirate theme. Broadcast historian Eddie Bohan tells us about his travelling pirate radio exhibition currently running in Galway and Liam Byrnediscusses the history …
Programme #21 (July 2018)
On this edition of Wireless, we report from the Summer School on Transnational Radio History held recently at the University of Luxembourg and reminisce about that tiny country’s greatest ever radio export. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland launches a new …
Community Radio Day 2018
Flirt FM broadcast a Community Radio Day Special on 22.06.18. The show, presented by Flirt manager Paula Healy, included excerpts from interviews and features about community radio from Wireless on Flirt FM over the past year. Listen back to hear …
Programme #20 (June 2018)
In this edition of Wireless on Flirt FM, we find out how veteran UK station Radio Caroline is doing since they resumed full-time AM broadcasting. We hear the second part of an interview with well-known Irish broadcaster Rick O’Shea of …
Brief fame in Wicklow – a surprise break on pirate radio
I loved AM radio during the pirate era and still listen to it today despite the growing challenges as stations pull the plug and electrical interference increases. In a pre-internet era, I always liked how AM created a better sense …
Programme #19 (May 2018)
On this edition of Wireless, we feature a gem from the archives about opposition to 90s radio giant Atlantic 252 based in Co. Meath. We also report from the pirate radio exhibition in Dublin which is running for the month …