RTE News Report on Closure Of Pirate Radio

This is an RTE NEWS TV report on the irish pirate closedowns. Don Cockburn, veteran news broadcaster does a couple of stories on it. Radio Nova in Rathfarnham is closed down by The Posts and Telegraphs, Ireland's government body responsible for broadcasting in the early eighties. Shane McGowan (now a newsreader on RTE 2 FM I believe) is seen in this news report. A 50 Kilowatt transmitter was confiscated by the police. Nova claimed 60 jobs would be lost, and claimed he could have been given adequate time to close the station properly. There are other news reports, including the raids on Sunshine radio in Portmarnock. www.irishpirates.com

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Entertainment

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• radio
• nova
• irish
• pirates
• ireland
• q102
• broadcasting

[anushorribilis]

Don Cockburn!

[njomahony]

dated 18th may 1983. groovy intro there rte news...

[mike65ie]

@BaddestJournalism That's a different station! Baddest Journalism indeed.

[burlearth]

DON COCKBURN, THE CLINT EASTWOOD OF IRISH TELLY.

[rfitzhen]

Fucking RTE

[BaddestJournalism]

radio nova isn't closed you prick

[frodoireland]

Don Cockburn was a legend.

[AnthonyUK]

That 50kW power put a good signal into a good part of Western UK on 738kHz MW;I hated it at night when they used to wind down the power at night to 10kW then it would not come in quite so good in my location of Accrington,Lancashire NW England. When Energy103 reactivated 738 it was always transmitting at 50kW day and night which gave better reception.

[Laineeggertm]

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[U2rock55]

wow this is a really vintage clip!

[djgiggscom]

50 Kw !!! Shit, and even a 50 foot mast, wish pirate radio was like that these days ;(

[postkimism]

unrelated.... but anyway its so random that i decided to check out this clip because it was from the day I was born :D