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ASHBOURNE COMMUNITY RADIO - COUNTY MEATH

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ASHBOURNE COMMUNITY RADIO, COUNTY MEATH (1980-1981)
1233kHz

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Ashbourne Community Radio was a short term festival station which operated in County Meath. It was first logged in Scotland during August 1980 on 1233kHz, and was believed to have been the same transmitter that ended up at KELO. In 1981 it was again on the air and made its final broadcast on 14th June that year. At the end of the live programming the staff were uncertain as to whether they would return in 1982, as new pirate radio legislation was expected. (As it turned out, it was 1988 before legislation was implemented)  The frequency of this broadcast is not known, as it was not menioned on this recording, and the tape label says 184m, which would be off the end of the band. By this time, 1233kHz used the previous year, was being used by KELO in Swords.

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Ashbourne Community Radio Audio Library

1981_06_14_sun_ashbourne_cr_184m_1630-1800_last_day-gh323.mp3 New Jun 2026 A rather noisy dx recording of the final day of festival broadcasting from Ashbourne Community Radio on Sunday 14th June 1981.  The signal was as received in North Dublin.  The tape says 184m, but this would make it off the end of the band, so it is possible that it meant 1584kHz. The first part of the tape is the last 30 minutes of live programming, then at 5pm the last hour being a repeat of an earlier compilation programme 'All Kinds of Everything', including comments about local radio by Al O'Rourke.  The tape runs out before the final sign off. 86MB
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