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COMMUNITY RADIO 257 - PORTMARNOCK
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Community Radio
257, Portmarnock, Co Dublin
1116kHz - 1134kHz - 94MHz
- 105.7MHz
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Community Rado 257 was on the air during 1983. According to AUK 'Weekly
Report' it began broadcasts on 29th May 1983, soon after the May 1983 raids,
firstly calling itself Dublin Community Broadcasting, and then changing
to Community Radio 257. Initially heard on 1134kHz, it then moved to 1116kHz
and also operated on 94MHz FM.
During the weekend of 3rd/4th September 1983 the station closed, believed to
be in order to move location from Clontarf / Dollymount to Portmarnock Country Club.
By November 1983 the FM frequency had moved to 105.7MHz, and 103MHz stereo was
also being announced for the future. On 9th December 1983
the station was raided due to alleged interference to Dublin Airport.
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A nice advert taken from The Sunday World of 25th September 1983 which
gives their FM service as being on 94MHz.
(Click image for larger version - Size is 800kB)
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An
information sheet from when the station was at the Portmarnock Country Club.
(Click image for larger version - Size is 3.6MB)
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Community Rado 257
was located at the Portmarnock Country Club,
when the above photos of David
Baker in the studio were taken in early November 1983.
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Community Radio 257 Audio Library
| 1983_05_30_mon_dublin_comm_broadcasting_1134am_1050-1135_tonydavies-gh060.mp3
New Jan 2024 |
The second day of transmission
on Monday 30th May 1983, when the station
was announcing as Dublin Community Broadcasting
and on their original frequency of 1134kHz,
announced as 257m.
This extract is Tony Davies, and as received near Blackpool where the signal suffered
some crackling and splatter from Radio Carousel who were very strong
at that time, on the next channel of 1125kHz. Not
bad for the distance though. |
43MB
47mins
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| 1983_05_30_mon_dublin_comm_broadcasting_1134am_1255-1340_donalsummerville-gh060.mp3
New Jan 2024 |
Again, from Monday 30th May 1983, Dublin Community
Broadcasting as received near Blackpool from
1134kHz. This section has the final link from
Tony Davies and then at 1pm Donal Summerville,
playing mainly continuous music. The recording suffers splatter from Radio
Carousel who were very strong at that time on the
next channel of 1125kHz, and also some crackling
due to the distance. |
43MB
47mins
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| 1983_06_02_thu_cr_257_1134am_1030-1205_gordonsommerville-gh675.mp3
New
Aug 2021 |
Received near Blackpool from
1134kHz, so with some background noise. The recording suffers splatter from Radio
Carousel who were very strong at that time on the
next channel of 1125kHz. The microphone
levels are a bit low which is a little
unfortunate, as it makes the splatter during the links
sound worse. The station was advertising
for presenters at this time. |
84MB
92mins
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The original Anoraks Ireland cassette for the recording below
with notes denoting
location and 'final day'.
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| 1983_09_02_community_radio_257_94fm_1400-1450_markbyrne-ai1539.mp3
New Jan 2024 |
Mark Byrne from 2pm on Friday 2nd September 1983,
with Feargal on news at 1430 and 1530 who also
announces the station was going off the air at
midnight for a couple of days to make things
bigger and better. It is thought the closing down
was to move studios from Dollymount to Portmarnock
Country Club. This recording was made by
Paul Davidson in Dublin
City from 94MHz in mono and forms part of the 'Anoraks Ireland
Digitisation Project'. |
69MB
50mins
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| 1983_09_02_community_radio_257_1116am_1452-1542_markbyrne-ai1539.mp3
New Jan 2024 |
Part two of the above
recording with Mark Byrne was received in Dublin from 1116kHz and forms part of the 'Anoraks
Ireland Digitisation Project'. |
46MB
50mins
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| 1983_11_01_tue_community_radio_257_1057fm_1815-1915_davidbaker-gh490.mp3
New Jan 2024 |
The last hour or so of the 'Bumper to Bumper
Programme'
with David Baker from Tuesday 1st November 1983. Recorded in Dublin from
FM in mono, from 105.7MHz according to the info on
the tape. 1116kHz AM is announced on air,
but David also mentions 103MHz stereo in the
future. |
57MB
62mins
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| 1983_11_02_wed_community_radio_257_fms_1704-1802_davidbaker_al_orourke-gh487.mp3
New Oct 2023 |
David Baker from just after 5pm
with the 'Bumper to Bumper' programme on Wednesday 2nd
November 1983. During the show, Al O'Rourke does
an interview with Brigitte Clark from the National
Association For Cerebral Palsy. The recording is
airchecked at the end. Recorded in Dublin from
FM in stereo, but the actual frequency is not on
the tape label, and 1116kHz only is mentioned. |
133MB
58mins
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Community Radio 257 were raided on Friday 9th December 1983.
Here are some of the
press reports relating to the raid.
It happened on the same day as Nova TV were raided,
and Nova took the main headline in each article.
Irish Independent - Saturday 10th December 1983
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Irish Times - Saturday 10th December 1983 |
Irish Press - Saturday 10th December 1983
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More detailed history,
memorabilia and recordings of Community Radio 257 can be found at :
pirate.ie (history and
recordings)
radiowaves.fm (recordings)
radiowaves.fm (history)
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