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KELO - SWORDS CO DUBLIN (March 81 - October 1981)
1233kHz - 1566kHz (brief move)
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KELO used to operate from an attic in a small outhouse type place in a kind of a works yard in North Street, Swords, not far north of Dublin City. The frequency was 1233kHz, 244m which used to power in to westerly parts of Scotland and England. The station was noted on a recording made on 15th March 1981, saying that full seven day a week programmes would start a 7am the following morning with Derek Jones. KELO had a few issues with Radio Dublin who were on the adjacent frequency of 1251kHz and at one point there was alleged spraying of water on the KELO transmitter. In the Radio Dublin station news on Sunday 5th July 1981, it was stated that KELO had moved slightly to avoid the 'issues', but we do not have logs to confirm any slight frequency change at that point. In fact KELO did change frequency briefly to try 1566kHz (190m), but from memory, they returned a few days later to their old 244m, due presumably to a much poorer coverage. A weak signal was heard in Scotland. Recordings from 7th July 1981 announce that day as the final day on 244m. The audio quality of KELO was usually excellent. |
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KELO mast. The original colour image was well discoloured, and best results
were in black and white, with levels adjusted slightly to show the guy
wires on the mast. On the right, Gary looks for something in the car boot,
outside the KELO building. |
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Left: The amazing KELO transmitter
which reached well into the UK. The big modulation transformer is on the floor to the right. On the right, Simon stands outside the transmitter shed at KELO, with Peter Gibney standing just inside. |
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transmitter from a black and white image, source unknown (the image
is reversed from other photos). Right, the engineer who built the kit, the late Peter Gibney. This shot was taken a few years later while he worked at Sunshine Radio. He later went on to engineer for 98FM in Dublin. |
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| Above, a nice KELO envelope received by Ian in 1981, and below the
first two pages of the very informative letter inside.
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KELO Radio Audio Library
| 810315_1234-1338_1233_kelo_swords_last_test_c90_231_kb.mp3 | Test transmission on 1233kHz as received in Scotland on 15th March 1981. Signal is a bit crackly due to the distance. | 54MB |
| 810317_1454_1233_kelo_john_clark_c90_232.mp3 | An early show from John Clark on 17th March 1981 as received in Scotland. | 32MB |
| 1981_03_26_thu_kelo_1233am-244m_1400-1432_johnclark-gh991.mp3 New Mar 2021 | Part of a John Clark show on the first few weeks of the station, as received in South Dublin. | 30MB 32mins |
| 1981_04_15_wed_kelo_1233am_1555-1655_colmhayes-gh141.mp3 New Jul 2024 | Colm Hayes from the afternoon of 15th April 1981. As recorded in North Dublin from 1233kHz and originally from the Peter Madison collection. There is some crackling and splatter, possibly from Radio Dublin Channel 2 which was on an adjacent channel. |
56MB 61mins |
| 810504_1152_1233kc_kelo_swords_skip_cameron_davitt_kelly_rec_scotland_c90_271_kb.mp3 | Skip Cameron (aka Peter Madison) followed at mid-day by Davitt Kelly. As received in Scotland on 1233kHz. | 31MB |
| 810511_1233kc_kelo_cyril_walsh_rec_gerard_in_dublin_c90_282_kb.mp3 | 35MB | |
| 810528_1431_1233_kelo_john_clark_poor_later_c90_288_kb.mp3 | 33MB | |
| 810607_sun_0855_1233kc_kelo_opening_paul_king_c90_293_kb.mp3 | Paul King opens up the station on Sunday morning 7th June 1981. Recorded in Scotland. | 3.4MB 4mins40 |
| 810706_1029_1115_1233kc_kelo_aiden_colm_hays_nx_rec_scotland_c90_306_kb.mp3 | 34MB | |
| 810707_0934_1233_kelo_last_day_244_rec_scotland_c90 305_kb.mp3 | Colm Hayes followed by Aiden Hughes, who announces that the station would be moving up to 190m. As received in Scotland on 1233kHz. | 26MB |
| 810707_1010_1233kc_kelo_poss_aiden_rec_scotland_c90_306kb.mp3 | More of Aiden Hughes from Wednesday 7th July 1981, which was being announced as the final day on 1233kHz / 244m. The station would be leaving the air at 10pm and returning on 1584kHz / 190m on Thursday morning. As received in Scotland on 244m. | 34MB |
| 1981_08_05_wed_kelo_1233am_1327-1412_colmhayes_joejones-ds.mp3 New Jun 2024 | Wednesday afternoon 5th August 1981 with Colm Hayes, followed at 2pm by Joe Jones. The recording was made in Southport and is by kind courtesy of Dave Simpson. | 41MB 45mins |
| 1981_08_05_wed_kelo_1233am_1421-1506_joejones-ds.mp3 New Jun 2024 | More of Joe Jones on the afternoon of Wednesday afternoon 5th August 1981. The recording was made in Southport and is by kind courtesy of Dave Simpson. | 42MB 46mins |
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