RADIO CAROL-ANN - ATHLONE
(1981 - 1982)
1125kHz
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IRISH
PIRATES A / Z
1981
VISIT TO RADIO CAROL ANN
| Radio Carol-Ann was a
new station to us when we reached the Athlone area,
and none of us had heard it in the UK. They were heard on 1125kHz /
265m and although announced as Radio Carol-Ann, there were also
jingles for Midland Radio
1133kHz. So maybe they were in a transition. I don't think we met Carol Ann!!!!
According to listings in the FRC Newsletter 'Sounds Alternative', there had been a previous
Midland Radio in 1978 and 1979, also operating on 265m, and we are unsure if there was any link with that.
One unusual thing about Radio Carol-Ann was it asking for requests
by listening out on CB channel 1.
We hadn't heard this arrangement on any other station. Radio Carol-Ann was last reported during 1982.
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The station sign which Mark Anthony declined to stand beside |
Mark Anthony live on the air in the Radio Carol-Ann studio |
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| All Radio Carol-Ann photos
reproduced here were taken on Sunday 16th August 1981.
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The Carol-Ann mast and antenna system |
The transmitter tuned to 1125kHz |
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The Carol-Ann house |
Mark Anthony's business card |
Another view of the Carol-Ann mast |
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A Radio Carol-Ann flyer |
Front of a Carol-Ann request form |
Back of a Carol-Ann request form |
| The above Radio Carol-Ann request sheet was donated to DCU by Paul Davidson
and forms part of the Anoraks Ireland Digitization Project.
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Radio Carol-Ann Audio Library
| 1981_08_16_sun_carol-ann_1125am_1520-1541_airchecks_markanthony-gh359.mp3 New Sep 2026 | Recorded in the car, on the move, during our first Irish radio trip of discovery, this is a few minutes of airchecks of Mark Anthony from Sunday afternoon 16th August 1981 recorded off 1125kHz whilst driving from Radio North West in Drumshanbo, so a few fades and crackles as we approached Athlone. In fact we were originaly heading from Drumshanbo to Galway, but picked up a weak signal on 1125kHz and eventually tracked it to Athlone. |
5MB 5mins |
| 1981_08_16_sun_carol-ann_1125am_1541-1705_markanthony-gh359.mp3 New Sep 2026 | This recording was made again in the car as we arrived in Athlone and tracked the station. Mark Anthony was still on the air on this section between 3:48pm and 5:05pm.. |
75MB 81mins |
| 1981_08_16_sun_carol-ann_1125am_1715-1810_markanthony_jimmydean-gh359.mp3 New Sep 2026 | The last part of the Mark Anthony programme before he hands over to Jimmy Dean at around 5:30pm. The recording ends with Jimmy Dean as we headed on the road towards Limerick. Unfortunately by that time we didn't have time to call in at Galway. |
50MB 54mins |