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Radio Nova - Dublin (1981 to 1986)
AM - 254 - 846 - 891 - 819 - 828 - 738 - 729 - 88.2 - 102.7 - 6207

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IRISH PIRATES A / Z

1981 VISIT TO RADIO NOVA

THE EXIDY 738 EXPERIMENT

CHRIS CARY'S DUBLIN OPERATIONS



RADIO NOVA AUDIO

Radio Nova Longwave recordings
Radio Nova Satellite recordings
Radio Nova Southside ann - date unknown - 684kHz

 

RADIO NOVA PHOTOS

Radio Nova Photos November 1983 - Nova Park Transmitter Site
KISS FM photos November 1983

 

RADIO NOVA PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL

Radio Nova Ratecard Folder October 1984 (4,556k pdf)
Nova's Dublin Today script - March 1983 (970k pdf)
Disco Nova

 


RADIO NOVA IN THE PRESS

 

1981 Evening Herald large spread - Tuesday December 8th 1981 (5,404k pdf) new Feb 2013
  ireland_dublin_radio_nova_1981_press.html

1984 Article from Broadcast Sound Magazine (1,156 pdf)

In the May / June issue of Broadcast Sound Magazine, a three page article appeared about the bigger Dublin stations, Sunshine Radio, Radio Nova and KISS FM. The article, written by Brian Robinson and Miles Johnston, contains fairly detailed information about the station setups in those early days.

'Management Magazine' Article (A Business View) - April 1983 (2,255k pdf)

The April 1983 edition of 'Management Magazine' featured an interesting piece on the Irish 'Pirates'. It is different from most articles in that it looks at the financial side of the operations, and in particular Radio Nova. This was one of several articles in various magazines at this time about the success of the pirates. Was it the revelation of the amount of money which Radio Nova was taking in advertising which caused the raids several weeks later?

Chris Cary Article in Phoenix Magazine 28th October 1983 (291k pdf)

Below is an interesting article from Phoenix Magazine from around the time when the Radio Nova high powered equipment had been returned following the raid of May that year. Radio Nova had recently resumed 10kW operation on 819kHz (it had been on 1kW since May) and KISS FM was back on the air on 102.7MHz (it had been off the air since the raid). The 50kW transmitter was actually being installed at the time, and Nova TV was only weeks away. No wonder that some thought he was the man to sort out RTE (see last paragraph of article).

WHAT DID BOB GALLICO SAY TO JOHN CLARK? new March 2013

FUNNY BUBBLE ADVERT, FULL PAGE IN SUNDAY WORLD, MAY 5th 1985 (3,291k pdf)

CHRIS CARY - NO MORE MR NICE GUY

HOT PRESS 25th April 1986 ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF NOVA

Chris Cary interview by Stuart Clarke in Hot Press 28th Aug 2002 (2,600k pdf)

NB: This article contains inaccurate information, eg the date of the raid on Nova.



OTHER RADIO NOVA PAGES

Radio Nova Raid - May 1983
Radio Nova Timeline

 



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IRISH PIRATES A / Z