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December 6th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)

Added several hours of Radio Caroline 576 from 14th-16th September 1985. Deejays featured are John Ford, Trevor James, Susan Charles and John Lewis. One file also includes a Radio Monique sign-on from 14th September 1985.

December 4th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

ABC Radio Tramore (1983)

Added several hours of recordings from 10th/11th April 1983 when the station was still based in Tramore.

December 3rd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1988)

Added six more hours of Caroline 558 from the weekend of 10th/11th December 1988 with Kevin Nelson, Tony Kirk and Neil Gates.

December 2nd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique / Jamming 963 (1985)

Added some Radio Monique audio from 14th September 1985 up to sign off and then the start of Jamming 963.

 

November 27th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

From Tuesday 13th August 1985, the classic Charlie Wolf show as he pokes fun at the Dioptric Surveyor and media reports. This seems to be the whole show, although some is partly airchecked due to night-time signal problems.

November 26th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Starlight Radio (1986)
Radio Merseywaves

The Merseyside menu now includes an entry and page for Starlight Radio (1986), which includes some audio. Also added a recording of Radio Merseywaves from 8th December 1985.

November 25th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Voice of Hope (1986)

Added a crackly recording of a test transmission of The Voice of Hope, from Dublin, received on 26th August 1986.

November 24th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1983)

Updated recordings from Wednesday 25th May 1983 with some recently discovered material of variable quality. There is around 12 hours recorded from 819kHz on the UK Lancashire coast from when Radio Nova was on low power a few days after the famous raid. Our existing recordings were mostly made in Leeds.

November 22nd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio 819 (1988)
Caroline 558 (1988)

From Saturday 10th December 1988, added some audio from Caroline 558 and Dutch service Radio 819 when the stations kept suffering generator breakdowns.

November 21st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Sunshine Radio

Added an early morning 3am Sunshine Radio sign-on with Jim Kenny from February 1981. 

November 20th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves

Added some Radio Merseywaves audio from Saturday 27th December 1986 and a newspaper clipping from the same period and some audio from early 1988.

November 17th 2024 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

Radio 104 / Radio Radar (1984-1987)

Added several hours of audio from West Yorkshire based Radio 104 from 1984 and Radio Radar from 1987.

November 13th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Julie (1987)

Added over four hours of Radio Julie audio from Saturday 18th April 1987.

November 12th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Station J1000 (1981)
Radio Veronica 104 (1987)

Added some audio from these Merseyside stations of the 1980's.

November 9th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

Alices Restaurant (1985)

Added some Alice's Restaurant audio from 15th December 1985.

November 7th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

Skyport Radio

Updated the text and added three recordings of Mark King (1976 and 1978) and Rob Holland (1976) which were received from Skyport Radio back in the 1970s.

November 3rd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

The  Voice of Peace (1985)

Added several recordings of The Voice of Peace from the Summer of 1985.

November 2nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova
Radio West
Radio Telstar
Community Radio Fingal

From Saturday 18th December 1982 added recordings from these four station as received on the Lancashire coast.  Signals were of varying modulation quality but gives an idea of how strong they all were on the band, in the days when the Medium Wave was full from one end to the other. How we wish it was like that again.

 

October 30th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

Skyport Radio

Improved some of the images and added two info sheets from this long running shortwave station of the 1970s.

October 26th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added several hours of Laser 558 from October and November 1984.

October 25th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (November 1984)

Added part of the Brian Allen show from the afternoon of 24th November 1984 from where it becomes the 'Brian and Johnny Show'. 

October 24th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

South Coast Radio

Added a further four hours of recordings of South Coast Radio from 12th April 1983. 

October 23rd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

South Coast Radio
Boyneside Radio North

Added recordings of the Boyneside Radio Northern Service and South Coast Radio from July 1983. 

October 22nd 2024 KFM (1984)

Added a recording from 28th August 1984 of this seven day Manchester station.

October 22nd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (August 1984)

Added part of John Lewis's first show on Sunday 12th August 1984. 

October 21st 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (December 1984)

Added part of a John Lewis breakfast show from Monday 3rd December 1984 with Marti Wright reading the news.  Also the mid-day news with Marti.

October 21st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

KISS AM/FM (Parnell Square)
Boyneside Radio
Radio Dublin

From 40 years ago today, the afternoon of 21st October 1984, added 45 minute recordings of these three stations as received in Scotland. 

October 20th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (July 1985)

Added a three hour recording of Stuart Vincent on Radio Nova from Saturday 27th July 1985. 

October 19th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (July 1985)

From the morning of Thursday 25th July 1985, added three hours of programming from Jonell and Erin Kelly.

October 14th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1984)

Added a 45 minute recording from 21st October 1984.

October 13th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (August 1983)

Added a recording of the Radio Nova £6000 Giveaway from Tuesday 30th August 1983. 

October 12th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

Radio Gemini

From 1974 added a recording of the Radio Gemini Offshore Radio Documentary LP.

October 11th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (December 1988)

Added around eight hours of recordings from Sunday 11th December 1988. Deejays include Neil Gates, Kevin Nelson, Steve Richards and Steve Conway with Ian Mack on news.

October 8th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

Radio Sovereign (1983-1984)

Added several hours of audio from this London oldies station from 31st December 1983 and its final day Monday 2nd January 1984.

October 6th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

North Cork Community Radio

Tidied up the NCCR station page, added a couple of items and integrated the audio archive listing into the page.

October 5th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Concord Community Radio (1983)

Added some audio from Concord Community Radio from the evening of 1st November 1983.

October 3rd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Ormond (1983)

Added a short recording of Nenagh based Radio Ormond from Halloween 1983.

October 2nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Luimni (1984)

Added three hours of Radio Luimni audio from Sunday 30th October 1984 which includes a full afternoon programme from Ger Sweeney over three files, and the start of a classical music show.

October 1st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

South Dublin Community Radio (1983-1984)

Added a couple of short recording from late 1983.

 

September 30th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (Sept 1984)

Added a three hour recording from Monday morning 3rd September 1984 with Greg Gaughran and Dave Christian. 

September 30th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (October 1983)

During rough seas a 6am sign on from Monday 17th October 1983 with Tony Scott then Andy Archer.

September 28th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

Radio Amanda (1983)
Skyline Radio (1983)

Added some audio from these two London stations from 30th December 1983.

September 28th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (December 1983)

Added two audio files with Tom Anderson and Robin Ross from New Years Eve 1983.

September 26th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

London Weekend Radio / LWR (1983-1988)

Created a page with a couple of 1983 recordings for this London based station from the 1980s.

September 25th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (December 1983)

Added some audio files of Peter Quinn and Robin Ross from Sunday 11th December 1983.

September 24th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (December 1983)

Added various audio files totalling five hours from daytime programming  on Saturday 10th December 1983 from presenters including Peter Quinn, Robin Ross and Carl Kingston.

September 22nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Wicklow Community Radio (1983)

Tweaked the WCR / WLCB / Viking 105 station pages and added an audio file from 1983.  

September 21st 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (October 1983)
Radio Caroline North (1966)

Added a further 6am 'sign-on' of Peter Clark from late October 1983, and also started a section for Radio Caroline North.

September 19th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (October 1983)

Added two 6am 'sign-ons' of Peter Clark from Thursday 6th October and Friday 7th October 1983.

September 19th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Southside 95 FM

Updated the station page for this FM station which broadcast out of Dun Laoghaire in late 1987 and 1988 and added a recording from June 1988. 

September 15th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (June 1984)

Added several hours of Laser 558 audio from Thursday 28th June 1984 with Paul Dean, David Lee Stone, Tommy Rivers and Jessie Brandon.

September 14th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (July 1984)

Added several hours of Radio Nova recorded from 738kHz between 11th and 13th July 1984. They include some Chris Cary as well as part of Declan's last breakfast show before he left for Capital Radio in London. 

September 12th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (March 1984)

Added over four hours of recordings from 20th March 1984 featuring Robin Ross, Diane Lauren, Tony Gareth and Andy Johnson.

September 9th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline / Mi Amigo (July 1978)
Radio Caroline (Oct 1984)

Added several recordings of varying quality of Radio Caroline and Radio Mi Amigo as received in Leeds during July 1978 including a 5am changeover on 31st July. Also some Radio Caroline from October 1984.

September 8th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Ronda / Ronda Jukebox (1982)
Liverpool Broadcasting / LBC (1982)
Radio 252 (1978-79)

Created a new page with some recordings and business card for Radio Ronda which was operated by Bert Williams in 1982, added a business card to the LBC page and a cutting to the Radio 252 page.

September 7th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

RFM (1986-1990)

Created a page with some recordings for this London based rock station from the late 1980s.

September 1st 2024 South East England Pirate Radio Page

Kent North Radio / KNR-FM (1976-1979)

The page for this Kent based station has been re-written using photos, recordings and other memorabilia.

 

August 31st 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline / Mi Amigo (1978)

Added several recordings of varying quality of Radio Caroline and Radio Mi Amigo as received in Leeds between August and October 1978.

August 14th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (1983)

Added about 3 hours of what we believe to be the first show from Peter Clark on Radio Caroline 319, Saturday 10th September 1983.

August 14th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

Radio Zodiac

From 1978 some studio recordings of this UK shortwave station and improved QSL images.

August 13th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

South Dublin Community Radio (1984)

Added a short recording of SDCR from Saturday 3rd November 1984.

August 12th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (1978)

Added 95 mins of audio from early Sunday morning 29th January 1978 featuring Brian Martin.

August 11th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (1984)

Added three hours of audio from the morning of Monday 5th November 1984, with John Lewis, Dave Richards and Susan Charles on news when the station was still only on 963kHz.

August 10th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Free Liverpool (1972)
Radio Jackie North (1977)

Added a couple of short audio files including some radio comms between the GPO as they tried to raid Radio Free Liverpool. Also fixed a few errors in both pages.

 

July 28th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Kilkenny Community Radio

The Kilkenny Community Radio station page has been updated with improved additonal images and the audio library also merged into the page.

July 26th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Kilkenny Community Radio

From the long running Kilkenny Community Radio we have added three hours of audio from the morning of Sunday 31st July 1988, two hours from Tuesday 2nd August 1988, along with earlier shorter files from 1979, 1982 and 1985.

July 25th 2024 Cork Based Stations Audio Listing

Radio ERI (1988)

Added two hours of Mark Edwards from Friday 5th August 1988. Also the recording of Pam Wilson from 3rd November 1988 is now visible.

July 20th 2024 Cork Based Stations Audio Listing

South Coast Radio (1988)

Added over four hours of audio from Cork based South Coast Radio, previously called WBEN, from Thursday 4th August 1988.

July 18th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

European Music Radio
Radio Impact

From 1978 and 1979, added a number of both studio and off-air recordings from EMR, and a short recording of Radio Impact.

July 12th 2024 Shortwave Pirate Stations of the Past

ABC England

The page for this well known 1970's shortwave free radio station has been updated with some recordings from 14th August 1977 and 7th May 1978 (their final broadcast).

July 11th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Star Country (1992)

Added three hours of audio from 20th December 1992, showing the large number of pre-Christmas commercials as well as how the signal was received on the Lancashire coast at that time.

July 10th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Hometown Radio
Big M Community Radio

Added a couple of recordings of Big M and Hometown Radio from this week in July back in 1985. Both stations were broadcasting from Castleblayney in County Monaghan.

July 9th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

Toxteth Community Radio (1989)

Added a couple of TCR recordings from 20th April 1989.

July 8th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

KELO (Swords)

Improved some image quality on the KELO station page, and added the audio archive to the page along with additional recordings from 1981.

July 2nd 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

Lazer UK (2000)

Added a couple of recordings from this Merseyside dance music station of the early 2000s.

 

June 30th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

WBEN (Cork)

Improved some image quality on the station page, added the WBEN audio archive to the page along with two further recordings from 1986 and 1987.

June 29th 2024 Manchester Area Stations

Lazer FM (1988)

The Manchester page now includes an entry and recording of this soul and reggae FM station from 1988.

June 25th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline (1984)

Added a couple of short audio files of Tom Anderson and Peter Quinn from Sunday 10th June 1984.

June 21st 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)
Radio Caroline (1984)

Added several hours of Laser 558 from Sunday 11th November 1984 which includes Rick Harris and Dave Chaney with 'Sixties Sunday' and the overnight 'Mariners Hour'. Also a short Radio Caroline extract from Saturday 17th November 1984.

June 6th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Boyneside Radio North (1984)
Boyneside Radio (1984)

Added over three hours of programming from these two Boyneside Radio services on Wednesday 11th July 1984.

June 5th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Balbriggan Breakaway Radio (1984)
Community Radio Donnybrook (1984)

Added short clips from two 'Festival Stations' heard on Saturday 16th June 1984.

June 4th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added some partly airchecked Paul Dean programming from Saturday afternoon 2nd June 1984.

 

May 30th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)
Radio Monique (1986)

Added several hours of Caroline 558 from Saturday 26th July 1986 (Tony Peters, John Lewis, Peter Philips) and Radio Monique (Elly van Amstel) from Sunday 27th July 1986.

May 29th 2024 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Free City
Radio Telstar International
Radio Freedom
Radio Caroline Scotland

Updated the pages of these early Scottish Free Radio stations with some QSL's, audio and news clippings.

May 5th 2024 Irish Shortwave Pirate Stations A to Z

Radio Rainbow International (1986)

The Radio Rainbow International page has been re-written to merge the recordings (including a new one from the station's 1st birthday), along with some additional photographs from 1986 and a coloured letterhead.

 

April 30th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Smile FM (1987)

The Irish Pirate Stations A to Z list now contains an entry and page for Smile FM, along with some audio.

April 29th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)
Radio Monique (1986)

Added several hours of Caroline 558 from Wednesday 23rd July 1986 (John Lewis, Tony Peters, Jamie King) and Radio Monique from Thursday 24th July 1986.

April 28th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

ZEE 100 (1993)

Added some recordings from July 1993 and a cutting from September 1994 of this Merseyside based dance music station.

April 25th 2024 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

Dream FM (1993)
Genesis FM (1993)
Sky FM (1993)
Supreme FM (1993)

Added recordings from several stations based in the Leeds area in the early 1990s.

April 20th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio City (1980)

Improved the image quality on the station page and added some further recordings from 1980 and 1982.

April 20th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

Radio Jackie North (1983)
Radio Telstar North (1981)

Added recordings from these two Merseyside stations from the early 1980s.

April 10th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Dublin (1982)

Added over three hours of Radio Dublin and Channel 2 shows from the evening of 27th October 1982, the night of the station's 16th birthday.

April 9th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

CFM (1996)

Added over 12 hours of programming from July 1996 of this mid-1990s station which broadcast on FM across the North West.

April 8th 2024 Irish Early Clippings (Pre WW2)

Added a few small schedule clippings from pre-ww2 from the early stations then operating in Cork and Dublin, and then late night IBC programming on the Athlone transmitter in the 1930s.

April 8th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

Veronica FM (1982)

The Merseyside page now includes an entry and recordings for this FM station which operated during 1982.

April 7th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

Radio 255 (1968-1969)

The Merseyside section now includes a page with a number of 'Cheshire Free Radio Organisation Newsletters from 1971-1974, along with an entry for Radio 255, a very early  station which operated during 1968 and early 1969.

 

March 30th 2024 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

ABC FM (1987)
Horizon FM (1988)
Peoples FM (1988)

Added entries and recordings for ABC-FM, Horizon FM and Peoples FM which were all broadcasting reggae and soul to the Leeds area in 1987 and 1988.

March 27th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

North Coast Radio (1990)

Added another recording from 29th December 1990.

March 24th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984-85)

Added serveral hours of programming from 25th October 1984 of Dave Chaney and David Lee Stone. Also from early 1985 with Rick Harris and Erin Kelly after the station returned to high power.

March 22nd 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 319 (1978)

Added a couple of short recordings from the weekend before the station left the air in October 1978 featuring Brian Martin and Samantha.

March 21st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1983)

Added several hours of Radio Nova from the Friday and Saturday before Christmas 1983 when the 50kW transmitter was operating on 819kHz.

March 19th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

North Coast Radio (1987)

Updated the page of this late 1980s / early 1990s Wirral based station with recordings from the first day and other items.

March 16th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio West

Added several hours of Radio West recordings from December 1987 and May 1988.

March 15th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

London Irish Community Radio (1988)
Radio Sovereign (1983)

The London page now includes an entry for London Irish Community Radio along with cuttings and a recording. Also added further recordings of Radio Sovereign from 1983.

March 13th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 963/576 (1984)

Added almost three hours of a John Lewis breakfast show from Tuesday 14th August 1984.

March 10th 2024 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Woodstock (1980)

The page of the famous Scottish shortwave station Radio Woodstock has been re-written with improved image quality, additional photos and several recordings.

March 3rd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio North (2011/12)

Added several hours of Radio North in the days running up to Christmas 2011 when the station had plenty of ads and the late Paul Burbank seemed to be running everything.

March 1st 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Page

WFM (1984)

Added a couple of November 1984 recordings of this FM station which operated from Wirral in the mid 1980s.

 

February 29th 2024 Lancashire Pirate Radio Page

Radio Crystal (1984)

Added a recording of Radio Crystal from Chorley from November 1984.

February 25th 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

Phoenix Radio (1983)

The London page now includes an entry for early 1980's rock station Phoenix Radio, along with two recordings.

February 23rd 2024 London Pirate Radio Page

Alice's Restaurant (1981-1986)

The London page now includes an entry for this 1980's rock station, along with a couple of recordings.

February 22nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Concord Community Radio (1982)

Added a recording from October 1982 and a letter on station notepaper.

February 20th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Treble T R Radio (1981-1988)

The page for 1980s Treble T R Radio in Dublin has been re-written and now includes improved quality images, additional photos and recordings.

February 18th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1985-1986)

Added several recordings of Radio Caroline from 1985 and 1986.

February 17th 2024 Radio City (1979)

Added recordings from this London based rock and roll station, recorded on 9th September 1979.

February 16th 2024 KFM (1984)

Added a couple of recordings from August 1984 of this seven day Manchester station.

February 15th 2024 Radio Jackie (1981)

Added a few recordings of this famous London station from Sunday 5th April 1981, including the 8am sign on.

February 12th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Rainbow 104FM (1984)

Created a new entry on the A-Z page for this FM station heard in Dublin during May 1984 and added one recordings to the station page.

February 11th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

South Dublin Community Radio (1984)

Created a new entry on the A-Z page for this station serving the Dún Laoghaire area of South Dublin in 1983 and 1984. Also added two recordings to the new station page.

February 10th 2024 Irish Pirate Station Listings

Added a number of Irish Pirate Radio frequency listings from 1981 to 1988.

February 9th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Royal Dublin Community Radio (1983-1984)

Created an entry in the A-Z for this FM only station which operated in 1983 and 1984, which also includes three recordings.

February 4th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Capitol Radio (Dublin 1983-1988)

The page for Dublin's 1980's album station Capitol Radio has been re-written with better image quality and some additional audio.

February 3rd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Capitol 98 (1982)

There is now a page on the A-Z for the short lived Capitol 98 which operated in Dublin in the summer of 1992.

February 2nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Annabel (1983)

Radio Annabel which operated between 1983 and 1985 now has a station page linked from the Irish Pirate Stations A to Z and includes some photos, ratesheet, and audio.

 

January 31st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Community Radio 257 (1983)

Added further audio files from this station which operated during 1983.

January 28th 2024 Atlantic 252 (1995)

Not quite a pirate, but Atlantic 252 featured a lot of former pirates. Added two hours of a 'Kevin and Andrew' breakfast show from 2nd May 1995.

January 27th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Erneside Radio (1987)

Updated the Erneside Radio station page, and added an audio file from 2nd December 1987.

January 26th 2024 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Slag Off International (1987)
Radio Atlantis (1990)

Added several audio files from these Merseyside stations.

January 25th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1984)

Added a couple of Dekkie and Bob breakfast shows from February 1984.

January 25th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Dublin (1986)

Added several hours from 6th October 1986 with Mike Baron and Tracy Evans as received on the Lancashire coast on 1188kHz.

January 25th 2024 Shortwave Pirates of The Past

Laser Shortwave (2004)

Added three recordings of the late Peter Madison which he recorded for Laser Shortwave in 2004 and 2005.

January 24th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)

Added several hours of Caroline 558 from 1st / 2nd October 1986 with Dennis Jason, Peter Phillips and Richard Jackson.

January 24th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1987)

Added some 1987 recordings of Caroline 558 from 1st March with Mark Matthews and Mark Warner.  Also Peter Philips and Andy Robin from 11th June, the day after the Ross Revenge moved to its new position.

January 23rd 2024 Yorkshire Area Stations

Radio Veronica (1986)

Added a lengthy late night recording from this Bradford based station which operated between 1986 and 1988.

January 22nd 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Big M Community Radio

Added some more recordings from various years.

January 21st 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Westside Radio (Dublin)

The A-Z now includes a page for this Dublin AM station from the early 1980s, along with an additional audio file.

January 20th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Community Radio 257

Added a recording from 2nd September 1983.

January 16th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Boyneside Radio

Added two recordings of Heady Eddie from his afternoon shows in December 1982 and September 1988.

January 10th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)
Radio Monique (1985)

Added a three hour section of breakfast programming of each of these stations from 27th August 1985.

January 9th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Irish Christian Broadcasting Service (1981-1988)

Updated the ICBS station page with additional memorabilia and an audio file.

January 6th 2024 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added a couple of audio files from August / September 1985 with Chris Carson, and some of the first show from Jay Mack.

January 5th 2024 Radio Floss (1983)
Watford Sound (1983)
Three Boroughs Radio (1985)

Several hours of nice quality off-air recordings of Radio Floss from 2nd January 1983 have been added.  Also other recordings from North West London with Watford Sound on 1350kHz / 222m in 1983, and Three Boroughs Radio, 1125kHz / 266m in 1985.

January 4th 2024 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Mid-West Radio (1996)

Fixed the broken link to Mid-West Radio on the 'A to Z of Irish Pirates'. Also added a recording of a shortwave transmission they did for St Patrick's Day 1996 during their legal days.

January 3rd 2024 Manchester Area Stations

Outlook 96.3 (1988)

The Manchester page now includes an entry and short recording of this religious FM station from 1988.

January 2nd 2024 Shortwave Pirates of The Past

European Music Radio (1980)

Added several hours of European Music Radio recordings from three of the original C180 broadcast cassettes of March, April and June 1980.

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