| January |
1st |
The
airwaves are silent as pirate stations across the country close except for
Radio Dublin. |
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| January |
1st |
The last Morse code
message sent to Sweden from Malin Marconi station.
In operation since 1902,
new voice communication technology had been
recently installed |
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| January |
5th |
The electricity and
telephones are cut at Radio Dublin |
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| January |
12th |
The IRTC public hearing for
National Licence at the National Concert Hall |
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| January |
13th |
2FM broadcast live from
the lobby of St George's Hotel Limerick |
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| January |
14th |
RTE Cork Local Radio
broadcast hours extended |
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| January |
20th |
The High Court orders the
temporary re-connection of power and telephone to Radio Dublin |
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| January |
20th |
Final date for
applications to the IRTC for one of the new licences |
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| January |
20th |
It’s announced that
Richard Branson of Virgin Radio has purchased Radio Nova International from
Chris Cary |
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| January |
22nd |
Gay Byrne confirms he
will not be joining Century Radio |
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| January |
24th |
85 applications are made
for the local commercial independent franchises. '
The great radio race'
begins for the 24 licences |
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| January |
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Pirates that remain on
air include Radio Dublin, Premier Radio, Radio City
105 and K 104. Outside
Dublin there was Radio North. Zee 103,
Borderside Weekend Radio, Rainbow
Radio, Laser 89 and Radio Star County |
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| February |
1st |
Ray Burke, the Minister
announces that the new Radio and TV licences will generate 600 jobs |
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| February |
1st |
Eamon Cooke win another
seven day extension to the injunction against the
ESB and P&T for the
cutting of services to the pirate station |
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| February |
2nd |
Dorothy Hayden Cudahy
known as the 'First Lady of Irish Radio' in the US,
chosen as Grand Marshall
for the New York St Patrick's Day parade.
She died in August 2010 |
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| February |
3rd |
Waterford newspapers
announce that local pirate station Laser 1989 has gone off the air |
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| February |
6th |
Radio Dublin lose their
Supreme Court challenge |
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| February |
7th |
Radio Dublin is raided. |
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| February |
8th |
3.05pm Radio Dublin comes
back on the air |
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| February |
11th |
7.30am and Radio Dublin
is raided again |
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| February |
15th |
It is announced that after
ten years (November 1980) Declan Meehan was returning to RTE Radio 2 |
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| February |
16th |
The IRTC hold submissions
conference for the two Dublin Franchises |
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| February |
20th |
NIHE student radio takes
to the air with an IRTC licence |
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| February |
21st |
IRTC hearings held in
Cork for the Cork and Kerry franchises, there are 13 bids for 4 licences |
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| February |
21st |
It is announced that the
late Sir Terry Wogan was joining the board of Century Radio |
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| February |
22nd |
The transmission fee row
between Century and RTE intensifies |
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| February |
23rd |
Radio 2000 and Capital
Radio win the two franchises for Dublin
Next blog with cover March & April 1989 |
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