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January 1st The
airwaves are silent as pirate stations across the country close except for a
small few including
Radio Dublin
January 1st The last Morse
code message sent to Sweden from the Malin Head Marconi station. In operation
since
1902, new voice communication
technology had been recently installed
January 5th The
electricity and telephones are cut at Radio Dublin
January 12th IRTC
hold public hearings for National Licence at the National Concert Hall
January 13th 2FM
broadcast live from the lobby of St George's Hotel Limerick
January 14th RTE
Cork Local Radio broadcast hours extended
January 20th The
High Court orders the temporary reconnection of power and telephone to Radio
Dublin
January 20th Final
date for applications to the IRTC for one of the new licences
January 20th It’s
announced that Richard Branson of Virgin Radio has purchased Radio Nova
International
from Chris Cary
January 22nd Gay
Byrne confirms he will not be joining Century Radio
January 24th 85
applications are made for the local commercial independent franchises. 'The
great radio race' begins for
the 24 licences
January 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
February 1989
February 1st Ray
Burke, the Minister announces that the new Radio and TV licences will generate
600 jobs
February 1st Eamon
Cooke wins another seven day extension to the injunction against the ESB and
P&T for the
cutting of services to the pirate
station
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 Patricks Day parade. She
died in August 2010
February 3rd Waterford
newspapers announce that local pirate station Laser 1989 has gone off the air
February 6th Radio
Dublin lose their Supreme Court challenge
February 7th Radio
Dublin is raided.
February 8th 3.05pm
Radio Dublin comes back on the air
February 11th 7.30am
and Radio Dublin is raided again
February 15th
It is announced that after ten years
(November 1980) Declan Meehan was returning to RTE Radio 2
February 16th The IRTC hold submissions conference for
the two Dublin Franchises
February 20th NIHE
student radio takes to the air with an IRTC licence
February 21st IRTC hearings held in Cork for the Cork
and Kerry franchises, there are 13 bids for 4 licences
February 21st It
is announced that the late Sir Terry Wogan was joining the board of Century
Radio
February 22nd The
transmission fee row between Century and RTE intensifies
February 23rd Radio
2000 and Capital Radio win the two franchises for Dublin
March 1989
March 8th Hearing
for the Limerick franchise take place at Jurys Hotel. There are 6 applicants
March 16th Sunshine
Radio wins judicial review into the awarding of the Radio 2000 licence in
Dublin due to Fred
O'Donovan's connection with the Radio
2000 application as his participation as a member of the IRTC
March 16th Cork
Media Enterprises awarded the Cork City franchise, WKLR win the county Cork
franchise
April 1989
April 12th TV
3 win third TV licence franchise
April 30th Millennium
Radio Closes in Dublin
May 1989
May 12th The
Courts clear the way for Radio 2000 to open as Capital Radio following a review
application from
Sunshine Radio boss Robbie Robinson
May 24th According
to Oliver Barry he handed over €35,000 to the Communications Minister Ray Burke
June 1989
June Borderside Weekend Radio
renamed as Summertime Sounds
June 1st/2nd Oral
hearings in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone for licence applications in the
midlands and the West
June 19th Suirland Radio awarded Tipperary South East Franchise, Carlow/South Kildare Radio Limited awarded the Carlow Kildare franchise and Tipperary Community Radio for the Tipperary South West area
July 1989
July 8th 3M
awarded licence for the Laois, Offaly and Westmeath area
July 20th Capital
Radio launches on 104.4 in Dublin
July 24th Midwest
Radio comes on air in Castlebar, Co. Mayo
August 1989
August 2nd Highland
Radio awarded the contract for Donegal and Cavan/Monaghan Broadcasting services
Limited
awarded contract for Cavan/Monaghan
August 9th First
test transmissions from WCBS Galway on 96.8mhz
August 10th Radio
South later renamed as Cork 96 is launched
August 12th First
test transmission for Atlantic 252
August 18th Radio
West is launched in Galway renamed in as Galway Bay FM
September 1989
September 1st Atlantic 252 is launched
September 4th
Century goes on air
September 8th The legal version of Waterford Local Radio
comes on air
September 10th Clare FM launched by President Patrick Hillary
broadcasting on 95-96mhz
September 15th CKR launches on 97.3mhz from Carlow
October 1989
October 20th South
East Radio launches on 99.2mhz from Wexford
October 21st Horizon
Launches in Bray later merges with Easy to becomes todays East Coast Radio
October 22nd Michael Lennon becomes the first voice on Radio Kilkenny.
Minister Ray Burke officially launched
the station. The station lost its licence in 1996
October 31st Kerry
Community Radio Limited awarded local radio franchise with former RTE producer
Dan Collins
appointed Managing Director
November 1989
November Pirate station Breffni Radio in Cavan
comes back on air.
November 5th
Radio Limerick One is launched
November 10th Dublin's second station 98FM is launched
November 13th The Launch of Shannonside
November 20th
Suirland Radio launches in Clonmel
November 21st
Breffni Radio at Kilnaleck, Cavan
raided
Eamon Cooke
marries Jane Conlon in Blackpool registry office
November 22nd Patrick McDonagh found not guilty of stealing
aerial equipment from Radio West and attaching it to his
mobile home.
Decemeber 1989
December 1st Breffni Radio raided again at Kilnaleck
studios and transmission site at Ardkill Mountain
December 2nd Belfast Telegraph advertisements for staff
for Belfast Community Radio due on air in early 1990
December 7th Radio Na G dispute sees 25 journalists
suspended, members of NUJ
December 8th Capital Radio concedes that they are not
meeting their 20% news and current affairs requirements
December 15th IRTC decide not to award license to the North
Tipperary franchise area
December 16th Suspensions lifted at Radio Na G
December 16th The Southern Star reports that Minister Burke
wants to divert some of RTE's license fee to subsidise the
independent sector.
That was the year 1989 in Irish radio.
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