The depth and wealth of pirate
radio archives that were part of the Anoraks Ireland Collection donated to the
Irish Pirate Radio Archive at Dublin City University is diverse and important both
to pirate radio history and social history. Much of the archives collected by
Paul Davidson while he ran the fanzine Anoraks Ireland is focussed on Ireland
but some of his collection features UK pirate radio, European and American
illegal broadcasting and offshore pirate stations. The publicity attached to these
stations was conducted in a pre-internet era, when fans sent for ‘newsletters’
by using IRC’s, International Reply Coupons he assist with post.
Although these archives are from
the Anoraks Ireland collection, this magazine ‘Medium’ is an early fanzine on DXing
in Ireland and pirate radio. This copy is from late 1973. It was produced by
the Irish Free Radio Movement with contributions from John Dowling, who was
based in Carlow, Ken Sheehan who was a founder of Radio Dublin and Mark Storey
who was involved with numerous stations including Radio Milinda and would later
work as a producer on RTE 2FM. The magazine contents include a President’s Address,
DX reports, pirate news from Dublin including a history of Radio Caroline
Dublin.
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