Pirate Radio

I read of many pirate stations in Dublin..How do they not get put off the air...I dont know of others outside of Dublin,only Carlow FM,which started online,but are on FM now...They have a couple in Cork..Dance stations...Any others that I dont know about...I wish they had one in Tipperary!!!

Infoanon

Sdraob.Ie wrote: »

I read of many pirate stations in Dublin..How do they not get put off the air...I dont know of others outside of Dublin,only Carlow FM,which started online,but are on FM now...They have a couple in Cork..Dance stations...Any others that I dont know about...I wish they had one in Tipperary!!!

Simple answer - Pirates in Dublin do get raided - any high profile pirate eg mainstream music or advertisements tend to be closed quickly ,many are weekend or evening time only stations which tend not to bother the authorities as much.

There are also other methods eg contacting the site owners which tends to put a station of air fairly quickly.

There are only two pirates that are on the air for more than a year - Phever and Trax - and both are not main stream,keep to themselves and don't cause problems for legals

Infoanon

Infoanon wrote: »

Simple answer - Pirates in Dublin do get raided - any high profile pirate eg mainstream music or advertisements tend to be closed quickly ,many are weekend or evening time only stations which tend not to bother the authorities as much.

There are also other methods eg contacting the site owners which tends to put a station of air fairly quickly.

There are only two pirates that are on the air for more than a year - Phever and Trax - and both are not main stream,keep to themselves and don't cause problems for legals

Not causing problems shouldnt alter the fact that they are illegal.....

end of the road

Deleted User wrote: »

Not causing problems shouldnt alter the fact that they are illegal.....

very true, however if they aren't causing any problems then no point in wasting limited resources on dealing with them.

radioguru02

Sdraob.Ie wrote: »

I read of many pirate stations in Dublin..How do they not get put off the air...I dont know of others outside of Dublin,only Carlow FM,which started online,but are on FM now...They have a couple in Cork..Dance stations...Any others that I dont know about...I wish they had one in Tipperary!!!

Klub FM Cork used to have a reasonable signal in South Tipperary until a visit from the authorities made them move site. The last pirate I remember being in Tipp was Roxy FM on 106.4 in Clonmel. There are a fair few still operating around the country.

pirateradiohed

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Klub FM Cork used to have a reasonable signal in South Tipperary until a visit from the authorities made them move site. The last pirate I remember being in Tipp was Roxy FM on 106.4 in Clonmel. There are a fair few still operating around the country.

I did hear roxy fm when it was on..Any idea who was involved there..I think Tipp/Clonmel might be ready for a pirate station...

radioguru02

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pirateradiohed wrote: »

Klub FM Cork used to have a reasonable signal in South Tipperary until a visit from the authorities made them move site. The last pirate I remember being in Tipp was Roxy FM on 106.4 in Clonmel. There are a fair few still operating around the country.

I did hear roxy fm when it was on..Any idea who was involved there..I think Tipp/Clonmel might be ready for a pirate station...

No clue, but yeah Tipp definitely needs and deserves its own pirate, beam it towards Dungarvan - we’ve nothing out here either!

properbo

7watt transmitters on ebay for around 70 euro

radioguru02

properbo wrote: »

7watt transmitters on ebay for around 70 euro

7 watts wouldn’t cover much ground I’d say

Rock Solid

pirateradiohed wrote: »

7 watts wouldn’t cover much ground I’d say

I got around 5km with a 7w with a good Antenna, those rigs don't give 7w from 88 - 108. I found that out with a Swr / Power meter, around 94Fm was 7w, elsewhere was anywhere from 3 - 5 watts.

Steviesol

Sdraob.Ie wrote: »

I read of many pirate stations in Dublin..How do they not get put off the air...I dont know of others outside of Dublin,only Carlow FM,which started online,but are on FM now...They have a couple in Cork..Dance stations...Any others that I dont know about...I wish they had one in Tipperary!!!

I remember back in the day they were often getting raided. I can remember having to look out for the "truck" before leaving radio stations.

I don't think Com Reg have the funds anymore to go chasing them.