Nova 946/947 - the overnight mixes

orbital83

I'm sure many here remember Nova Dance which broadcast to Dublin on 94.7fm for several years and then 94.6fm before sadly ceasing in 2005 during what were tough times for pirates.

This station was a constant listen for me in my last two years of college and have been looking around for content to remember them but sadly there isn't a huge amount online (I have a tape myself and that's about it).

Outside of live hours the station broadcast mixes in 30 minute loops. Does anyone here recall them, and whether they were mixed in-house or sourced elsewhere? I'm basically wondering if they used a commercial mix that perhaps could be tracked down today, as they really were excellent (despite stopping very suddenly for commercial breaks advertising Redbox and the Sugar Club )

Any other memories or content if anyone's interested please share - Nova really was an institution and I'm sure it's sadly missed by some to this day

end of the road

a lot of the mixes i expect were done in house but i do know the following compilations did feature.
Old Skool Euphoria mixed by Altern 8 https://www.discogs.com/Altern-8-Old-Skool-Euphoria/release/40291
Renaissance Anthems 2002 https://www.discogs.com/Various-Renaissance-Anthems-2002/release/72106
Ministry Of Sound The Annual 2002 https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Annual-2002/master/629022

not over night mixes but you might enjoy the following recordings (not my recordings)
https://www.mixcloud.com/radiowaves_fm/nova-947-july-16th-2004/
https://www.mixcloud.com/radiowaves_fm/nova-947-july-16th-2004-530pm/
https://www.mixcloud.com/Energy80s/nova-dance-fm-dublin-22-08-00-phil-hannigan/
also some recordings here from the sound system radio show.
https://www.podomatic.com/niallredmond

orbital83

Thanks endoftheroad,

Have 45 minutes of Paddy Sheridan's Drive Time followed by Damien Cook from late 2004, just need to figure out how to get it off a tape and onto radio waves! And a few other bits hopefully.

We didn't know how lucky we were back in the early to mid 00s

radiowaves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/114506130#Comment_114506130

If you still need this done drop me a PM. We would very much love to use your recordings.

end of the road

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/114506130#Comment_114506130

indeed we didn't, and i never taped a thing, never thinking it would one day end and would all be a distant memory.

sad to think dublin is now more or less a waste land in terms of dance pirate radio stations, but the world moves on and the internet provides the outlets now.

i am glad i was able to be part of it all be as a listener only, with so many great, and well, not so great stations, not that i cared about whether a station was professional or rough around the edges, as if they provided dance music only then they would do regardless.

2019 was 20 years since nova dance launched, i think around january of the year, crazy to think it.