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Dublin Pirates

North Dublin 22/04/2013

87.6 POLSKIE (LEGO) WEAK
88.1 NRG (ENERGY) STRONG
91.6 EASY91.6 (EASY) STRONG
93.2 P.D.N (PLAY DANCE NETWORK) STRONG
99.5 REAL80S (RELAY) WEAK
107.1 ID RADIO (TONIC RADIO) STRONG

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castle2012

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Interesting article on Radiowaves about the original Club FM:
http://radiowaves.fm/ire/database/club-fm-2/

I always thought it launched in 1994. Apparently it was around on a small-scale since 1990, making it the first dance station. Are Gleann and Tony Weston the same person?

Have to say great tribute this evening. Music I haven't heard in years. Love hearing the jingles. Memories of many years ago

Losty Dublin

TheBMG wrote: »

That article isn’t entirely accurate. Club only came on air in late 93/early 94 on 100.4 (I think - it was definitely around the 100 mark). Anything Tony Weston says I’d take with a serious grain of salt or two.

It would have kicked off in and round about February or March 94; it was definitely on air by Easter 1994 but it was certainly not on air in 1990, not a hope. I remember being told by Tracey Lee of a time when Glen visiting Sunset to see their set up. She had explain the difference between 1/4 inch and mini jacks and he literally did not know how to wire up a mixer, or an amp as he called it.

Some would quip that he still didn't know how to wire up a mixer when Club closed down :pac:

TheBMG

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

That's interesting. So when did K104 start? That's a new one on me: so that would have been the first dance pirate so? Still discovering stuff in 2020!

Paul Hesse was on from the mid 1980s occasionally as “Rainbow Radio”.

He was on-air occasionally from 89-92 as K104 and latterly Hot 103. Format was a lot of commercial dance/piano house stuff and was very slick.

He broadcast from Beneavin in Glasnevin and got out quite well. The audio was normally very good but somewhat overmodded which could cause a bit of splatter if you were listening from a distance.

The last time I heard him was in early 1992 .. he seemed to disappear as the more well known stations of the early 90s arrived.

Oscarziggy

***Strong Sporadic E signals 6pm 29 May on 87.5 from Spain***

Declan A Walsh

TheBMG wrote: »

That article isn’t entirely accurate. Club only came on air in late 93/early 94 on 100.4 (I think - it was definitely around the 100 mark). Anything Tony Weston says I’d take with a serious grain of salt or two.

The first part time pirate station in Dublin playing a dance/rhythmic format would’ve been Paul Hesse’s hobby pirate known as “K104” and latterly “Hot 103“. I actually picked him up early on New Years Day 1989 after everything else had gone off the air.

That's interesting. So when did K104 start? That's a new one on me: so that would have been the first dance pirate so? Still discovering stuff in 2020!

TheBMG

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Interesting article on Radiowaves about the original Club FM:
http://radiowaves.fm/ire/database/club-fm-2/

I always thought it launched in 1994. Apparently it was around on a small-scale since 1990, making it the first dance station. Are Gleann and Tony Weston the same person?

That article isn’t entirely accurate. Club only came on air in late 93/early 94 on 100.4 (I think - it was definitely around the 100 mark). Anything Tony Weston says I’d take with a serious grain of salt or two.

The first part time pirate station in Dublin playing a dance/rhythmic format would’ve been Paul Hesse’s hobby pirate known as “K104” and latterly “Hot 103“. I actually picked him up early on New Years Day 1989 after everything else had gone off the air.

end of the road

march 1993 to june 1999 were the running dates i always thought, all though by 1999 it was called vibe fm.
i did read that updated article for club fm the other day and found it interesting. i never remember anyone anywhere mentioning the station started in 1990 so presumably it was very low powered?
i do know i heard the station the odd time in it's later years, but i was quite young at the time so didn't pay much attention regretibly, as i was more interested in the music side of radio rather then the radio side.

Max Power 2010

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Interesting article on Radiowaves about the original Club FM:
http://radiowaves.fm/ire/database/club-fm-2/

I always thought it launched in 1994. Apparently it was around on a small-scale since 1990, making it the first dance station. Are Gleann and Tony Weston the same person?

Interesting, I only recall them from 94 also.

Correct, Glen Kelly was Tony Weston, I read somewhere he ran the station with his brother David, was he DJ Marco? Or perhaps not involved at all if anybody knows.

Declan A Walsh

Interesting article on Radiowaves about the original Club FM:
http://radiowaves.fm/ire/database/club-fm-2/

I always thought it launched in 1994. Apparently it was around on a small-scale since 1990, making it the first dance station. Are Gleann and Tony Weston the same person?

end of the road

that add has been on the station the last couple of days, i have only tuned in for a bit today so maybe they have added another one, will have to check.
i am looking forward to the tribute tonight myself, it will be something different anyway.

castle2012

Listening to Club Fm today. Tony Weston is talking on the ad's. Should be very interesting tonight.

ka2

96.1 is all over the place here! I heard what sounded like 1920s music coming through. I could see that the radio was seeing RDS but didn't lock at first. But I had my camera at the ready and it eventually got there.

This is probably the station I got the first time, looks to be Czech from some Googling.

kazoo106

MWR used to boom into the east coast in its early days - even have a tape here somewhere of its opening with a Bishop a few days after Capitol. Nowadays, the frequency is busier than back then - so a good catch

Losty Dublin

ka2 wrote: »

Just on the outskirts of Drogheda.

Some pick up. The 96.1 FM site isn't the highest in the world plus it's beaming mainly towards the west.

ka2

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Where abouts are you based, approximately?

Just on the outskirts of Drogheda.

Dipole Keith

ka2 wrote: »

More activity on 96.1 here, got Midwest Radio fading in this morning. I heard noise over the East Coast FM signal again so tuned down .1 and heard a radio bingo programme. I thought it might have been Radio Kerry at first (I know they did such a slot before) but it stayed on long enough to identify the station.

A little bit of lift again in Dublin today

97.3 KFM
100.7 Today FM (Monaghan)
101.1 Q Radio
101.9 Classic
103.5 Midlands 103
104.1 Shannonside
105.8 U105

Losty Dublin

ka2 wrote: »

More activity on 96.1 here, got Midwest Radio fading in this morning. I heard noise over the East Coast FM signal again so tuned down .1 and heard a radio bingo programme. I thought it might have been Radio Kerry at first (I know they did such a slot before) but it stayed on long enough to identify the station.

Where abouts are you based, approximately?

ka2

More activity on 96.1 here, got Midwest Radio fading in this morning. I heard noise over the East Coast FM signal again so tuned down .1 and heard a radio bingo programme. I thought it might have been Radio Kerry at first (I know they did such a slot before) but it stayed on long enough to identify the station.

castle2012

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

If it is the same Paul Duffy, he is head of sound on Today FM and was previously: presenter on South East Radio, sound engineer for Newstalk, imaging director for 98FM, production director for Classic Hits 4FM and production director for FM104.

I think Andy Jackson is now an imaging producer for UK-based Pure Tonic Medie, if it is the same guy on Linkedin! Clients include Spin1038 as well as a number of UK radio stations.

Another good one, Tony Weston in the mornings. Remember well. Not sure where he is now.
Another one dj marko with the prisoner request show, He seemed to get many requests in. Not sure where his is now.
I might be wrong on this, but I taught Paul Duffy was the station manager at the time.

Declan A Walsh

TheBMG wrote: »

Not like you to be wrong on both counts Declan ;-)

It’s a different Paul Duffy and a different Andy Jackson. The Paul Duffy from Today FM is now with iRadio and also has a background in the pirates

To be fair, I did qualify my comments in relation to these two names! I was aware of Paul Duffy connected to Freedom FM, which I think is this guy.

TheBMG

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

If it is the same Paul Duffy, he is head of sound on Today FM and was previously: presenter on South East Radio, sound engineer for Newstalk, imaging director for 98FM, production director for Classic Hits 4FM and production director for FM104.

I think Andy Jackson is now an imaging producer for UK-based Pure Tonic Medie, if it is the same guy on Linkedin! Clients include Spin1038 as well as a number of UK radio stations.

Not like you to be wrong on both counts Declan ;-)

It’s a different Paul Duffy and a different Andy Jackson. The Paul Duffy from Today FM is now with iRadio and also has a background in the pirates

Declan A Walsh

JDxtra wrote: »

That Andy is different, and I also suspect that Paul is different.

Also I don't recall Mark Kavanagh or John Kerrigan on Club FM (at least not regular shows).

Tony Dixon tried to change the format of the station and rename it Mojo Radio. It was a disaster and it was changed back. In later years Club was renamed to The Vibe (not the same Vibe that was on 107.1).

It is probably the Paul Duffy connected to Freedom. I just wasn't sure if there were two of them but I did consider that possibility alright!

John Kerrigan was involved with a number of dance events that included the Club FM crew, so I assumed he was one of them too! Maybe someone could confirm whether or not he was on Club FM at some stage.

In relation to Mark Kavanagh, I did read somewhere about his brief involvement with Club FM. Not one of the names that would readily be associated with Club FM I admit, but, that said, he was involved with some overlapping dance events.

JDxtra

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

If it is the same Paul Duffy, he is head of sound on Today FM and was previously: presenter on South East Radio, sound engineer for Newstalk, imaging director for 98FM, production director for Classic Hits 4FM and production director for FM104.

I think Andy Jackson is now an imaging producer for UK-based Pure Tonic Medie, if it is the same guy on Linkedin! Clients include Spin1038 as well as a number of UK radio stations.

That Andy is different, and I also suspect that Paul is different.

Also I don't recall Mark Kavanagh or John Kerrigan on Club FM (at least not regular shows). Mark was on DLR, and John was on one of the Kiss FMs (the hard house one, early 2000s?).

Tony Dixon tried to change the format of the station and rename it Mojo Radio. It was a disaster and it was changed back. In later years Club was renamed to The Vibe (not the same Vibe that was on 107.1).

Declan A Walsh

JDxtra wrote: »

This was the Club FM schedule as of April 1997...

If it is the same Paul Duffy, he is head of sound on Today FM and was previously: presenter on South East Radio, sound engineer for Newstalk, imaging director for 98FM, production director for Classic Hits 4FM and production director for FM104.

I think Andy Jackson is now an imaging producer for UK-based Pure Tonic Medie, if it is the same guy on Linkedin! Clients include Spin1038 as well as a number of UK radio stations.

Dipole Keith

JDxtra wrote: »

This was the Club FM schedule as of April 1997...

I never rated the station probably because Sunset & Pulse were more professional, but when you look at the list of djs that passed through there’s plenty of talent there

mackersdublin

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Some people who went on to licensed radio did go through Club FM. The late Tony Dixon (FM104), although more associated with Pulse and ESG, did do a stint on Club FM as Station Manager. Mark Kavanagh, although more associated with DLR, did do a stint with Club FM. He briefly presented a dance program on what was then called Radio Ireland (now Today FM). Rusty Nails of Club FM is better known these days as Eamon Duffy on FM104. John Kerrigan, one of the mainstays of Club FM, went on to present programs on digital station RTE Pulse. There must be some more examples as Club FM had plenty of presenters.

Jason Dee is another example. Was on Radio Nova a few years ago

Loved his Sound Crowd specials back in the day

Dipole Keith

93.2 back on air today playing dance, Keep it Kiss according to a jingle I heard

castle2012

JDxtra wrote: »

This was the Club FM schedule as of April 1997...

Ah yes remember all them names. Friday evening will be very interesting. I wonder will any of them guys be on air on Friday

JDxtra

Also found a bandscan from the same period (April '97)...

FM Pirates:
87.9 Energy FM
88.1 Fun FM / Dublin 101
92.0 Freedom FM
93.8 K.I.S.S. Dublin
94.3 ABC Dublin
94.55 Mix 94.6
96.0 WLR (Walkinstown local radio)
96.6 Dream FM (relaying Spectrum 105.3)
98.4 UCB (United Christian Broadcasters)
99.0 D.A.R.C. FM (Dublin alternative radio collective)
99.4 SuperQ
100.0 Radio Dublin
102.5 Radio Caroline
102.9 Pulse FM
103.2 Pulse FM
105.3 Spectrum FM / Jazz FM
106.0 Hits 106
106.4 Club FM
107.1 XFM

Pirate link frequencies:
87.7 SuperQ
89.6 Dream FM
89.7 Mix 94.6
89.9 Club FM
92.5 Spectrum FM
95.3 K.I.S.S. Dublin
99.1 Pulse FM
106.9 Energy FM
107.9 D.A.R.C. FM

Test/occasional broadcasts:
89.7 UCB
89.8 Jazz FM
90.25 Premier FM
98.7 Power FM (Relaying BBC Radio 1)
102.5 D.M.R (from mid-april)
105.7 Unknown, heard testing last night (14.4.97) (low power, but in stereo)
107.9 Fresh FM
108.0 UCB

JDxtra

This was the Club FM schedule as of April 1997...