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19th March

  • 18-03-2026 09:28PM
    #1
    Orban6
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    40 years ago.

    Sorry for being obtuse but if you know, you know.



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  • #2
    its_steve116
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    Raids?



  • #3
    Orban6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Orban6


    Close down of Radio Nova.



  • #4
    Infoanon
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    Launch of Zoom103, Richard Jackson the first voice on air !

    The receiver had instructed Nova to switch off at 6pm and the 10kw 738 AM was switched off.

    The 24kw FM had continued with its different output which started at 3pm from lesson street.

    40 years!!



  • #5
    Orban6
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323173#Comment_124323173

    Had the 10 KW AM not been removed at that stage leaving just the 50 there?



  • #6
    Infoanon
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    The 50kw had been switched off in late '85, later reconfigured for 254LW.

    The 10kw was later acquired from the receiver and used by Energy 103, then Q102 and finally sold to Capital 104.

    The 50kw was sadly left to rot along with the rest of Nova Park.



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  • #7
    TheBMG
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323763#Comment_124323763

    there was a certain amount of junk/tat that ended up rusting away at the bottom of the Murphys Quarry tx site



  • #8
    Infoanon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124324004#Comment_124324004

    The receiver had the FM TX and link removed from Murphys Quarry on the Monday 23rd iirc

    The two AMs, the 10kw and 50kw were moved from Nova Park and put into storage - others might know the exact location- overtime Nova Park was vandalised and had to be boarded up.

    The expensive equipment, apart from the transmitters ,had all been sold to Zoom ,and moved down to Leeson Street.

    The record library also ended up there.

    Why the 'sale' of the FM TX wasnt completed before the receiver was appointed has always been a bit of a head scratcher.



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