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radioguru02 · 17-02-2021 8:44pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

All I know is that the first two are on the Radio Garden App! I never knew Zenith was on SW - pirate broadcasts? I assume you mean Zenith Classic Rock.

That’s the one

Insidethetent · 19-02-2021 2:39pm

Whats happened to galaxy radio? Nothing heard for 2 days now.

end of the road · 19-02-2021 3:10pm

they are moving transmission site apparently.
i thought i heard them mention on air that some storm damage was suffered as well but maybe i misheard.
complete silence on the stream as well the past few days.

dxireland · 19-02-2021 4:29pm

Maybe comreg are floating around
Thehills

JDxtra · 19-02-2021 6:10pm

end of the road wrote: »

they are moving transmission site apparently.
i thought i heard them mention on air that some storm damage was suffered as well but maybe i misheard.
complete silence on the stream as well the past few days.

Yes, I saw something online which mentioned planned changes. So this is expected.

end of the road · 19-02-2021 10:16pm

end of the road wrote: »

complete silence on the stream as well the past few days.

music is back now.

Dipole Keith · 20-02-2021 6:19am

I came across Galaxy FM on 102.9 yesterday evening

dxireland · 20-02-2021 10:12am

I don't think it was galaxy they're off air Moving Mountains site

No activity today from the following

92.0 Retro
94.3 charity R
99.5 energy

Declan A Walsh · 20-02-2021 11:29am

dxireland wrote: »

I don't think it was galaxy they're off air Moving Mountains site

No activity today from the following

92.0 Retro
94.3 charity R
99.5 energy

More often than not, Retro FM only broadcasts on Sunday.

It/s usually around noon Saturdays when Charity Radio or All 80s comes on.

The Energy relay/stream, recently on 99.5 FM, does not always come on for the whole weekend, although lately it has. Energy could be on 1395 kh AM but not on 99.5. Of course, if Energy has not come on at all at the time your post was typed, that would explain it too!

Declan A Walsh · 20-02-2021 3:05pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

More often than not, Retro FM only broadcasts on Sunday.

It/s usually around noon Saturdays when Charity Radio or All 80s comes on.

The Energy relay/stream, recently on 99.5 FM, does not always come on for the whole weekend, although lately it has. Energy could be on 1395 kh AM but not on 99.5. Of course, if Energy has not come on at all at the time your post was typed, that would explain it too!

Update: Energy Power AM is on this afternoon on 1395kh AM. When I checked last (about a half-hour ago), it was not on 99.5 FM. Nothing was on 94.3 or 92.0 - I didn't expect Retro FM to be on.

Infoanon · 20-02-2021 3:13pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Update: Energy Power AM is on this afternoon on 1395kh AM. When I checked last (about a half-hour ago), it was not on 99.5 FM. Nothing was on 94.3 or 92.0 - I didn't expect Retro FM to be on.

Storms are not conducive to putting aerials up and TXS on when you are up on the side of a mountain.

Re the query on Galaxy and the UNID Dublin dance station , fairly sure there is no connection.

Galaxy seem to be hell bent on getting a signal into Dublin from Kildare which is no easy task.

Declan A Walsh · 20-02-2021 5:32pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Update: Energy Power AM is on this afternoon on 1395kh AM. When I checked last (about a half-hour ago), it was not on 99.5 FM. Nothing was on 94.3 or 92.0 - I didn't expect Retro FM to be on.

Energy were back on 99.5 FM later this afternoon!

dxireland · 20-02-2021 6:20pm

I think it's the opposite they don't want to be broadcast in dublin
This is why they're jumping site back into Kildare
If I remember right a few years ago
They had a very strong signal reports from when they operated in Kildare Portlaoise all the way to CityWest then you would lose them

radioguru02 · 20-02-2021 6:58pm

Couldn’t pick up FreeDAB in Cork today, Just Power and Caroline (relaying the UK station of the same name) on FM

Losty Dublin · 22-02-2021 2:02pm

A post on the FB Irish Anorak page stated that Breffni/Carousel came on air on Saturday on 98.4 FM. Output seems to have been recordings from it's run on air the mid 90's onwards, which itself featured a lot of country and Irish music.

astragte · 23-02-2021 11:55pm

Galaxy fm must be pushing some power they can be picked up in parts of carlow town all be it faint it can be picked up with rds

dxireland · 24-02-2021 1:28am

I wouldn't think big power probably just height

I also pick them up earlier on,
Out in coill dubh co kildare
Audio sounds good
Some nice imaging on Air

Insidethetent · 24-02-2021 10:12pm

Haven't heard anything from galaxy in several days around Dublin.

end of the road · 24-02-2021 10:49pm

they are back on 94.3, complete with jingles and all as i was listening earlier.

dxireland · 25-02-2021 12:02am

I think they're finished broadcasting into Dublin
It's great to see so much activity on the FM dial
We need pirate radio who agrees

astragte · 25-02-2021 12:15am

dxireland wrote: »

I think they're finished broadcasting into Dublin
It's great to see so much activity on the FM dial
We need pirate radio who agrees

And that we surely do but a few super pirates is what is really needed

dxireland · 25-02-2021 11:07am

Would be great but they wouldn't last long on Air no point pumping money into a Super pirate to be closed in a few weeks in blessing this morning picking up kildare's Galaxy

astragte · 25-02-2021 3:12pm

dxireland wrote: »

Would be great but they wouldn't last long on Air no point pumping money into a Super pirate to be closed in a few weeks in blessing this morning picking up kildare's Galaxy

Apparently the transmitter site is in allen Kildare.

But if enough pirate's came together and formed a super pirate wouldn't need high power tx just enough of them to cover a large areas

dxireland · 25-02-2021 9:13pm

It's the only dance station with live shows
Every so often
Listening Now DJ John 90s show
Have they got a website with livestream ?

end of the road · 25-02-2021 10:14pm

http://galaxyfmkildare.com

dxireland · 28-02-2021 8:28pm

In Carlow today picked up Red Rock country
On 88.1 audio was very poor signal was pretty good, also picking up in parts of Carlow galaxy fm some stretch of signal from them

radioguru02 · 06-03-2021 7:56pm

Any scanners about the nation?

JDxtra · 06-03-2021 8:38pm

radioguru02 wrote: »

Any scanners about the nation?

Picked up these while in Maynooth, Co. Kildare.

87.6 Chill FM
91.0 Hot FM
92.0 Retro FM
93.2 IceRadio
94.3 Galaxy
99.5 Energy
105.2 RetroNow
107.1 Club FM

JDxtra · 07-03-2021 4:50pm

Sunday update, Charity on 94.3 across Dublin. IceRadio was on a carrier but now off air. Hot FM audio is right channel only.

end of the road · 07-03-2021 5:06pm

hot fm is right channel only on their stream as well, i've just checked.

TheBMG · 07-03-2021 5:10pm

end of the road wrote: »

hot fm is right channel only on their stream as well, i've just checked.

Does this mean they’re only half as **** as usual?

The Beach made a welcome appearance earlier on this afternoon .. haven’t heard them for some time.

end of the road · 07-03-2021 5:53pm

TheBMG wrote: »

Does this mean they’re only half as **** as usual?

is there any djs on it at all now apart from fk?
i guess with lock down there won't be but back last year when things were more relaxed did djs appear?

JDxtra · 07-03-2021 7:34pm

end of the road wrote: »

is there any djs on it at all now apart from fk?
i guess with lock down there won't be but back last year when things were more relaxed did djs appear?

I think there was someone on last night, but in general it's on automation. Its very rare for FK to do shows these days.

Declan A Walsh · 07-03-2021 7:52pm

TheBMG wrote: »

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The Beach made a welcome appearance earlier on this afternoon .. haven’t heard them for some time.

The Beach have been popping up intermittently on evenings over the last month.

Incidentally, Paul Murray was live on Energy Power AM on 1395kh MW both yesterday afternoon and this afternoon - normally, he tends to be only on Sunday afternoons on ordinary weekends. It was also on 99.5 FM.

Anglers · 12-03-2021 5:17pm

Power 87 - 87.5FM in Cork
Just got raided. It was well over due.

dave4565 · 12-03-2021 5:30pm

Why was it over due where they causing interference ?

end of the road · 12-03-2021 5:37pm

just transmission site was it?

JDxtra · 12-03-2021 6:11pm

end of the road wrote: »

just transmission site was it?

In recent years, it has been just the sites. I haven't heard of a studio being raided in some time.

end of the road · 12-03-2021 8:20pm

JDxtra wrote: »

In recent years, it has been just the sites. I haven't heard of a studio being raided in some time.

yes the same for me.
their stream is up but silent, silence is a semi-regular occurrence though so definitely just a site raid.

JDxtra · 12-03-2021 8:20pm

Anglers wrote: »

Power 87 - 87.5FM in Cork
Just got raided. It was well over due.

Stream is up but there is no audio. Nothing posted yet online from Power 87 that I can see, probably laying low as you can expect.

I don't know the landscape in Cork - were Power causing any particular issues, or was it just that their time was up?

Radio fan 88.1 · 13-03-2021 12:09am

My thinking would be that some of the full time stations in Dublin at present might go off Air now as a precision probably be a good idea if comreg raided in cork today Dublin might just be on there Rader next.
Would anyone agree?.

Insidethetent · 13-03-2021 12:54am

Surprising to see comreg authorising action (whether by themselves or a contractor working on their behalf) during the current Covid 19 Level 5 national lockdown for anything less than a 'Type A' RFI complaint*.

Is this a prudent usage of the regulator's time and resources at a time when workers are mandated to (1) work from home wherever possible and (2) stay within 5km of workplace.

Hopefully the regulator thoroughly assessed the risks of contamination to the public and their staff when deciding to send a team cross the country simply to take an allegedly unlicenced broadcaster off the air? Interesting to see that decision-making process in discovery in case of litigation.

* ComReg20/79 Spectrum Intelligence & Investigations Annual Report

JDxtra · 13-03-2021 12:08pm

Insidethetent wrote: »

Surprising to see comreg authorising action (whether by themselves or a contractor working on their behalf) during the current Covid 19 Level 5 national lockdown for anything less than a 'Type A' RFI complaint*.

Is this a prudent usage of the regulator's time and resources at a time when workers are mandated to (1) work from home wherever possible and (2) stay within 5km of workplace.

Hopefully the regulator thoroughly assessed the risks of contamination to the public and their staff when deciding to send a team cross the country simply to take an allegedly unlicenced broadcaster off the air? Interesting to see that decision-making process in discovery in case of litigation.

* ComReg20/79 Spectrum Intelligence & Investigations Annual Report

It's interesting to see that Comgeg seemingly took action against an unlicensed broadcaster during the current restrictions. They stated before that they wanted to complete more enforcement actions in 2020 – but were unable to do so due to the Covid restrictions.

So there must have been some urgent requirement to remove this particular broadcaster. Maybe some interference issue with the broadcast itself as opposed to any content issue?

JDxtra · 13-03-2021 12:39pm

Below is a small extract from the Spectrum Intelligence & Investigations Annual Report published by ComReg last September.

"Since March 2020, the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic has limited SII’s ability to carry out several planned search and seize operations within this reporting period"

Anglers · 13-03-2021 3:38pm

Picture from one of the djs on power 87 who went to site to see why they were offf air. And found out why, came across them as there were been raided

end of the road · 13-03-2021 3:46pm

end of the road wrote: »

yes the same for me.
their stream is up but silent, silence is a semi-regular occurrence though so definitely just a site raid.

and boom, music back on the stream.
anyway i wish them a speedy return to air, if they even decide to come back.

fmfan · 13-03-2021 4:31pm

Insidethetent wrote: »

Surprising to see comreg authorising action (whether by themselves or a contractor working on their behalf) during the current Covid 19 Level 5 national lockdown for anything less than a 'Type A' RFI complaint*.

Is this a prudent usage of the regulator's time and resources at a time when workers are mandated to (1) work from home wherever possible and (2) stay within 5km of workplace.

Hopefully the regulator thoroughly assessed the risks of contamination to the public and their staff when deciding to send a team cross the country simply to take an allegedly unlicenced broadcaster off the air? Interesting to see that decision-making process in discovery in case of litigation.

* ComReg20/79 Spectrum Intelligence & Investigations Annual Report

Very strange indeed, This action was also taken against Wild Country 103.6 in Louth and also to River 104.2 in Donegal in very recent times. Restrictions must not apply to Government agencies.

Dipole Keith · 14-03-2021 8:12pm

Dublin bandscan for pirate radio activity from Killakee viewpoint car park Dublin Mountains

87.6 Chill FM
91.0 Hot FM
92.0 Retro FM
93.2 IceRadio
94.3 Charity Radio
98.4 90s Network
99.5 No RDS (Retro FM Relay)
103.0 Energy 103
104.2 Storm NE
105.2 RetroNow
105.7 The Beach
107.1 Club FM

Dont shoot the messenger · 17-03-2021 1:03am

Rumour has it!!!! Big black Tuesday event (Might not be on a Tuesday) Planed for Dublin ●
Coming very soon to a Radio near you.
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Declan A Walsh · 17-03-2021 11:31am

Dont shoot the messenger wrote: »

Rumour has it!!!! Big black Tuesday event (Might not be on a Tuesday) Planed for Dublin ●
Coming very soon to a Radio near you.
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Your first post and that's what you are calling yourself??

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