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radioguru02

JDxtra wrote: »

FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.1 Pirate FM
92.0 Retro FM
99.5 Fresh 99
105.2 Easy
107.1 Xtreme

Unknown status for 87.5, 98.4, 99.3, 105.7 as can't receive indoors.

DAB...

Atlantis
CFM Canaries
Coast 2 Coast
Dublin's ABC
Golden Oldies
Hit Music Radio
Kiss Cork
Nineties (x2)
Polish Radio IRL
Soul City
Sovereign Gold
Spektrum
Storm North East
Trance Pulse
Trax Dublin
Wild Country
Zenith Rock

Thanks for the regular scans mate
Is Fresh still broadcasting the same sort of stuff it was before?

Losty Dublin

JDxtra wrote: »

FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.1 Pirate FM
92.0 Retro FM
99.5 Fresh 99
105.2 Easy
107.1 Xtreme

Unknown status for 87.5, 98.4, 99.3, 105.7 as can't receive indoors.

87.5 was on through much of Wednesday. It and 87.6 are both wiping each other out. Meanwhile RTE1 on 87.8 are wiping them both out as well.

end of the road

JDxtra wrote: »

FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.1 Pirate FM
92.0 Retro FM
99.5 Fresh 99
105.2 Easy
107.1 Xtreme

Unknown status for 87.5, 98.4, 99.3, 105.7 as can't receive indoors.

DAB...

Atlantis
CFM Canaries
Coast 2 Coast
Dublin's ABC
Golden Oldies
Hit Music Radio
Kiss Cork
Nineties (x2)
Polish Radio IRL
Soul City
Sovereign Gold
Spektrum
Storm North East
Trance Pulse
Trax Dublin
Wild Country
Zenith Rock

does spektrum radio actually broadcast anything?

they have no working stream or website to my knowledge or up to date social media from what i can find.
i see kiss cork on your list also, has this station given any information about itself do you know?
cheers.

Dipole Keith

end of the road wrote: »

does spektrum radio actually broadcast anything?

they have no working stream or website to my knowledge or up to date social media from what i can find.
i see kiss cork on your list also, has this station given any information about itself do you know?
cheers.

Looking at the DAB list very few have a Dublin association, It’s like a League of Nations, A completely random list of automated stations that are mostly available on the internet anyway, I’m sorry but apart from a few radio anoraks who is really interested.

end of the road

Dipole Keith wrote: »

Looking at the DAB list very few have a Dublin association, It’s like a League of Nations, A completely random list of automated stations that are mostly available on the internet anyway, I’m sorry but apart from a few radio anoraks who is really interested.

funnily enough if the pages of the odd one of them where people do comment in relation to dab are anything to go by it's ordinary people rather then anoraks listening. small numbers are listening i would suspect but still, the stations are getting access to a terrestrial radio platform which is a potential new audience. it's also a fixed cost unlike internet radio where a station is charged more the more listener slots they have on their server.

mw, sw and fm are more the anoraks thing then dab anyway i think.

Declan A Walsh

JDxtra wrote: »

FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.1 Pirate FM
92.0 Retro FM
99.5 Fresh 99
105.2 Easy
107.1 Xtreme

Unknown status for 87.5, 98.4, 99.3, 105.7 as can't receive indoors.

DAB...

Atlantis
CFM Canaries
Coast 2 Coast
Dublin's ABC
Golden Oldies
Hit Music Radio
Kiss Cork
Nineties (x2)
Polish Radio IRL
Soul City
Sovereign Gold
Spektrum
Storm North East
Trance Pulse
Trax Dublin
Wild Country
Zenith Rock

Dublin's ABC was a pirate in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It is had an online presence for a number of years now. It's interesting to see it connected to Freedab. Storm North East operates as a pirate around the north-east, i.e. Co. Louth, which can be picked up in nearby parts of Meath and possibly north Dublin and, apparently, up in the Dublin Mountains.

JDxtra

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Thanks for the regular scans mate
Is Fresh still broadcasting the same sort of stuff it was before?

No problem. The last few days it seems to be broadcasting early 90s break beat style music. I didn't recognise the tracks to be honest.

JDxtra

end of the road wrote: »

does spektrum radio actually broadcast anything?

they have no working stream or website to my knowledge or up to date social media from what i can find.
i see kiss cork on your list also, has this station given any information about itself do you know?
cheers.

Spektrum is on DAB, yes. I think they are making system changes which may explain why the public stream is not available at the moment. Not sure about Kiss Cork. Wasn't this a long running pirate on FM (87.8) until a few years ago?

castle2012

Infoanon wrote: »

Phever , though not my type of music,definitely deliver something unique to the listener, unfortunately they have had to leave the airwaves in both current and previous forms while arguably offering the most diverse programming compared to legals.

Don't know if a section 71 licence and a DAB run is an option ?

They really have some set up. I wonder would Free dab be the best option for them now

end of the road

JDxtra wrote: »

Spektrum is on DAB, yes. I think they are making system changes which may explain why the public stream is not available at the moment.

Thanks. found their facebook as well and they do update it.

JDxtra wrote: »

Not sure about Kiss Cork. Wasn't this a long running pirate on FM (87.8) until a few years ago?

yes, started in 2004 and lasted on and off until 2013.

radioguru02

104.7 church TX and 105.4 unid oldies pirate still on in New Ross

radioguru02

UCB Ireland relay also on in Wicklow on 87.6

Declan A Walsh

pirateradiohed wrote: »

UCB Ireland relay also on in Wicklow on 87.6

Who is doing the relay?

radioguru02

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Who is doing the relay?

No clue, according to a number of posts on another forum it’s been on air for years

Dipole Keith

pirateradiohed wrote: »

No clue, according to a number of posts on another forum it’s been on air for years

UCB pay for relays around the country

Declan A Walsh

Dipole Keith wrote: »

UCB pay for relays around the country

Does that mean UCB are indirectly involved in unlicensed activity? I know that during the '90s they were more directly involved.

Mr. MooYagi

Any Friday bandscanners about? Thanks

Infoanon

Enjoying Pirate FM on 88.1 in Dublin, good signal, good audio.
A Jack FM type format , not to sure how long it will last given how mainstream it is.

The UNID on 87.5 has been off the last few days allowing clearer reception of Chill on 87.6 (and no interference from 87.8.....).
THE BEACH continue on 105.7 ,seem to be down on powet or perhaps Retro Now have increased power.

Mr. MooYagi

Infoanon wrote: »

Enjoying Pirate FM on 88.1 in Dublin, good signal, good audio.
A Jack FM type format , not to sure how long it will last given how mainstream it is.

The UNID on 87.5 has been off the last few days allowing clearer reception of Chill on 87.6 (and no interference from 87.8.....).
THE BEACH continue on 105.7 ,seem to be down on powet or perhaps Retro Now have increased power.

Fresh 99.5 not on when I checked today. Seemed to have a ton of interference yesterday when I checked wasnt even sure it was them. Ton of static etc.

Still no sign of kiss 102.5 . Gone a good few days now....?

The Beach was good and clear on 105.7 in clontarf today as was Energy 1395 AM Audio sounded very good. Maybe been tweaked but definitely better.

Was out and about earlier and Xtreme sounded good on 107.1.

Any I missed?

castle2012

Mr. MooYagi wrote: »

Fresh 99.5 not on when I checked today. Seemed to have a ton of interference yesterday when I checked wasnt even sure it was them. Ton of static etc.

Still no sign of kiss 102.5 . Gone a good few days now....?

The Beach was good and clear on 105.7 in clontarf today as was Energy 1395 AM Audio sounded very good. Maybe been tweaked but definitely better.

Was out and about earlier and Xtreme sounded good on 107.1.

Any I missed?

Yea with the nice calm day today taught 1025kiss would have fixed there mast and be back on.

marno21

pirateradiohed wrote: »

No clue, according to a number of posts on another forum it’s been on air for years

This relay must be on the air with 15 years at this stage.

Dipole Keith

Black carrier on 107.1 in Dublin, Xtreme I’d say but I’m not getting any RDS

Dublindj2020

It is xtreme they should be back shortly apparently updating equipment, power etc.

Mr. MooYagi

Any other happenings on the band fellas?

Dublindj2020

Phever and kiss still off blank carrier on 107.1 pirate fm were off that gick still on 99.5 something was on 87.6 last night poor signal no RDS

JDxtra

Sunday out my direction...

87.6 Chill FM
88.1 Pirate FM
99.5 Fresh 99
105.2 Easy
107.1 <strong carrier>

Dipole Keith

From the back of Dublin Airport today a scan on the car radio

87.5 Unid Dance station (Weak)
87.6 Chill FM (Weak)
88.1 Pirate FM
92.0 Retro FM
99.5 Fresh 99
104.2 Storm NE (Weak)
105.2 Easy
105.7 The Beach
107.1 Blank carrier (Weak)

No sign of 1025Kiss, Phever or Energy 103

Couldn’t get Energy AM

marno21

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Does that mean UCB are indirectly involved in unlicensed activity? I know that during the '90s they were more directly involved.

They used to have an impressive scale of a network in the early 00s. They had 105.0 in Killarney and 106.5 in Tralee, also 102.9 from Nowen Hill in West Cork which was very high power along with an outlet on 106.9 in the city.

Infoanon

Additional stations on air:

98.4 90s Network
99.3 Energy relay

99.5 blank carrier - jamming Flash

88.1 Pirate FM appear to be down on power - 8db and suffering poor reception in some areas

radioguru02

marno21 wrote: »

This relay must be on the air with 15 years at this stage.

Not on high power I wouldn’t think. That’s fair going though