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Dublindj2020 · 19-01-2020 3:44pm

Any pirates with live programming?

Dipole Keith · 19-01-2020 4:50pm

Dublindj2020 wrote: »

Any pirates with live programming?

Easy, 90s Network, Retro Fm & Energy Am all have live programs but not all the time.

JDxtra · 19-01-2020 5:36pm

90s Network on 98.4 displaying rotating RDS saying the 60s are coming.

Radio fan 88.1 · 19-01-2020 8:18pm

Anyone know what doing on with xtreme not on today fm or online ??

Radioscanner1 · 19-01-2020 8:28pm

Hi all . Firstly I'd like to to thank all in this thread for there constructive criticism and likes regarding Xtreme 107 .

We tried to give it a go but have decided to cease Broadcasting.

Take care all Have a Great new year.

Radio fan 88.1 · 19-01-2020 9:04pm

Radioscanner1 wrote: »

Hi all . Firstly I'd like to to thank all in this thread for there constructive criticism and likes regarding Xtreme 107 .

We tried to give it a go but have decided to cease Broadcasting.

Take care all Have a Great new year.

Sad news thank you on behalf of myself I was listening 24hrs a day and I have to admit it got very good and the end wasnt big fan at the start but what ever you guys did in the last months it sounded Brill.

Even the Signal was lot better well done to you all and thank you again ..... im very sad .....ðŸ™„

Dublindj2020 · 19-01-2020 10:29pm

I heard the running costs were too xtreme!!

radioguru02 · 19-01-2020 11:30pm

So many pirates starting to leave the FM airwaves...

One More Toy · 19-01-2020 11:38pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

So many pirates starting to leave the FM airwaves...

Plenty on dab though?

radioguru02 · 19-01-2020 11:41pm

Oh absolutely... but without full city coverage of any of their muxes and a lack of interest in DAB amongst the people I’m not as optimistic as I’d like to be

Declan A Walsh · 19-01-2020 11:46pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

So many pirates starting to leave the FM airwaves...

The following were still around Dublin this weekend by all accounts and I heard a number of them myself:
FM:
Chill FM - 87.6
Pirate FM - 88.1
Retro FM - 92.0
The 90s Network - 98.4
Relay of Energy - 99.3
Fresh FM - 99.5
Easy Radio - 105.2
The Beach - 105.7
Also Dundalk's Storm NE in some parts - 104.2

AM/MW:
Energy (Power) AM - 1395 kh

That's still a lot of pirates around Dublin.

JDxtra · 20-01-2020 12:40am

There are a few, yes - however most have part time broadcast hours or limited coverage of Dublin. The exception being Pirate FM.

Three full time FM dance stations have been lost in the space of 6 weeks.

Declan A Walsh · 20-01-2020 3:00pm

JDxtra wrote: »

There are a few, yes - however most have part time broadcast hours or limited coverage of Dublin. The exception being Pirate FM.

Three full time FM dance stations have been lost in the space of 6 weeks.

The oldies-oriented pirates (I include Easy in that, although it is a love songs station and does play the odd more recent song) are now outnumbering the dance-specific pirates.

Radioscanner1 · 20-01-2020 4:04pm

Dublindj2020 wrote: »

I heard the running costs were too xtreme!!

You heared wrong take care .

castle2012 · 20-01-2020 8:08pm

JDxtra wrote: »

There are a few, yes - however most have part time broadcast hours or limited coverage of Dublin. The exception being Pirate FM.

Three full time FM dance stations have been lost in the space of 6 weeks.

I don't think 1025kiss is lost, just storm damage. I'm sure they will be back.
Unfortunately Phever had to go as they where warned many times with ComReg.
With regards xtreme, pity but that's life. they had a tough start as people where not sure what there market was. In the last while they sorted that.

hibits · 20-01-2020 8:41pm

Can't see 1025 Kiss fm returning soon if ever. If they were bothered they would have fixed it by now or got an internet stream going as stop gap.

turbocab · 20-01-2020 9:38pm

JDxtra wrote: »

There are a few, yes - however most have part time broadcast hours or limited coverage of Dublin. The exception being Pirate FM.

Three full time FM dance stations have been lost in the space of 6 weeks.

pirate fm has no coverage in most of south east Dublin ie 1km south of firhouse exit on m50 ,

Declan A Walsh · 20-01-2020 9:41pm

turbocab wrote: »

pirate fm has no coverage in most of south east Dublin ie 1km south of firhouse exit on m50 ,

It can be picked up well in Nutgrove, Dundrum, Kilmacud, Stillorgan and sporadically around Ballinteer. It comes and goes along the Ballinteer Road close to the M50.

castle2012 · 20-01-2020 9:48pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

It can be picked up well in Nutgrove, Dundrum, Kilmacud, Stillorgan and sporadically around Ballinteer. It comes and goes along the Ballinteer Road close to the M50.

Been picked up no problem here in North Drogheda

Declan A Walsh · 20-01-2020 9:49pm

castle2012 wrote: »

Been picked up no problem here in North Drogheda

Actually, I have noticed recently that Pirate FM was reaching well into north Dublin and beyond.

One More Toy · 20-01-2020 10:48pm

How many 24/7 pirates do we have in Dublin now?

Sunnyboy11 · 21-01-2020 12:38am

So far as I know at this time there are two pirates on 24/7 they are Pirate FM on 88.1 and that other load of rubbish on 99.5 with horrible audio and signal, sounds like something from Transylvania from Dracula’s castle awful.

Mr. MooYagi · 21-01-2020 11:01am

Serious muck on 99.5 Fresh. Nothing fresh sounding there by any means. It is a joke if they think anybody is listening to that. Obviously not a clue as to what they're doing. How is it still on? Get it together lads, you're getting a seriously bad name for yourselves...

castle2012 · 21-01-2020 1:44pm

Mr. MooYagi wrote: »

Serious muck on 99.5 Fresh. Nothing fresh sounding there by any means. It is a joke if they think anybody is listening to that. Obviously not a clue as to what they're doing. How is it still on? Get it together lads, you're getting a seriously bad name for yourselves...

How they haven't had a visit yet I'll never know

Mr. MooYagi · 21-01-2020 5:17pm

castle2012 wrote: »

How they haven't had a visit yet I'll never know

They will for sure if they keep that ****e on air. It's toxic.

Losty Dublin · 21-01-2020 7:30pm

Pirate FM was carrying well into Navan on the car radio today while Sunday I had it almost as far as Drogheda on the M 1 before BBC and some hilly terrain began to hurt it. Admittedly 88.1FM is a gem of a frequency and it is helped by RTE 1's tight low modulated signal and it's own well engineered signal and output but even that aside it's an impressive feat to have such coverage.

radioguru02 · 21-01-2020 8:08pm

Sad day when there are only two FM pirates left on Dublin’s airwaves, if you could even call Fresh a station

Dipole Keith · 21-01-2020 8:49pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Sad day when there are only two FM pirates left on Dublin’s airwaves, if you could even call Fresh a station

There’s a few on this evening - Easy on 105.2, The Beach & RetroNow on 105.7, Blank carrier on 107.1

castle2012 · 21-01-2020 8:51pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Sad day when there are only two FM pirates left on Dublin’s airwaves, if you could even call Fresh a station

I flipped over to DAB in Dublin. Not a bad selection there. They probably just need to fine tune the coverage. Its still a bit glitchy in parts of North Dublin

Infoanon · 21-01-2020 9:00pm

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Pirate FM was carrying well into Navan on the car radio today while Sunday I had it almost as far as Drogheda on the M 1 before BBC and some hilly terrain began to hurt it. Admittedly 88.1FM is a gem of a frequency and it is helped by RTE 1's tight low modulated signal and it's own well engineered signal and output but even that aside it's an impressive feat to have such coverage.

The signal is very good but there are major black spots - Dublin South East and as mentioned by another poster , the M50 past exit 14.
The signal eg Rathfarnham is below that required for RDS but improves quickly as you go south West.

As for RTE tight low modulated signal - interference of that nature tends only to be an issue on cheaper radios.

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