If saw wi-tricity in Howth in the mid 1980’s. a Hobbyist radio engineer Frank Decker from Grace O’Malley showed me and my twin brother how to use incandescent light bulb as a dummy load for a FM radio transmitter. [for the non geek readers why dummy load? its like taking full output and soaking it…
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radio
its hard to miss radio nowadays
Radio in our house moved from 2FM to Phantom after 20+ years on RTE Radio 2 then without warning or blog posting 105.2 became 106.8 as the tuner on the Coby Alarm Clock is like those radios people bought in Apolo 1 Moore Street in the 80’s, ie. shite. So now we are waking up…
mother bored
first invented for children’s entertainment and folksy guitar playing this model went on to greater things. {final upgrade of eprom chip before switch on} shane hegarty has a election piece on time past over on the ireland.com blogs
hospital radio shut down
you just cant get good hospital radio on a trolley. Beaumont Hospital Radio has closed down, I met an ex WXTC DJ who worked on Near FM and he was telling me that Beaumont Hospital Radio closed. Every time I visited the hospital over the last 2 years the studio seemed vacant. Radiowaves.fm reported the…
Choice of the towns – Newer radio for older people
perhaps http://www.choicefm.ie/ will go for it [media network] The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has today placed an advertisement in the national and local press seeking applications for a sound broadcasting service to operate a multi-city service for the 45+ age group. The service, which is primarily music-driven, will be available in Dublin City, County…
Devon knows its DRM
The BBC has confirmed that the first tests of DRM on mediumwave for a UK domestic audience will commence on 23 April. 100 volunteers have signed up to participate in the year-long trial, which will broadcast BBC Radio Devon in DRM mode to the Plymouth area on its assigned frequency of 855 kHz. The AM transmitter…
Radio Nacional de España
Radio Nacional de España old 1950’s ‘pilot’ radio in Dublin still working in 2007 – great sound – needs long wire for SW but its MW rocks.
Newstalk 0210
newstalk goes FTA on Sky
Emap’s Irish Radio options
UK Media group Emap today confirmed reports that it is considering a sale of its radio stations in Ireland as it revealed full-year underlying revenue would be down 2 percent with difficult conditions to continue. Despite the tough outlook, the group said trading was in line with expectations, as a good performance from the business-to-business…