Some presenters – the star names – were confident they would go on to forge new careers in the world of legal, licensed broadcasting. In towns and cities around the country, listeners dropped off cakes, gifts and heartfelt fan letters. Public wakes were held as DJs signed off for the last time. The pirate closedown was front-page news. THE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES blared the news: ‘Over and Out’, ‘The Last Waltz’, ‘Pirates Finally Sink’.Īfter years of threats and crack-downs, it was the end of an era for Irish broadcasting.Īcross the country, stations that had exploited a loophole in the law to build a thriving and lucrative radio industry unplugged the microphones for a final time at the end of December 1988.
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