Irish Pirate Radio Footage - Miles Johnson

C30 -The first tape - 1st June 1982 Miles Johnston covered the evolution of irish commercial broadcasting, under a series "The Irish Era". edited to VHS at the time, until early 1990s. Made available to those who took part and to broadcast media in due course. This was the most productive and exciting era of radio broadcasting since the off shore stations, focused on Britain in the 1960s. This became mixed with radio Caroline staff, after the Mi-Amigo ship sank. Many of those from the Caroline 1960s and 70s era came to Dublin. Miles Johnston initially covered this on 35mm stills and cassette tape. His shows as a night time FM jock, went out on Big D Radio, then in 1982 in this video 'fly on the wall' format started. This was of the DJs and staff of those radio stations, giving as it happened comment over treh main 1980 era. This is the raw camera as it was shot, slightly cut, and recolourized up to HD 1440. Now made available , probably for the final time, while the tapes can still play 40 years later, in March 2025, 40 years after Miles, and his mate Jeff Camblin, aired with their own pirate, in Northern Ireland, Kiss FM102.7, in 1985. (As Miles worked for the BBC) Feel free to download and re-use. Please give credit - Rish Era by Miles Johnston

Featuring Irish Super Pirates, based in Dublin, Sunshine Radio, Radio Nova, the new Kiss-FM 102.7, the first FM only station. With DJs from the 1960s, Peter Madison, David Malone Sunshine News (later to join BBC Northern Ireland) James Dillon owner of The Big D, Colm Hayes on Kiss-FM 102.7, Tony Gareth on Radio Nova, soon to join the new Radio Caroline ship, Ross Revenge, and Nova sales, June, who explains the wider political and economic issues of the day. Shot and edited by Miles Johnston in Aug 1982. This became the Irish Era of Pirate Radio edited on VHS in 1982. These raw camera tapes made available for archive. Download and keep. please mention Miles Johnston, and the Irish Era if you can. A public information resource from the Bases Project banned by YouTube

The Irish Era of Pirate Radio,. shot and edited by Miles Johnston, as it happened, this focuses on the SuperPirates, Sunshine Radio, anmd radio Nova, as they enter in Jan 1983. Features Chris Cary, founder and owner of Radio Nova, and Kiss-FM 102.7, in the transmitter cabin, on air. DJs Tony fenton, Roland Burke, Denis Murray on air, or in the production studios. Radio Nova operatinga 10KW AM transmitter and a 3KW FM . These are archive recordings for use in public domains, please credit, Miles Johnston, Of The Bases project. These intervews "as it happened" were his last before joining the BBC......

The professional super pirates in Dublin, during this explosive brilliant era of broadcasting, where creativity thrived, was met by a major political miscalculation. These extremely popular new bright and progressive stations, Sunshine, Nova and Kiss-FM were a huge new wave for the Young Irish. Takening them off air, brutally, was a huge vote disaster for the stagnant political scene in the Republic. The Irish Era of Pirate Radio is a series shot by Miles Johnston, as these radio stations evolved. Shot on VHS, its what we had then. Anyone who wishes to shoot a film featuring this era please do contact me.

The phenominal rise of teh Super Pirstes in Dublin, which commenecd at the end of the70s in 1979, with Sunshine Radio, followed soon after in 1981, with Radio Nova, became a huge success in 1982. Hiowver this threat to what was the utterly dull IBA stations in Britain, with radio Nova soon to put a 50KW into operation , was too much, so the Raids in May 1983 were a badly under estimated on Irelands Youth, who by far preferred this bright new radio stations,. On 18th May, radio Nova was ripped off air, followed on the 19th by Sunshine Radio This is the aftermath of those raids. Explained by those involved, inside the stations.

Dublin's first home grown TV station, Channel D was run by former ARD owners Dave C and Dr Don Moore. These are some of advertisments and promo. Dublin was heavily cabled so it had an audience. Border station, Boyneside Radio North, right on the border with Newry, with northern Ireland DJs, Bob Lea and Big O, they hada vast local audience, on AM and FM signal covered 30 miles into the north. Radio Nova died in May 1986, and Q012 was the new local Dublin city sttaion, that grew up, as Nova had started going for the UK market. Legal issues caused it to finally closed down. Martin Block is key to the new Q102 station, started by ex Nova and Downtown DJ Lawrence John. By this time the tube Sony camera was well on its way out. pictures suffering severe lag.

Two of the biggest successful radio stations, Radio Nova, then Sunshine Radio,were raided by the Dublin government in May 1983. This is the story and background, to what was the most successful and inspiring years in broadcasting, since the radio ship Radio Caroline started transmitting on the Irish Sea, and North Sea, on Easter 1964. Key to this whole era, was a "something" which inspired the creativity and Protected these radio stations, and ultimatley led to the creation of Sky Television. Itself seeded by members of Radio Caroline. Thus the Raids in May 1983, are a pivotal moment in broadcsting history. From the edited VHS, shot in 1983, by Miles Johnston. This covers the fascinating era from 1978 to 2005, the big close down in Dec 1988 is in Part 7. The era was covered by the Bases Project in 2005, as this is all about ETs, and something intrinsik to what is now happening 2023. The reload of this 40 year old tape, is about making it into a film Contact Miles Johnston,if you an help