Nova: Born 1980 - Died 1986 (but had a habit of coming back from the dead)
 Sybil Fennel: The News Room Pic courtesy of Offshore-radio.de |
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"Don't forget the quid - it's all for a good cause..." Chris Cary puts on his best voice and wears his sunday clothes for the Nova Christmas appeal...It's nice to hear an Xmas version of the Nova jingles here. |
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"We're live from Dublin, to Dublin and right across Europe..." This was the revival of Nova at 144 Upper Leeson Street Dublin and a great "Dave Johnson" jingle heard here. The new Radio Nova was not to last though... |
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"We're looking for a caller from outside the Dublin area..." Nova could be heard almost right across Britain, never mind outside the Dublin area! This was the Nova 100 pounds giveaway. George Talbot talks to a caller and gives her a couple of quid for saying the right thing, when she eventually did! What year was this? [email] |
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"It's all happening at this weekend at Disco Nova..." Disco Nova was custom-built underneath the Nova studios in Rathfarnham, Dublin. "boogie-busses" carted Nova fans from outside Trinity College Dublin up to the hills where Nova was located. The Niteclub was state-of-the-art and girls got in free! At one stage Nova's newsreaders would read the news "live" from the bar downstairs. |
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"I was told that you were suffering from shock from Declan (Meehan) going..." Colm Hayes is doing the breakfast show on Nova, and welcomes Bob Gallico back to Nova breakfast. Had Bob been on Q102 for a time and returned to Nova? [email] |
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"As a birthday present from RTE it turned out to be a damp squib" Bob reports on the interruption to Nova's microlink by RTE. This happened on Nova's birthday. Nova were in the unusual position of having to ask their engineers OVER THE AIR to switch "to our other link", a desperate move usually reserved for the shoestring pirates. |
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"Normal programming will be resumed as soon as possible" Bob Gallico asks listeners to call RTE and complain about the interfearance. A very young sounding Sybil Fennel has a word about it, and then theres a minute of the gaelige language being spoken! |
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"Call the department of communications..718211 extension 211" Yes, another jamming session! Just before news with Ken Hammond, Greg Goughran again reminds listeners that they should complain about the squealing sounds on 88FM |
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"It's Jameson Jewellers time" Jameson Jewellers bought the lucritive top of the hour ad. Here we have a number of news entries by Sybil etc and jingles including "Hugh O'Brien". |
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"Okay, my man, 5 to 1 on New Years Day in 1984" Jase the Pace struts his stuff! Declan Meehan has a word in there. Lots of New Year cheer and a mention that Jason Mayne is getting married that year! |
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"The next time you hear a cart thats misqueued on Radio Nova...find out who did it, and the prize is a public execution" Chris Cary makes a rare "appearance" on his own radio station, and papers the next day are quite critical of his broadcasting skills! |
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"This is Chris Cary with the news, no it's not, I left it on the mess room table!"" From the same night, Chris Cary reminisces about his days on Radio Caroline |
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"Jessie Brandon here, comin' back with Hall and Oates" Jessie is on the air and sounding fantastic. Theres a Ten pound giveaway for a listener who says "because it plays the best music". |
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"Barry McCall's action would result in...putting 25 Nova employees including NUJ members out of a job" Newsreader Gary Hamill reads the news, of which most of it is about NUJ member Barry McCall and how he threatens the jobs of employees at Nova's Rathfarnham studios. These were tough times for the superpirate.. |
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| "Weather for dublin..." Colm Hayes in the mid-morning. Top of the hour news clip with Cogy Clarke. Colm reads the weather, and reads the weather, and reads the weather...! |
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| All dry jingles, mostly by Tony Allen |
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