anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

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anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Thu Dec 24, 2015 12:25 am

Maybe im just dreaming but should there really be a dnb station in the republic of Ireland? I mean underground music is progressing in popularity if slowly. The idea should maybe be considered, or even better for someone to launch a an fm transmission of Kool 946 over here? :D maybe I'm just dreaming.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by dancemusicdj » Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:38 am

actually that is a good idea. while d&b does get a bit of air play, something dedicated might be worth a try

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by alfaeire » Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:53 pm

drumandbasshead010.. why dont you get some like minded people together and start it? ;)

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Post by drumandbasshead010 » Tue Dec 29, 2015 3:08 am

Heaven help anyone working on a station Id set up. You joking bruv? Give me a transmitter and an aereal and id electrocute meself to the point of death. :D
alfaeire wrote:drumandbasshead010.. why dont you get some like minded people together and start it? ;)

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:57 pm

By a station I mean an fm station. For those over in the UK just for a bit of background, the closest you'll ever find to drum & bass on Irelan'ds FM dial would be a pop station playing a track by sigma once in a while. I'm surprised no1's tried to do it before, the authorities do nothing to stop Irish pirates.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by dancemusicdj » Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:36 pm

drumandbasshead010 wrote:I'm surprised no1's tried to do it before
so am i, but i suppose nobody interested in operating a station thinks there is a market for d&b. maybe that will change, after all i never thought we would have a dedicated reggae station and yet we have.
drumandbasshead010 wrote:the authorities do nothing to stop Irish pirates.
while thankfully there haven't been any raids for the past couple of years (touch wood that will continue) the authorities have been rather active in the past between 2003 and at least 2012/13. admittidly they became less active as those 10 years went on but sometimes when it was thought they weren't active they surprised us. so unfortunately you can never second guess them.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by alfaeire » Tue Jan 05, 2016 7:34 pm

I've been involved in a station in Ireland for 5 years this Xmas.. It's going strong, never had a knock or even a message sent in from comreg..
The safety in the workplace act of 2007 prevents comreg from climbing above 12foot indoors without harnesses and having their insurance sign off on it.. Our transmitter is 20feet off the ground buried in a wall..
Then the roof is asbestos.. Insurance won't let them near it..

Local stations have complained, they gave details of the building, but my landlord is their engineer and always gives me the heads up what's happening there thankfully.
If your interested in doing something, drop me a pm and we have a chat.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:40 pm

did a bit of research. least they got some kind of dance ting in Ireland. theres 875 klub in cork, and tonikradio in Dublin.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by dancemusicdj » Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:57 am

ireland has a few dance stations. they have had dance stations over the years. not as many as in previous years but things may pick up again

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Post by drumandbasshead010 » Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:39 am

true like I said I noticed tonik and klub and there's some fusion thing in county laois. the only thing irish pirates have in common with London is that they've followed up with the underground dance thing on the rare occasion that one slips up. They had hazard up a few years ago, don't no if that had anything to do with the london1

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by alfaeire » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:21 pm

Fusion are on now, pushing 800w through stacked.. Getting out!

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Post by dancemusicdj » Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:31 pm

alfaeire wrote:Fusion are on now, pushing 800w through stacked.. Getting out!

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yeah they always pushed some power. signal could be got as far as wexford

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Post by drumandbasshead010 » Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:02 pm

where are fusion? thoug it was laois but some1 said it in cork

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Post by dancemusicdj » Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:13 pm

drumandbasshead010 wrote:where are fusion? thoug it was laois but some1 said it in cork
there was one in cork and one in laois. the one in cork is gone i think. i didn't know the one in laois was still going either as i hadn't heard anything of it in a couple of years.

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Post by alfaeire » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:27 am

Cork is gone an age ago.. Laois just started up again.

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:21 pm

NLR 87.6fm in Dublin at least have some sort of drum & bass featured. In dance you've also got Klub (cork) and Tonik 107.1j (Dublin)

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:22 pm

hey yall, wanna have a look at irish pirates around the country and that just see what they like banging out the FM. could sum1 give me a list of pirates, and where they can be picked up? cheers...

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Post by dancemusicdj » Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:53 pm

drumandbasshead010 wrote:hey yall, wanna have a look at irish pirates around the country and that just see what they like banging out the FM. could sum1 give me a list of pirates, and where they can be picked up? cheers...
dublin

nlr 87.6
nonstop 90s 88.1
easy radio 91.6
phever 93.2
heat 99.5
tonik 107.1

cork.
klub 87.5
dhr 104.9

storm 104.2 northeast of ireland
opentempo 105.1 waterford.
fusion radio 87.6 laois

thats it i think

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:00 pm

dancemusicdj wrote:
drumandbasshead010 wrote:hey yall, wanna have a look at irish pirates around the country and that just see what they like banging out the FM. could sum1 give me a list of pirates, and where they can be picked up? cheers...
dublin

nlr 87.6
nonstop 90s 88.1
easy radio 91.6
phever 93.2
heat 99.5
tonik 107.1

cork.
klub 87.5
dhr 104.9

storm 104.2 northeast of ireland
opentempo 105.1 waterford.
fusion radio 87.6 laois

thats it i think
appreciate it. thanks a mil

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Re: anyone think there should be a dnb station in ireland?

Post by drumandbasshead010 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:20 pm

final questions: is energy941 still in Dublin? and will BMW/ford cars still play stations without rds on a scan or do they need to be tuned in manually?

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