Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

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Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by The One Who Knows » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:50 pm

Paull Barnett passed away this morning, he was the owner of Radio North 846 AM.
As far as I remember, Paul worked on offshore pirates and also at Manx Radio, before
coming to Ireland , R.I.P...

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Re: Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by dancemusicdj » Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:04 pm

Sad to hear that. May he rest in peace.

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Re: Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by eiradioguy » Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:29 pm

R.I.P Paul, the 846 signal got into the south of Ireland quite well, also very clear around the Giants Causeway when we went there for a holiday break last year. Quite an eclectic range of programming on the station but good audio and a strong signal.

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Re: Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by Burbankjr » Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:13 pm

:whistle thankyou for your kind words, I saw my dad as a titan and it seems from all the internet posts about his passing, it seems I was not the only one. His life was radio, being a "disc jockey" and building transmitters, raising huge Ariel's and being a constant in so many people's lives from WABC in the early 80's to Gem Am Off-shores such as MANX and finally owner operator of
hit Pirate station RADIO NORTH. I wish I was more like him. Thankyou all again

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Re: Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by intheair » Wed Sep 04, 2024 5:56 pm

Paul really was a gentleman and his enthusiasm and knowledge of radio was great to be around. He always had an interesting story to tell when I saw him. A great loss to the radio world in Ireland.
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Re: Death Of Radio North 864 Owner

Post by Albert H » Fri Sep 06, 2024 1:06 am

Yes - he was one of the good ones! I gave him some crystals and temperature-compensated crystal VCO modules for his transmitters. I'd bought a whole lot of them when we got a contract for a station (covering sports) in France. They'd been allocated 846 and 864 kHz, and I had lots of spares for both frequencies (and no use for them anymore).
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