Static Radio (Ireland)

Static Radio (Static Fm) is a local pirate radio station in the Republic of Ireland broadcasting to county Mayo. (Not to be confused with a short lived station in Dublin with a similar name)

History

Static Radio was established in September 2000, and began broadcasting on 103.7Mhz Fm. Broadcasting began at 6pm weekdays and finished at 11pm. broadcasting was occasional and spent many months off air

In February 2002 Static Fm began 24 hour broadcasting, with automated and live shows. a new transmitter site was constructed which helped the station to gain almost countywide. The frequency was changed to 106.5Mhz.

The Station started to gain popularity but this was short lived as the station equipment was stolen in May of 2002. The following week a station began in Dublin with the name of "static Fm" using the stations equipment. They also took images from their website. The Dublin station was short lived as it interfered with many of the legal stations in the Dublin area.

Static Fm Mayo returned in September 2003 but only broadcast for two weeks. It was then decided that a relocation of the studio was required for security reasons. Help with technical issues was provided by "Mike" of Choice FM and "Scott Taylor" of Ice FM.

The Station relaunched a year later and quickly gained its popularity. shows began at 8pm and finished at 1am. Static Fm played chart, rock, dance, during the evening and classic rock hits during the day.

In April 2005 The Owner of Static Fm decided to end the station and to work with a local licenced community station CRC Fm. Many Of the presenters followed on to local and regional radio stations.

Static Radio

In October 2006 Static Fm was renamed as Static Radio as the station will be broadcasting on the Internet with the intention of applying for a temporary license on FM and MW. Internet broadcasting will commence in September 2007.

Links

Static Bebo site
www.radiowaves.fm
DRM radio

Pirate Radio Ireland