Wicklow pirate station
Arklow Community Radio was a south Wicklow-based pirate station which was on air from 1982 to 1988.
It was a true community radio station, operating as a co-op and available on 239m (1251kHz) and anywhere between 98.9MHz – 99.3 at various times.
In early 1983 it was logged on 99FM.
Arklow Community Radio sticker
Frequency Logs
1982 December – 99.2MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1983 April – 99.3MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1983 July – 98.9MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1983 October – 99.2MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (Recording)
1984 May – 99.1MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1984 October – 1251kHz / 239m MW (Anoraks UK WR)
1984 November – 99.0MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1985 February – 99.0MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1985 March – 99.0MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1985 July – 99.0MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1985 November – 99.2MHz; 1251kHz / 239m MW (DX Archive)
1987 February – 1251kHz (DX Archive)
1988 January – 99.2MHz; 1251kHz
1988 July – 99.2MHz only (DX Archive)
Telephone number was 9728, later 39728
Address: 77a Lower Main Street, Arklow, Co Wicklow
Arklow Community Radio compliments slip (Anoraks Ireland Collection)
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