Static Radio (Ireland)

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

[edit] 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, and was

The Station started to gain popularity but this was short lived as the station equipment was stolen in May of 2002. The station 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.

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.

[edit] Static Radio

In October 2006 Ger Stevens wanted to test a Medium Wave Station, Static Fm was renamed as Static Radio as the station will be broadcasting on Fm and the Internet. The Station is currenty testing on 1251Khz AM will 24 hour programming comencing in the future.