Updated May 22nd 2003


COMREG CLOSE A SPATE OF PIRATE STATIONS IN DUBLIN

Well, waddya know, almost 20 years to the day that Ireland's largest and most popular pirate radio station, Radio Nova, was closed down by the government, there's a swoop on the pirates again in the city. And it's panic all over the place. The following opinions are mine and don't reflect those of the owners of this site.

Lets take a look at the responsibilities of COMREG (Commission for Communications Regulations) from their own perspective, from the Irish Telecommunications website:



About ComReg

ComReg is the statutory body charged with the licensing and regulation of the electronic communications industry in Ireland. ComReg also has responsibility for regulating the postal sector.

The functions of ComReg in relation to regulation of the electronic communications industry and the postal sector as set out in the Communications Regulation Act 2002 are as follows:

* to promote competition
* to contribute to the development of the internal market
* to promote the interests of all users within the Community
* to promote the development of the postal sector

To promote competition? Hmmm...by closing it down? The anorak websites are 'a-buzzin' with dangerous rumours as to who was responsible. It would appear that Dublin's Spin 1038 FM is getting royally kicked up the ass about the whole thing. Look, who CARES who blew the whistle. After all, these stations are illegal and they have to take what happens in all knowledge that they are broadcasting without a licence.

Where I live (Australia) if you opened up a station without a licence, you'd be shut down in 24 hours and possibly go to jail! They don't mess around in these parts! If blame is to be issued anywhere it should be directed at the body (or bodies) that are responsible for broadcasting in Ireland, those people who have surely and without strain, screwed up the whole broadcasting system. Those people who made appalling decisions when issuing licences. Not Spin 1038 or anyone else.

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Read previous radiohome pages:

ARCHIVE 5:  MURDOCH: DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL
ARCHIVE 4:  FALLING INTO THE PAST!
ARCHIVE 3 - PETER MADISON
ARCHIVE 2 - PRE-SUPERPIRATES
ARCHIVE 1 - BROADCASTING TO THE WORLD



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