Radio Clara (short film)

[scanman]

Radio Clara - The Big Swinger...

I have found a tape at home with the last 10 minutes of a short
film on a pirate radio station in Clara Co. Offaly; does anyone
know the title of this film & if it is available on VHS; the DJ was
also the priest in the comedy film Nuns on the run.

[radio free king]

I think ricie scully (ex radio3) was one of the actor djs in that film

[3cx1500A7]

Yeah,I used to have it on video but I must have mislayed it or something.I'm not too sure but the DJ may have played by Sean McGinley(I'm prob completly wrong).They used the local 'phone box for requests!Now how many stations have done that in the past?Eh DeargDoom?

[DeargDoom]

lol. I remember the short movie, it was out in about 1990. It was quite 'oirishy' but probably not a million miles away from the way some of the rural stations were operating in the 1980s.

As for the telephone box - I have answered my fair share of phone calls on the one up in sandyford - it was so long ago now that Dublin telephone numbers only had six digits. And how on earth did you know that anyway 3cx? You must have a blinding great memory!!

[Ger Roe]

I have just got back on line following some lengthy PC problems and came across this thread.

I have a copy of 'Big Swinger' on video somewhere. It was made by a student on a media course in Dun Laoghaire (Declan Lownes, if I remember rightly) and Tom Hickey (Benjy from 'The Riordans ') played the lead role.

It was fictional, based on the rural pirate scene of the time and it won an award for short feature presentation. I will dig it out and confirm the above details .....sometime.

Ger Roe - Phantom FM.

[3cx1500A7]

Ger,thanx for correcting me regarding Tom Hickey.I spent hours going throu videos the other night & could not locate the program(although I DID find some rather embarressing footage of a couple of well known DJs in their daze(sic) on the pirate scene).

[The Dripping Beaver]

I even remember the phone number of that phone box Dearg - 2955 102.

Am I right??!

[DeargDoom]

As Robbie Robertson (not Robinson!) once said, "This is sure stirring up some ghosts for me!".

Yeah, you're right actually. I once tried to persuade Gary to move channel to 102FM so that we'd have a customised phone number, but sensible lad that he was he refused to move.

Those were the days when you'd open the phone lines for requests and the only calls you'd get were from Simon Maher, Bobby Gibson, Joe Doyle and Johhny Daley. (At least one of those four would normally be ordering us off the air - can you guess which ones? Its not Bobby or Simon!).


Chris Murray once rang that number looking for a gig from Sunset. One of the neighbourhood urchins answered, went up to Garys house, rang the doorbell and said "mister, yiz have got a phone call". Jesus, those were good times. These days I've got to answer the request lines by myself!

DD

p.s...I'm still trying to figure out the phone number to the telephone box at the bottom of Merville Road - if I'm gonna get done for abusing the telecommunications network of this country I'm going to take you all with me!!!

[Mike]

I'm still trying to figure out the phone number to the telephone box at the bottom of Merville Road
Ring your mobile from it and see what number comes on the display ?

"abusing the telecommunications network of this country"
well its not fit for much else !