Limerick's Sound Channel at Christmas 1988 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive

Sound Channel logo (courtesy Andy Carter).

Sound Channel broadcast from Limerick City from November 1986 to December 1988 and quickly gained a reputation as a professional operation. A rebranding in summer 1988 introduced the tagline ‘Power 98’ but in this recording both names are used, which seems to dilute the station’s identity. The DJ is Stuart Clark, formerly of the Voice of Peace and ABC in Waterford, who notes that a listener is ‘taping for posterity’, a reference to the fact that the 1980s pirate era was coming to an end. There’s mention of the Radio Nova satellite service from midnight, which was carried by many pirate stations overnight in 1988. News is from Independent Radio News in the UK and a £500 shopping voucher is given away during the show. Sound Channel/Power 98 closed down on 30^th December 1988 in line with new broadcasting legislation.

Limerick's Sound Channel at Christmas 1988 — Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection.

Our tape was made from 98.7 FM on Thursday 20^th December 1988. Part 1 above runs from 1412-1457 and Part 2 below is from 1459-1544.

Part 2 from 1459.

The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.