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Tony Walsh presented the lunchtime show on the Cork Broadcasting Company (CBC) in the late 1970s and then left radio for a few years, returning to the scene when South Coast Radio went on air in the spring of 1982. This recording of his first show on South Coast on Saturday 24th April begins at about 2340 and is partially edited. The late night musical choice is laidback and includes some country. Tony spent only a few months at South Coast, leaving the station in June 1982.
He was known as Tony Allen on air, but is not to be confused with Tony Allan (RIP), the British ex-offshore DJ whose unique voice was heard on dozens of Irish pirates from the late 1970s on. That Tony Allan also did voiceovers for South Coast Radio and joined the station in August 1982. Thanks to Lillian O’Donoghue for the recording and photo.