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This is the final programme on the Mullingar-based station West National Radio 3 on December 30th 1988. Launched as Radio West in 1981, the station expanded its coverage beyond the midlands on AM and FM and could be heard from Dublin to Galway by 1987. The closing programme is the Country Jamboree, hosted by one … Continue reading ""https://pirate.ie/archive/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RadioWestRateCard2-744x1024.jpg