{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","provider_url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive","author_name":"John Walsh","author_url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/author\/john\/","title":"Radio West closes temporarily following 1983 raids - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ECAnonb11D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-west-closes-temporarily-following-1983-raids\/\">Radio West closes temporarily following 1983 raids<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-west-closes-temporarily-following-1983-raids\/embed\/#?secret=ECAnonb11D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Radio West closes temporarily following 1983 raids&#8221; &#8212; Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" data-secret=\"ECAnonb11D\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"Following the raids by Garda\u00ed and the Department Posts and Telegraphs on the large Dublin pirate stations in May 1983, panic spread throughout the sector and many stations left the airwaves, some for good. One such station to turn off its transmitters was Radio West, that had been broadcasting to the midlands from Mullingar in &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-1024x1024.jpg"}