{"id":1025,"date":"2020-03-22T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:29:49","slug":"munster-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/munster-broadcasting-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Broadcasting Corporation from Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7357\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1025-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-1986.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-1986.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-1986.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-1986.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1025-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-1986.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MBC-1986.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-2-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"Munster Broadcasting Corporation from Limerick\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-2-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-2-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An advertisment for MBC from Phoenix Magazine in 1986, courtesy of Eddie Bohan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Limerick really punched above its weight in the golden age of pirate radio prior to 1989. This recording from July 1986 provides a snapshot of one of the city&#8217;s lesser-known pirates at the time, the Munster Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) which despite the grandiose name operated from a tiny attic studio on Catherine Street in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"612\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Munster Broadcasting Corporation from Limerick\" class=\"wp-image-1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-thumbnail.jpg 408w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MBC-thumbnail-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">17 Catherine Street, Limerick today. MBC broadcast from the attic (photo John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>MBC was linked to other Limerick stations Radio Vera and Radio Munster. A corporation it wasn&#8217;t, and it certainly didn&#8217;t broadcast to the whole of Munster, although there were some ads from Tipperary and they claimed to have three FM frequencies covering Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. There was nothing remarkable about the music on MBC &#8211; it was the usual diet of the Top 40 &#8211; but it was a presenter calling himself Will Rogers who made an impact during our short visit to Limerick in 1986. He did a lunchtime show and also voiced most of the ads and jingles in one of the stranger mid-Atlantic accents of pirate radio in the 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Pirate.ie collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limerick really punched above its weight in the golden age of pirate radio prior to 1989. 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