{"id":10422,"date":"2025-01-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10422"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:48:48","slug":"border-series-afternoon-show-on-donegal-station-wabc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-afternoon-show-on-donegal-station-wabc\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: afternoon show on Donegal station WABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6721\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5047AI-192-corrected.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5047AI-192-corrected.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5047AI-192-corrected.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5047AI-192-corrected.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10422-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5047AI-192-corrected.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"5047AI-192-corrected.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: afternoon show on Donegal station WABC\" class=\"wp-image-10423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/May-1990-2.jpg 1785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WABC studio shot in May 1990 (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Returning to 1990 and the story of Donegal pirate WABC, today&#8217;s recording is from the autumn of that year following the resumption of the twin services WABC Gold and WABC Hot Hits. Tina James is in the afternoon slot on the Hot Hits station with plenty of chart music interspersed by idents claiming to play 10,000 hits in a row. News on the hour is read by Declan Gill and adverts are heard for businesses in Derry and Antrim, including one from as far away as Belfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made between 1500-1705 on 17<sup>th<\/sup> October 1990 from 101.7 FM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returning to 1990 and the story of Donegal pirate WABC, today&#8217;s recording is from the autumn of that year following the resumption of the twin services WABC Gold and WABC Hot Hits. 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