{"id":10549,"date":"2025-03-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10549"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T16:25:30","slug":"ken-regis-on-north-cork-local-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ken-regis-on-north-cork-local-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Regis on North Cork Local Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9605\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10549-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-NCLR-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-NCLR-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-NCLR-192.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\/02\/8131AI-NCLR-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10549-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-NCLR-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8131AI-NCLR-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ireland_mallow_nccr_31st_oct_1983_b-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Regis on North Cork Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ireland_mallow_nccr_31st_oct_1983_b-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ireland_mallow_nccr_31st_oct_1983_b-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ireland_mallow_nccr_31st_oct_1983_b-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ireland_mallow_nccr_31st_oct_1983_b.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Handwritten NCLR banner from 1983 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>North Cork Local Radio (NCLR) went on air in mid-May 1981 from the north Cork town of Mallow at weekends only. The station directors were Pat O\u2019Brien, Maurice Brosnan and Noel O\u2019Connor, two of whom had presented previously on the RT\u00c9 temporary station Mallow Community Radio, which broadcast in 1980. Initially NCLR had a modest coverage of a 5-mile radius of Mallow but eventually expanded to all of north Cork. The station played pop music but also had a community ethos in programmes and formed a co-operative to rally support for a licence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCLR changed its name slightly to North Cork Community Radio (NCCR) in July 1986 and continued to broadcast until the end of 1988. In a letter to Ian Biggar in 1986, general manager Barry O\u2019Mahony wrote that NCCR broadcast from 1100-1800 on weekends and 1000-1800 at weekends with a variety of shows including outside broadcasts, chat, hospital requests, farming programmes, sport etc. He added that the AM transmitter &#8216;isn\u2019t great but is adequate for present time&#8217;, probably a reference to the fact that two other pirates in close proximity were using the same frequency of 1386 kHz, WBEN in Cork and Kilkenny Community Radio. The AM band was crowded and there were few free channels and as a result, co-channel interference between all three stations was severe in parts of Cork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of NCLR begins with the end of the <em>Saturday Scene<\/em> show with Pat O\u2019Connor and is followed by Ken Regis (O&#8217;Sullivan), who had broadcast previously on other Cork pirates. News is read by Clare O&#8217;Sullivan. The airchecked recording was made by Kieran Murray from 95.3 FM on Saturday 16<sup>th<\/sup> July 1983 between 1410-1510. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Cork Local Radio (NCLR) went on air in mid-May 1981 from the north Cork town of Mallow at weekends only. The station directors were Pat O\u2019Brien, Maurice Brosnan and Noel O\u2019Connor, two of whom had presented previously on the RT\u00c9 temporary station Mallow Community Radio, which broadcast in 1980. Initially NCLR had a modest &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ken-regis-on-north-cork-local-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ken Regis on North Cork Local Radio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[501,564,24,151,95,755],"class_list":["post-10549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-501","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-community-radio","tag-cork","tag-ken-osullivan","tag-north-cork-community-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ken Regis on North Cork Local Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ken-regis-on-north-cork-local-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ken Regis on North Cork Local Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Cork Local Radio (NCLR) went on air in mid-May 1981 from the north Cork town of Mallow at weekends only. 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