{"id":10568,"date":"2025-03-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2025-03-30T20:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:43:24","slug":"final-saturday-on-wabc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/final-saturday-on-wabc\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Final Saturday breakfast show on WABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2627\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10568-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8121AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8121AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8121AI-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\/8121AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10568-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8121AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8121AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/May-1990-10-874x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Final Saturday breakfast show on WABC\" class=\"wp-image-10569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/May-1990-10-874x1024.jpg 874w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/May-1990-10-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/May-1990-10-768x900.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/May-1990-10.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WABC antenna in May 1990 (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In March 1991, Donegal station WABC was preparing to close down for the second time since its estalishment in September 1987. After three-and-a-half years of successfully building the station in the northwest, station owner Paul Barnett (RIP) and his then wife Krissi Carpenter, had decided to return to England. This recording features the final Saturday <em>Breakfast Binge<\/em> show with Happy Harry, two days before WABC closed down. The programme features mostly chart music, plenty of inane chat and a promo for Krissi&#8217;s final oldies roadshow in Coleraine that night. There is no direct reference to the closedown, although Harry drops hints that something is afoot at the station. The breakfast show is followed at 1100 by a music show live from Sweden by satellite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 0944-1118 on Easter Saturday 30<sup>th<\/sup> March 1991 from 101.7 FM and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 1991, Donegal station WABC was preparing to close down for the second time since its estalishment in September 1987. 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