{"id":10663,"date":"2025-04-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10663"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:40:26","slug":"sunday-on-radio-leinster-up-to-closedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-on-radio-leinster-up-to-closedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday on Radio Leinster up to closedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9533\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10663-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Leinster-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Leinster-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Leinster-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\/8134AI-Leinster-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10663-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Leinster-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8134AI-Leinster-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leinster-flyer-small-1024x524.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday on Radio Leinster up to closedown\" class=\"wp-image-3978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leinster-flyer-small-1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leinster-flyer-small-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leinster-flyer-small-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Leinster-flyer-small.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Leinster letterhead (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Leinster was a specialist and talk station broadcasting to Dublin from 1981-1983. The diversity of its programming made it stand out from the dominance of chart music on many pirate stations. This short airchecked recording was made on a Sunday in summer 1982, at which point Radio Leinster had found its feet and was gaining advertisers and listeners. First up is a hoarse Justin James, who was also managing director, with an Elvis Presley show. This is followed by a snippet from the <em>Sunday Scene<\/em> programme with Paul Kavanagh later that evening. Paul would later to go on to present on Sunshine Radio, where he would become programme director. The recording ends with the closedown of the station for the night, in Irish and English, to the rousing strains of <em>Mise \u00c9ire<\/em> by Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Riada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 93.2 FM on 27<sup>th<\/sup> June 1982 by Kieran Murray, and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Leinster was a specialist and talk station broadcasting to Dublin from 1981-1983. The diversity of its programming made it stand out from the dominance of chart music on many pirate stations. 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