{"id":10763,"date":"2025-05-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10763"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:48:28","slug":"border-series-lunchtime-on-north-atlantic-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-lunchtime-on-north-atlantic-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Lunchtime on North Atlantic Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9265\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10763-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IB0112.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IB0112.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IB0112.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\/05\/IB0112.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10763-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IB0112.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0112.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_may_sticker-1024x164.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Lunchtime on North Atlantic Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_may_sticker-1024x164.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_may_sticker-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_may_sticker-768x123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ireland_carndonagh_north_atlantic_radio_may_sticker.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">North Atlantic Radio car sticker (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North Atlantic Radio was a breakaway station from Donegal pirate Radio North, broadcasting from November 1989 until January 1994, when it reverted to the Radio North name. Both stations were based on the Inishowen peninsula and fishing in the same advertising pool locally and across the border. First up is DJ Laura with a lunchtime mix of requests, country and Irish music and long commercial breaks featuring businesses in Donegal, Derry and Antrim. She is followed by Harry with the afternoon show.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 954 kHz AM on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> June 1991 from 1230-1400 and is kindly donated by Ian Biggar. Audio quality is consistent with AM but there is some distortion in places. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Atlantic Radio was a breakaway station from Donegal pirate Radio North, broadcasting from November 1989 until January 1994, when it reverted to the Radio North name. Both stations were based on the Inishowen peninsula and fishing in the same advertising pool locally and across the border. First up is DJ Laura with a lunchtime &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-lunchtime-on-north-atlantic-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Lunchtime on North Atlantic 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":[152],"tags":[534,46,260,459,473],"class_list":["post-10763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-534","tag-am","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-north-atlantic-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Lunchtime on North Atlantic 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\/border-series-lunchtime-on-north-atlantic-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Lunchtime on North Atlantic Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Atlantic Radio was a breakaway station from Donegal pirate Radio North, broadcasting from November 1989 until January 1994, when it reverted to the Radio North name. 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