{"id":10840,"date":"2025-07-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10840"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:11:20","slug":"sunday-afternoon-on-wicklow-community-radio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-afternoon-on-wicklow-community-radio-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday afternoon on Wicklow Community Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_394\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10840-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8138AI-WCR-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8138AI-WCR-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8138AI-WCR-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\/07\/8138AI-WCR-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10840-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8138AI-WCR-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8138AI-WCR-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ireland_wicklow_wcr_entrance_11831-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday afternoon on Wicklow Community Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ireland_wicklow_wcr_entrance_11831-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ireland_wicklow_wcr_entrance_11831-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ireland_wicklow_wcr_entrance_11831-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ireland_wicklow_wcr_entrance_11831.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WCR studios at Wentworth Place in Wicklow Town in 1983 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wicklow Community Radio began as a temporary festival station in the summer of 1982, but due to its success soon became a full-time operation. In 1985, it changed its name to Wicklow Local Community Broadcasting (WLCB) and in 1987 it was relaunched as Viking 105, with a more commercial focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording begins with the Top 30 countdown and the number 1 record, presented by Gerry Lang. This is followed by Willie Naughton&#8217;s <em>Sunday Special<\/em> show featuring album tracks. Voices on adverts include those of Scott Williams and David Harvey, both of whom would become big names on 1980s pirate radio and who continue to work in the media industry to this day. An announcement of a festival in east Wicklow includes a reference to the popular Radio Nova disco roadshow! The station signs off for the night with a bilingual announcement at 1900.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This airchecked recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 1512 kHz AM, announcing 198 metres, on Sunday 4<sup>th<\/sup> September 1983 between 1700-1900. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wicklow Community Radio began as a temporary festival station in the summer of 1982, but due to its success soon became a full-time operation. In 1985, it changed its name to Wicklow Local Community Broadcasting (WLCB) and in 1987 it was relaunched as Viking 105, with a more commercial focus. 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