{"id":10867,"date":"2025-07-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10867"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:46:48","slug":"early-cork-series-second-week-on-radio-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-second-week-on-radio-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: Second week on Radio City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4468\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10867-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.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\/19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10867-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19800910_Radio_City_199m_Carl_Paul_Tony_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19810719_Karl_Johnson_1_LOD-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: Second week on Radio City\" class=\"wp-image-10868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19810719_Karl_Johnson_1_LOD-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19810719_Karl_Johnson_1_LOD-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19810719_Karl_Johnson_1_LOD-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/19810719_Karl_Johnson_1_LOD.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Johnson (Dan Noonan) at Radio City in 1981 (courtesy Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording was made during the second week of broadcasting of the Cork pirate Radio City, that came on the air in September 1980. It features snippets from a variety of daytime and evening programmes, including Karl Johnson (Dan Noonan) with <em>Afternoon Delight<\/em>, Paul Cassidy with the <em>Golden Hour<\/em> and Tony Walsh with new music until midnight. Many DJs refer to their gigs in local hotels or nightclubs, which was common among pirate radio presenters anxious to supplement their income in the lean 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made on Wednesday 10<sup>th<\/sup> and Friday 12<sup>th<\/sup> September 1980 from 1512 kHz, announcing 199 metres, and is courtesy of Lillian O\u2019Donoghue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording was made during the second week of broadcasting of the Cork pirate Radio City, that came on the air in September 1980. 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