{"id":10990,"date":"2025-09-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:31:15","slug":"sunday-afternoon-on-community-radio-youghal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-afternoon-on-community-radio-youghal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday afternoon on Community Radio Youghal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6216\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10990-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.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\/09\/19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10990-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830320_CRY_1300_aircheck_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Community-Radio-Youghal-Photos-2-1002x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday afternoon on Community Radio Youghal\" class=\"wp-image-10995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Community-Radio-Youghal-Photos-2-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Community-Radio-Youghal-Photos-2-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Community-Radio-Youghal-Photos-2-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Community-Radio-Youghal-Photos-2.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unidentified DJ in the CRY studio, undated (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community Radio Youghal (in its unlicensed form on air from 1979-1988) was one of several pirate stations espousing a community radio ethos. This short airchecked recording features programming from a Sunday afternoon in 1983 and gives a sense of some of the variety on the station. It begins with the end of the the <em>CRY On Tour<\/em> slot, an example of the station travelling around east Cork to make programmes. This is followed by <em>Programme Signpost<\/em> and community notices for east Cork and west Waterford. There are also sung jingles and a bilingual station ident, following by John Roche with the <em>Good News Programme<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made from 1485 kHz, announcing 202 metres, from around 1300 on Sunday 20<sup>th<\/sup> March 1983. It is from the Leon Tipler Collection, donated to us by Steve England. Community Radio Youghal returned as a licensed station in 1995 and continues to broadcast to east Cork on FM and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cry104fm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Radio Youghal (in its unlicensed form on air from 1979-1988) was one of several pirate stations espousing a community radio ethos. This short airchecked recording features programming from a Sunday afternoon in 1983 and gives a sense of some of the variety on the station. 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