{"id":11068,"date":"2025-10-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:51:41","slug":"sunday-morning-on-radio-skywave-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-morning-on-radio-skywave-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday morning on Radio Skywave International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2439\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11068-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.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\/19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11068-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19870607_Radio-Skywave_1000-1100_Michael_Hegarty_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday morning on Radio Skywave International\" class=\"wp-image-11069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Radio-Skywave-International-Info-Sheet-LR.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Skywave information sheet (Anoraks Ireland Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Skywave International was one of many Irish pirates operating on shortwave on Sunday morning in the 1980s. It began broadcasting on 29<sup>th<\/sup> July 1985 from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin and continued on a weekly basis until 12<sup>th<\/sup> June 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Radio Skywave features station operator Michael Hegarty with an hour of Irish music. Reception reports are welcome from Ireland, the UK, Europe and beyond. At the time Radio Skywave was broadcasting on 6850 kHz in the 44-metre band and on low power on 6260 kHz in the 48-metre band. This pre-recorded show was broadcast on 7<sup>th<\/sup> June 1987 between 1000-1100. Radio Skywave International donated a large collection of recordings to Pirate.ie and this is among them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Skywave International was one of many Irish pirates operating on shortwave on Sunday morning in the 1980s. It began broadcasting on 29th July 1985 from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin and continued on a weekly basis until 12th June 1988. 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