{"id":11072,"date":"2025-09-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11072"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:53:34","slug":"border-series-saturday-afternoon-on-radio-sligo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-saturday-afternoon-on-radio-sligo\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Saturday afternoon on Radio Sligo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7222\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11072-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_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\/19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11072-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830129_Radio_Sligo_1264_1747-1805_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-1024x874.jpeg\" alt=\"Border series: Saturday afternoon on Radio Sligo\" class=\"wp-image-1681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-1024x874.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-300x256.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-768x655.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-1536x1310.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Radio-Sligo-logo-2048x1747.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Sligo t-shirt featuring station logo (courtesy Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The history of pirate radio in Sligo is complicated by the existence of different stations of the same name during various periods, with no clear link to each other. The first period dates began in 1979 with&nbsp;two pirates based in the town \u2013 the first station calling itself Radio Sligo on 1166 kHz and the other called Radio City on 1300 kHz, which renamed itself Community Radio Sligo by 1980. Neither station was mentioned in the August\/September 1980 edition of <em>Sounds Alternative<\/em>, so there may have been no pirates operating in the town at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second period is from autumn 1981 when a new Radio Sligo was logged on 1260 kHz, announcing 237 metres. This station featured in pirate radio listings in the <em>Sunday Journal<\/em> from late 1981 into 1982. The Danish Shortwave Clubs International Irish radio reports gave an address of 4 Castle Street, Sligo for this station. It continued to be logged in various sources up to 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third period is from 1985 with the arrival of another station called Radio Northwest, which later renamed itself Radio Sligo. According to a list published by Anoraks Ireland on 7<sup>th<\/sup> October 1985, this was also based at 4 Castle Street, so it may have been connected with the previous station of the same name, although probably not with the original Radio Sligo from 1979. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This short airchecked recording of Radio Sligo is from the second period and features an unidentified DJ and adverts for local businesses in Sligo. It was recorded from 1745-1805 on Saturday 29<sup>th<\/sup> January 1983 from 1260 kHz. The tape is from the Leon Tipler Collection, donated to us by Steve England. Thanks to Ian Biggar for additional background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of pirate radio in Sligo is complicated by the existence of different stations of the same name during various periods, with no clear link to each other. 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