{"id":11156,"date":"2025-11-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11156"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:19:21","slug":"early-cork-series-saturday-evening-on-radio-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-saturday-evening-on-radio-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: Saturday evening on Radio City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7145\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11156-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_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\/11\/19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11156-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810314_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: Saturday evening on Radio City\" class=\"wp-image-11157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1536x1102.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD.jpg 1931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alan Edwards at Radio City in 1981 (courtesy Lilian O&#8217;Donoghue). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording of Cork pirate Radio City was made in spring 1981. The early Saturday evening show is presented by Alan Edwards, who was heard on earlier stations such as the Cork Broadcasting Company (CBC). Alan plays hits and memories and plugs discos and gigs around the city and county. Local businesses around Cork are featured in the commercial breaks and for the first time, there are sung station jingles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 95.5 FM on Saturday 14<sup>th<\/sup> March 1981 between 1703-1858. There is some distortion on voiceovers and audio levels are variable in places. Thanks to Lilian O&#8217;Donoghue for the donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Cork pirate Radio City was made in spring 1981. The early Saturday evening show is presented by Alan Edwards, who was heard on earlier stations such as the Cork Broadcasting Company (CBC). Alan plays hits and memories and plugs discos and gigs around the city and county. 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