{"id":11160,"date":"2025-11-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:28:20","slug":"early-cork-series-saturday-hits-and-requests-on-radio-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-saturday-hits-and-requests-on-radio-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: Saturday hits and requests on Radio City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1627\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11160-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810321_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810321_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810321_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\/19810321_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=11160-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810321_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810321_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=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_2_LOD_straighten-1024x835.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: Saturday hits and requests on Radio City\" class=\"wp-image-11161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_2_LOD_straighten-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_2_LOD_straighten-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_2_LOD_straighten-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_2_LOD_straighten.jpg 1312w\" 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 is another recording of Alan Edwards on his Saturday evening show on Cork pirate Radio City in 1981. Alan plays current hits and classics and reads out requests from listeners, including one from the station\u2019s number one fan Lilian McCarthy. There are increasing numbers of adverts for local businesses and Alan also reads out a charity appeal to help a disabled child. There is some distortion on the audio in places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 95.5 FM between 1704-1806 on 21<sup>st<\/sup> March 1981 and is courtesy of Lilian O\u2019Donoghue. Radio City also broadcast on 1512 kHz, announcing 199 metres, at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of Alan Edwards on his Saturday evening show on Cork pirate Radio City in 1981. Alan plays current hits and classics and reads out requests from listeners, including one from the station\u2019s number one fan Lilian McCarthy. 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