{"id":11202,"date":"2026-01-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11202"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:08:22","slug":"friday-afternoon-on-ballincollig-community-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/friday-afternoon-on-ballincollig-community-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday afternoon on Ballincollig Community Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1851\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11202-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-B-192.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\/AI2459-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11202-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI2459-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Main-St-Ballincollig-looking-west-1987-Old-Photos-of-Cork-FB-Jim-Coughlan-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"Friday afternoon on Ballincollig Community Radio\" class=\"wp-image-8668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Main-St-Ballincollig-looking-west-1987-Old-Photos-of-Cork-FB-Jim-Coughlan-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Main-St-Ballincollig-looking-west-1987-Old-Photos-of-Cork-FB-Jim-Coughlan-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Main-St-Ballincollig-looking-west-1987-Old-Photos-of-Cork-FB-Jim-Coughlan-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Main-St-Ballincollig-looking-west-1987-Old-Photos-of-Cork-FB-Jim-Coughlan.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ballincollig main street in 1987 (courtesy Jim Coughlan\/Facebook). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ballincollig Community Radio broadcast to the Cork suburb of Ballincollig for the latter part of 1988 up to the deadline for the pirate stations to go off the air. The station operated on FM only and in this recording from November 1988, station manager Margaret Mahon presents ballads, country and showbands, along with a listeners&#8217; quiz. There is a reference to Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland, who had just visited the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 103.6 FM, announcing 104, between 1542-1613 on Friday, 4<sup>th<\/sup> November 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballincollig Community Radio broadcast to the Cork suburb of Ballincollig for the latter part of 1988 up to the deadline for the pirate stations to go off the air. 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