{"id":11206,"date":"2025-12-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11206"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:44:01","slug":"drivetime-on-centre-radio-from-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/drivetime-on-centre-radio-from-cork\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivetime on Centre Radio from Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6855\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11206-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-A-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-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11206-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI2459-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI2459-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Centre-Radio-Kilbarry-House-Cork-Kevin-Cussens-24-06-1987.jpg\" alt=\"Drivetime on Centre Radio from Cork\" class=\"wp-image-11207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Centre-Radio-Kilbarry-House-Cork-Kevin-Cussens-24-06-1987.jpg 916w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Centre-Radio-Kilbarry-House-Cork-Kevin-Cussens-24-06-1987-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Centre-Radio-Kilbarry-House-Cork-Kevin-Cussens-24-06-1987-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eric Young (Kevin Cussens) at Centre Radio in 1987 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Centre Radio was a Cork pirate broadcasting from late 1986 to the end of 1988. It was first located in Shandon Street in the city centre and then moved to Dublin Hill on the northside. An FM station only, it first broadcast on 101.5 and then 101, before moving to 95 MHz. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording from towards the end of its run features the end of the 95 FM Drive show with station boss Eric Young (aka Kevin Cussens), consisting mostly of chart music with short links. The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 95 FM between 1832-1903 on Thursday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> November 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre Radio was a Cork pirate broadcasting from late 1986 to the end of 1988. It was first located in Shandon Street in the city centre and then moved to Dublin Hill on the northside. An FM station only, it first broadcast on 101.5 and then 101, before moving to 95 MHz. &nbsp; This recording &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/drivetime-on-centre-radio-from-cork\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Drivetime on Centre Radio from Cork&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[487,564,793,151,794],"class_list":["post-11206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-centre-radio-cork","tag-cork","tag-kevin-cussens-eric-young"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drivetime on Centre Radio from Cork - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/drivetime-on-centre-radio-from-cork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drivetime on Centre Radio from Cork - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Centre Radio was a Cork pirate broadcasting from late 1986 to the end of 1988. 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