{"id":11256,"date":"2026-01-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11256"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:17:41","slug":"saturday-on-kiss-fm-weekend-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/saturday-on-kiss-fm-weekend-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3119\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11256-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI865700-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI865700-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI865700-192.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\/2026\/01\/AI865700-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11256-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI865700-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI865700-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-1024x463.jpeg\" alt=\"Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio\" class=\"wp-image-4442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-1024x463.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-768x347.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-1536x694.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KISS-flyer-IB-2048x926.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KISS FM flyer (courtesy Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>KISS FM Weekend Radio was a short-lived weekend service of the Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM (1982-1984). This recording from late 1983 was made not long after the service was launched and there are a few technical glitches along the way. Liam Young is on air with music, competitions and a promise of local news. Listeners phone in from Dublin and the Isle of Man, reflecting the strong FM signal but ominously there are no adverts. The names of both David Malone and Shane Harrison are heard at the start of the news, which sounds like another glitch. KISS FM closed in January 1984 after a jamming campaign by RT\u00c9 caused turmoil at Nova. Ian Biggar points out that the separate KISS service at the weekend is reminiscent of the Big D Weekend format in the late 1970s.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 1202-1311 on 20th November 1983 from 102.7 FM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISS FM Weekend Radio was a short-lived weekend service of the Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM (1982-1984). 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Liam Young is on air with music, competitions and a promise of local news. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/saturday-on-kiss-fm-weekend-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio&#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":[501,564,802,13,692],"class_list":["post-11256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-501","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-david-malone","tag-kiss-fm-102-7","tag-shane-harrison"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio - 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\/saturday-on-kiss-fm-weekend-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saturday on KISS FM Weekend Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KISS FM Weekend Radio was a short-lived weekend service of the Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM (1982-1984). 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