{"id":11298,"date":"2026-02-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:10:05","slug":"early-cork-series-saturday-evening-on-radio-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-saturday-evening-on-radio-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: Saturday evening on Radio City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4139\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11298-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19810411_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19810411_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19810411_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\/2026\/01\/19810411_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=11298-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19810411_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810411_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=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_Luke_Ward_LOD-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: Saturday evening on Radio City\" class=\"wp-image-11183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_Luke_Ward_LOD-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_Luke_Ward_LOD-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_Luke_Ward_LOD-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_Luke_Ward_LOD.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alan Edwards (right) and Luke Ward at Radio City in 1981 (courtesy Lilian O&#8217;Donoghue). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is another edition of the Saturday early evening show on Cork pirate Radio City in spring 1981. On air is Alan Edwards with a mixture of contemporary hits and oldies. Alan shares requests and an announcement from a listener who wants to sell a flight from Cork to London, a sign of the times when air travel was less restricted than now. There are more adverts than in other recordings from around this time, one of which is voiced by Eric Hansen (the well-known RT\u00c9 presenter John Creedon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 95.5 FM from 1700-1900 on Saturday 11<sup>th<\/sup> April 1981 and is courtesy of Lilian O\u2019Donoghue. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another edition of the Saturday early evening show on Cork pirate Radio City in spring 1981. On air is Alan Edwards with a mixture of contemporary hits and oldies. 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