{"id":1130,"date":"2022-05-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:32:27","slug":"final-morning-radio-leinster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/final-morning-radio-leinster\/","title":{"rendered":"Final morning of Radio Leinster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6639\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1130-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_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\/2022\/05\/19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1130-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830519_Radio_Leinster_Mike_Moran_1020-1102_SK_AI_192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830501-SundayWorld-753x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Final morning of Radio Leinster\" class=\"wp-image-6388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830501-SundayWorld-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830501-SundayWorld-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830501-SundayWorld-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830501-SundayWorld.jpg 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Leinster newspaper advert just a few weeks before it closed down (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Leinster was one of Dublin&#8217;s niche pirates, featuring an easy listening and chat format in contrast with the chart music played on many stations. It began on <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/launch-of-radio-leinster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">29<sup>th<\/sup> April 1981<\/a> from an elevated site in Sandyford overlooking the city. A professional 1 kW transmitter on 738 kHz travelled well by day but was subject to interference at night.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recordings are of interest because they are from the last day of Radio Leinster, 19<sup>th<\/sup> May 1983. Like many other stations, Radio Leinster was spooked by the raids on Radio Nova and Sunshine and closed down suddenly at lunchtime. The first recording above begins at 1020 and gives no impression of a crisis, with DJ Mike Moran even announcing a competition. News at 1100 is read by Anna Craig (Anna Chisnall, who would later work in RT\u00c9). Sadly, Radio Leinster was never to return but future pirates in the same easy listening vein would be <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-magic-103-dublin\/\">Magic 103<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-kiss-fm-dublin-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KISS FM<\/a> (for a period) and <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-klas-98-5-fm\/\">KLAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Leinster presenters included many experienced broadcasters and launched the careers of others. One of the station&#8217;s presenters was Gavin Duffy who led the consortium to be awarded the local radio licence for counties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/\">Meath and Louth<\/a> in 1989. Peter Mulryan&#8217;s book <em>Radio Radio<\/em> (1988) reports that in 1982 Duffy announced that he would interview senior Sinn F\u00e9in figures including Gerry Adams, in breach of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. The station received a warning from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs and Duffy was fired.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Final morning of Radio Leinster\" class=\"wp-image-6385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-rotated.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording below is part of Al Dunne&#8217;s final show on Radio Leinster from 1124-1159 on 19<sup>th<\/sup> May, who says he will be on air until 2pm. There are indirect references to the raids and Al plays Les Crane&#8217;s &#8216;Desiderata&#8217;, the song used by Sunshine Radio at closedown every night. Sunshine had been raided a few hours previously. Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-leinster-closedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> to the sudden closedown of Radio Leinster at just after 1pm.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/AI732-598-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Al Dunne&#8217;s show from 1100. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These recordings were made from 93 FM and are from both the Skywave Tapes Collection and the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Leinster was one of Dublin&#8217;s niche pirates, featuring an easy listening and chat format in contrast with the chart music played on many stations. 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