{"id":11413,"date":"2026-04-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11413"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:06:06","slug":"early-cork-series-phone-in-requests-on-radio-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-phone-in-requests-on-radio-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: phone-in requests on Radio City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4388\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11413-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_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\/03\/19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11413-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810521_R_City_Cork_Alan_Edwards_var_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: phone-in requests on Radio City\" class=\"wp-image-11157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD-1536x1102.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/19810300_Alan_Edwards_1_LOD.jpg 1931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alan Edwards in March 1981 at Radio City (courtesy Lilian O&#8217;Donoghue). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is another recording of the Saturday evening show with Alan Edwards on early Cork pirate Radio City. This edition features listeners phoning in requests live on air and is followed by <em>Rock City Review<\/em> with Luke Ward. At the very end are a few undated airchecks from programmes presented by Noel Evans (Noel Welch) and Paul Cassidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main recording of Alan Edwards was made from 95.5 FM between 1823-1900 sometime in May 1981, possibly Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup>. Radio City was also using 88.4 MHz around this time, sometimes for separate programming. Thanks for Lilian O\u2019Donoghue for the donation. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of the Saturday evening show with Alan Edwards on early Cork pirate Radio City. This edition features listeners phoning in requests live on air and is followed by Rock City Review with Luke Ward. 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