{"id":11423,"date":"2026-03-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11423"},"modified":"2026-03-28T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:03:22","slug":"afternoon-delights-on-radio-vera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/afternoon-delights-on-radio-vera\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Delights on Radio Vera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5549\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11423-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8146AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8146AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8146AI-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\/03\/8146AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11423-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/8146AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8146AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"Afternoon Delights on Radio Vera\" class=\"wp-image-9212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Compliments-Card.jpg 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Vera card (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Vera broadcast from Limerick City from 1987-1988. It was linked to another city station, Radio Munster, that focused on older listeners while Radio Vera chased the younger market. Radio Vera claimed to have coverage over a 50-mile radius of Limerick City, including parts of Clare and Kerry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of Francis Jones on the <em>Afternoon Delights<\/em> show, with a solid gold hour, an 80s music spot and a listeners\u2019 quiz. News on the hour is read by Edwina, there are adverts for businesses around the city and county and several requests come from north Kerry. Francis Jones worked previously with Limerick pirate Big L and Horizon Radio in Kerry. After the pirates, he went on to a career with licensed station Radio Kerry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 97.7 FM between 1400-1533 on Monday 14<sup>th<\/sup> November 1988. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Vera broadcast from Limerick City from 1987-1988. It was linked to another city station, Radio Munster, that focused on older listeners while Radio Vera chased the younger market. Radio Vera claimed to have coverage over a 50-mile radius of Limerick City, including parts of Clare and Kerry. This recording is of Francis Jones on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/afternoon-delights-on-radio-vera\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Afternoon Delights on Radio Vera&#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":[487,564,790,224,108],"class_list":["post-11423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-francis-jones","tag-limerick","tag-radio-vera"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Afternoon Delights on Radio Vera - 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\/afternoon-delights-on-radio-vera\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afternoon Delights on Radio Vera - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Vera broadcast from Limerick City from 1987-1988. 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