{"id":11525,"date":"2026-06-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11525"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:25:00","slug":"border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-drive-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-drive-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Sunday afternoon on Drive 105"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2919\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11525-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0013.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0013.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0013.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\/06\/IB0013.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11525-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IB0013.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0013.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Sunday afternoon on Drive 105\" class=\"wp-image-11526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-1536x639.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Drive-105-adverts-2048x852.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Drive 105 advertising flyer (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is another recording of the Derry\/Donegal station Drive 105 from 2000. The station had studios in Derry City but broadcast from just across the border in Donegal, beaming its signal back into the North. The recording features Pierse McCallion in a lunchtime slot, playing mostly oldies. There are adverts from Derry and Donegal but no requests from listeners. Pierse is followed by Paul Anthony with the drivetime show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made on from 105.3 FM on Sunday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> July 2000 between 1315-1505, with a break in the middle. Thanks to Ian Biggar for the donation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of the Derry\/Donegal station Drive 105 from 2000. The station had studios in Derry City but broadcast from just across the border in Donegal, beaming its signal back into the North. The recording features Pierse McCallion in a lunchtime slot, playing mostly oldies. There are adverts from Derry and Donegal but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-drive-105\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Sunday afternoon on Drive 105&#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":[605,260,519,459,828],"class_list":["post-11525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-605","tag-border","tag-derry","tag-donegal","tag-drive-105"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Sunday afternoon on Drive 105 - 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\/border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-drive-105\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Sunday afternoon on Drive 105 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is another recording of the Derry\/Donegal station Drive 105 from 2000. 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