{"id":11532,"date":"2026-06-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11532"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:10:53","slug":"sound-channel-reminisces-about-10-years-of-pirate-radio-in-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sound-channel-reminisces-about-10-years-of-pirate-radio-in-limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Channel reminisces about 10 years of pirate radio in Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4191\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11532-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8150AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8150AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8150AI-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\/06\/8150AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11532-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8150AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8150AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1988-Andy-Carter-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Sound Channel reminisces about 10 years of pirate radio in Limerick\" class=\"wp-image-7555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1988-Andy-Carter-logo.jpg 909w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1988-Andy-Carter-logo-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1988-Andy-Carter-logo-768x753.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sound Channel logo from 1988 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sound Channel broadcast from Limerick City from 1986-1988, adding the tagline Power 98 in its final six months on air. This recording was made a short time before the station closed down for good at the end of 1988 and includes part of a late-night programme presented by Tom O\u2019Donnell, a stalwart of the Limerick entertainment scene and one half of comedy duo Tom and Paschal. Tom had earlier presented on Big L and would later be heard on Radio Limerick One, a station that lost its licence in 1996 and continued to broadcast as a pirate. In the recording, Tom is joined in studio by local radio anorak Tony Punch and fellow DJs Ger McNamara and George Lee. The second half features a \u2018kaleidoscope\u2019 of Limerick pirates from the period 1978-1988, including clips from Sound Channel\/Power 98, Independent Radio Limerick, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Radio Vera, Big L, Radio Munster, Hits 954, Radio Avalon and Galtee Regional Radio. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No times are noted on the cassette but the recording was made on the evening of Thursday 29<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound Channel broadcast from Limerick City from 1986-1988, adding the tagline Power 98 in its final six months on air. 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