{"id":11665,"date":"2026-09-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11665"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:44:39","slug":"early-cork-series-leeside-community-radio-from-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-cork-series-leeside-community-radio-from-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Cork series: Leeside Community Radio from 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8282\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11665-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.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\/08\/Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11665-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Leeside-CR-02-03-1982.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Early Cork series: Leeside Community Radio from 1982\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeside Community Radio was a short-lived Cork station that broke away from another pirate, Capital Radio in 1982. Pat Anderson (Pat Galvin), formerly of Capital, was the driving force behind the new station and took many of the ex-Capital DJs with him. Unusually for the time, Leeside broadcast on FM only. It appears in a DX Archive log from August 1982 but not after that so must have fizzled out that autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short airchecked recording features the end of a news bulletin and part of an afternoon show presented by Mark Wilson. It was made from 102 FM on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> March 1982 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeside Community Radio was a short-lived Cork station that broke away from another pirate, Capital Radio in 1982. Pat Anderson (Pat Galvin), formerly of Capital, was the driving force behind the new station and took many of the ex-Capital DJs with him. Unusually for the time, Leeside broadcast on FM only. 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