{"id":11702,"date":"2026-09-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:59:43","slug":"radio-west-anoraks-show-21st-june-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-west-anoraks-show-21st-june-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio West Anoraks&#8217; Show (21st June 1987)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6298\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11702-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8152AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8152AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8152AI-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\/09\/8152AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11702-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8152AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8152AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987--705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Radio West Anoraks&#039; Show (21st June 1987)\" class=\"wp-image-11703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987--705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987--206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987--768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987--1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/West-AM-site-Andy-Carter-1987-.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio West&#8217;s AM site at Tyrrellspass in 1987 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of Radio West from summer 1987 begins with the end of Don Allen\u2019s easy listening programme just before the weekly Anoraks\u2019 Show presented by Don and Radio West boss Shaun Coyne. There are the usual letters from listeners, one asking for an exchange of pirate recordings and another providing a report from Dublin. From Scotland, Jock Wilson of Radio Stella International is looking for someone to operate a 200w shortwave transmitter in Ireland and is interviewed on the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaun Coyne comments on the busy pirate scene in London where raids take place a few times a week. He also announces that Radio West is to return on high-powered FM in Dublin and is planning to install a transmitter in Galway. There are round-ups from around the country and a promise to publish an anoraks\u2019 magazine, which never materialised. A promo for Anoraks Ireland is voiced by David Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording from the Anoraks Ireland Collection was made from 702 kHz AM on Sunday 21<sup>st<\/sup> June 1987 between 1045-1145 and is partially airchecked. There is some cassette wobble at the start and reception is consistent with a daytime groundwave signal as heard in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Radio West from summer 1987 begins with the end of Don Allen\u2019s easy listening programme just before the weekly Anoraks\u2019 Show presented by Don and Radio West boss Shaun Coyne. 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