{"id":11718,"date":"2026-10-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11718"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:18:23","slug":"radio-west-anoraks-show-28th-june-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-west-anoraks-show-28th-june-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio West Anoraks&#8217; Show (28th June 1987)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5778\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11718-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8152AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8152AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8152AI-B-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\/10\/8152AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11718-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8152AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8152AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-West-studio-Andy-Carter-1987-2-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"Radio West Anoraks&#039; Show (28th June 1987)\" class=\"wp-image-11269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-West-studio-Andy-Carter-1987-2-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-West-studio-Andy-Carter-1987-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-West-studio-Andy-Carter-1987-2-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Radio-West-studio-Andy-Carter-1987-2.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio West offices in 1987 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of the weekly Radio West Anoraks\u2019 Show dates from summer 1987. Presented by station boss Shaun Coyne and Don Allen (RIP), it begins with a discussion of surveys of pirate radio listenership. Radio West\u2019s new AM frequency is about to go live on 711 kHz in Galway and there are plans for a promotional campaign in the city and county. In other news from Galway, WLS is off the air following a dispute. Other stations mentioned include KTOK in Donegal, Longford Community Radio, Kandy Radio, Power 102 and the new pirate Independent Radio Mayo. There is also speculation about forthcoming changes in the Irish media landscape as the government discusses licensing of independent radio and television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partially airchecked recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 702 kHz AM on Sunday, 28<sup>th<\/sup> June 1987 from 1045-1145.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of the weekly Radio West Anoraks\u2019 Show dates from summer 1987. 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Radio West\u2019s new AM frequency is about to go live on 711 kHz in Galway and there are plans for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-west-anoraks-show-28th-june-1987\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio West Anoraks&#8217; Show (28th June 1987)&#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":[15],"tags":[505,46,455,273,607,71,380,303],"class_list":["post-11718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-505","tag-am","tag-anoraks-ireland","tag-don-allen","tag-frc","tag-radio-west","tag-shaun-coyne","tag-westmeath"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radio West Anoraks&#039; Show (28th June 1987) - 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\/radio-west-anoraks-show-28th-june-1987\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio West Anoraks&#039; Show (28th June 1987) - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This recording of the weekly Radio West Anoraks\u2019 Show dates from summer 1987. 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