{"id":11745,"date":"2026-10-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11745"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:48:25","slug":"sunday-morning-oldies-on-quincentennial-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-morning-oldies-on-quincentennial-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday morning oldies on Quincentennial Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_155\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11745-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8154AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8154AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8154AI-A-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\/8154AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11745-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8154AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8154AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday morning oldies on Quincentennial Radio\" class=\"wp-image-11746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eyre-Square-winter-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eyre Square in Galway (photo by John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quincentennial Radio was a short-lived Galway pirate that came on air just after the deadline for the unlicensed stations to leave the airwaves at the end of 1988. Named after the city\u2019s 500<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations in 1984, Quincentennial began broadcasting continuous music on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 1989. It was run by ex-Coast 103 people such as Shane Martin, Steve Marshall and Tony Allan (RIP) and promoted itself as the city\u2019s only local station filling the vacuum left by the closure of the pirates. \u00a0Quincentennial was warned by the authorities in April 1989 and closed down around that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording features a Sunday morning oldies show presented by Carl Turner (John Steele, RIP), who had broadcast previously on Coast 103 and on his own hobby pirate station, Swinging Radio Impulse. It also includes station liners voiced by Tony Allan, including one stating that Quincentennial Radio was \u2018owned and operated by local radio people who prefer not to be unemployed\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 98.4 FM on the morning of Sunday, 5<sup>th<\/sup> January 1989. No times are given in the recording. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quincentennial Radio was a short-lived Galway pirate that came on air just after the deadline for the unlicensed stations to leave the airwaves at the end of 1988. Named after the city\u2019s 500th anniversary celebrations in 1984, Quincentennial began broadcasting continuous music on 2nd January 1989. 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