{"id":11762,"date":"2026-10-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11762"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T08:22:10","slug":"halloween-on-the-sound-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/halloween-on-the-sound-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallowe&#8217;en on The Sound Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1950\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11762-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8157AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8157AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8157AI-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\/8157AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11762-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8157AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8157AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Sound-Channel-logo-CU-1024x482.jpeg\" alt=\"Hallowe&#039;en on The Sound Channel\" class=\"wp-image-11763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Sound-Channel-logo-CU-1024x482.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Sound-Channel-logo-CU-300x141.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Sound-Channel-logo-CU-768x361.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Sound-Channel-logo-CU.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sound Channel logo from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sound Channel was a professional Limerick pirate station broadcasting from 1986-1988. This recording was made on its final Hallowe&#8217;en in 1988, two months before the station closed down in line with new broadcasting legislation. On air is Stuart Clark, formerly of ABC in Waterford, with the <em>Afternoon Plus<\/em> show.  Syndicated bulletins from the UK service Independent Radio News (IRN) are broadcast every hour.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made from 98.7 FM between 1345-1515 on Bank Holiday Monday 31<sup>st<\/sup> October 1988 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sound Channel was a professional Limerick pirate station broadcasting from 1986-1988. This recording was made on its final Hallowe&#8217;en in 1988, two months before the station closed down in line with new broadcasting legislation. On air is Stuart Clark, formerly of ABC in Waterford, with the Afternoon Plus show. 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