{"id":11798,"date":"2026-11-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11798"},"modified":"2026-11-08T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:21:39","slug":"late-night-on-galways-atlantic-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/late-night-on-galways-atlantic-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Late night on Galway&#8217;s Atlantic Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9934\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11798-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-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\/11\/8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11798-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8159AI-B-AtlanticSound-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-1024x492.jpeg\" alt=\"Late night on Galway&#039;s Atlantic Sound\" class=\"wp-image-1752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-1024x492.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-768x369.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-1536x739.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Atlantic-flyer-1-2048x985.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Atlantic Sound compliments slip (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlantic Sound was a Galway pirate station that broadcast from December 1983 until June 1985. It was set up by journalist Alan Russell who had run Capitol Radio in Dublin in the late 1970s. Initially Atlantic Sound had a broad format including news and specialist speech programmes. The station was taken over by Keith York (RIP), Steve Marshall and and Don Stevens from Cork pirates South Coast Radio and WKLR in summer 1984 and changed to a pop music format. The three left Atlantic Sound in March 1985 to set up a rival station, WLS Music Radio, which had better studio and broadcast facilities. As a result, Atlantic Radio closed down suddenly in June 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of Atlantic Sound was made around the beginning of May 1985 around midnight on a Friday night and Saturday morning. Steve Shannon is in the late-night slot. The frequency is unknown but was either 95.4 or 99.2 FM. The airchecked recording was made by Kieran Murray and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlantic Sound was a Galway pirate station that broadcast from December 1983 until June 1985. It was set up by journalist Alan Russell who had run Capitol Radio in Dublin in the late 1970s. Initially Atlantic Sound had a broad format including news and specialist speech programmes. 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