{"id":1585,"date":"2020-05-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:33:53","slug":"inteview-noel-cronin-community-radio-youghal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/inteview-noel-cronin-community-radio-youghal\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Noel Cronin (Community Radio Youghal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9393\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1585-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1585-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20191007_Noel_Cronin_CRY_Wireless.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_0881_b-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Noel Cronin (Community Radio Youghal)\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_0881_b-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_0881_b-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_0881_b-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_0881_b.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The farmhouse near Youghal where the pirate CRY was based (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Community Radio Youghal celebrated the 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of its start as a pirate on 4<sup>th<\/sup> July 2019. The station, one of the pioneers in community radio, began its life in a loft at the farmhouse of Eileen Connolly outside the town, before moving into the centre of Youghal. In this interview, one of CRY&#8217;s founders, Noel Cronin, tells John Walsh about the station&#8217;s origins, its early community programming and outside broadcasts, the transmission set-up on AM and FM and the emotional final broadcast on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. Community Radio Youghal returned as a licensed station and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cry104fm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues to broadcast today<\/a> on 104 FM to Youghal and surrounding areas in east Cork\/west Waterford.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_studio_1981_b-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Noel Cronin (Community Radio Youghal)\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_studio_1981_b-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_studio_1981_b-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_studio_1981_b-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_studio_1981_b.jpg 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CRY&#8217;s studio during in the farmhouse loft (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can listen to a documentary about the history of CRY <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-history-of-community-radio-youghal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. This interview with Noel Cronin was first broadcast on <a href=\"http:\/\/wirelessflirt.radio.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wireless on Flirt FM<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Radio Youghal celebrated the 40th anniversary of its start as a pirate on 4th July 2019. The station, one of the pioneers in community radio, began its life in a loft at the farmhouse of Eileen Connolly outside the town, before moving into the centre of Youghal. 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