{"id":1771,"date":"2020-06-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2022-06-22T19:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:49:02","slug":"wls-music-radio-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wls-music-radio-galway\/","title":{"rendered":"Full recording: WLS Music Radio (Galway)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8220\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1771-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.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\/06\/19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1771-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19850427-0850-0950-DonStevens_WLS.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-1024x530.jpeg\" alt=\"Full recording: WLS Music Radio (Galway)\" class=\"wp-image-1767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-1024x530.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-768x397.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-1536x794.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WLS-flyer-2048x1059.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>WLS Music Radio compliments slip, courtesy of Ian Biggar\/DX Archive. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>WLS Music Radio was a successful and professional pirate broadcasting to Galway for more than two years from March 1985 to June 1987. WLS stood for &#8216;West Local Station&#8217; and was set up by former offshore DJs Don Stevens and Keith York (RIP) who came to Galway from Cork and joined the existing pirate, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-atlantic-sound-galway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Sound<\/a> in 1984. WLS was launched around the 17<sup>th<\/sup> of March 1985 and broadcast on 846 kHz AM and 104 FM in stereo, later adding shortwave on 6240 kHz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning, WLS Music Radio meant business and broadcast 24 hours a day with an hourly news service from 7am to midnight and it wasn\u2019t long until Atlantic folded. The technical set-up was impressive from the start with high quality Gates turntables and Spotmaster cart machines, according to the Anoraks UK <em>Weekly Report<\/em> in March 1985. There was a setback in May when RT\u00c9 was granted a temporary injunction in the High Court against Don Stevens and Keith York preventing WLS from causing interference to television transmissions in Galway. In advance of the court hearing, WLS had moved to 102.7 FM to avoid interference. They also increased power to 520 watts ERP, claiming to be the largest FM transmitter ever heard in Galway. AM power was increased to 300 watts and reception reports came from as far away as Wales and Devon. By June 1986, Anoraks UK described WLS as \u2018one of the best equipped stations in Ireland, with a sound to go with it\u2019 and reported that it had many local and national advertisers. Presenters included Keith York, another former offshore DJ Steve Marshall and a veteran of the Dublin scene, Tony Allan, who joined in 1986. RT\u00c9 claimed loss of \u00a330,000 in advertising revenue in Galway and in June 1986 the High Court granted a permanent injunction preventing WLS from causing interference to television reception of RT\u00c9 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 1987 the Free Radio Show on Radio West reported that WLS had gone off the air after an irate investor unhappy with his return arrived at the station and dismantled equipment. WLS presenters could be heard on other Galway stations such as KFM and County Sound. In July, Steve Marshall and Keith York set up another successful Galway station Coast 103 which lasted until the end of 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from 0850-0955 on the 27<sup>th<\/sup> of April 1985, during the early days of WLS. It features Don Stevens on the breakfast show and Laura Landers on news. The audio and presentation style is professional and reminiscent of the larger commercial stations in Dublin and Cork. There\u2019s even a reference to the weather forecast \u2018for the bay area\u2019, borrowed from Radio Nova! Many thanks to Ian Biggar for the recording. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WLS Music Radio was a successful and professional pirate broadcasting to Galway for more than two years from March 1985 to June 1987. 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