{"id":217,"date":"2018-12-30T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=217"},"modified":"2022-03-13T20:31:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T20:31:35","slug":"ken-osullivan-wklr-capitol-nitesky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ken-osullivan-wklr-capitol-nitesky\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Ken O&#8217;Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6667\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-217-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.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\/2018\/12\/20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=217-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-KenOSullivan-WKLR-CapitolNitesky.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_capital_radio_cork_sticker_b-1024x977.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Ken O&#039;Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_capital_radio_cork_sticker_b-1024x977.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_capital_radio_cork_sticker_b-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_capital_radio_cork_sticker_b-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_capital_radio_cork_sticker_b.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Capital Radio sticker c. 1981 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. Ken O&#8217;Sullivan worked at pirates in Cork (WKLR and Capital Radio) in the 1980s and is still working in radio today with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LMFM<\/a>.  Here is his story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"549\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WKLR-CU.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Ken O&#039;Sullivan (WKLR, Capitol Nitesky)\" class=\"wp-image-2107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WKLR-CU.jpg 792w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WKLR-CU-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WKLR-CU-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>WKLR logo courtesy of DX Archive. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. 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