{"id":3139,"date":"2020-12-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:05:40","slug":"don-allen-on-cork-pirate-eri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/don-allen-on-cork-pirate-eri\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the ether: Don Allen on Cork pirate ERI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1278\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3139-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.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\/2020\/12\/19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3139-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19831121_ERI_Don_Allen_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-cabins-82-3-IB-708x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Through the ether: Don Allen on Cork pirate ERI\" class=\"wp-image-3110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-cabins-82-3-IB-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-cabins-82-3-IB-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-cabins-82-3-IB-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-cabins-82-3-IB.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption>Portacabins housing the ERI studios at White&#8217;s Cross (photo courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canadian DJ Don Allen (1939-1995) gained fame on this side of the Atlantic on stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio Northsea International before moving to Ireland in the 1980s. He was a familiar voice on Irish pirate radio, working at stations such as Radio Carousel, Radio West, Cavan Community Radio, Royal County Radio and ERI in Cork . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of Don on ERI was made on 21<sup>st<\/sup> November 1983 by Leon Tipler at his home in the English midlands. Unlike Tipler&#8217;s other tapes of night-time ERI, in this case the signal is much fainter and the whole experience is a bit of a DXer&#8217;s dream with faint traces of ERI fading in and out from time to time. Perhaps the 5 kW transmitter was on lower power that night, but it&#8217;s all part of the joy of pulling in pirate signals from afar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian DJ Don Allen (1939-1995) gained fame on this side of the Atlantic on stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio Northsea International before moving to Ireland in the 1980s. 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