{"id":3286,"date":"2021-12-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:51:46","slug":"closedown-of-raidio-luimni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-raidio-luimni\/","title":{"rendered":"Closedown of Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Christmas Eve 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1216\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3286-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.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\/19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3286-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881224_Raidio_Luimni_0100-0130_closedown_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Raidio-Luimni-banner-1024x316.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Christmas Eve 1988\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Raidio-Luimni-banner-1024x316.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Raidio-Luimni-banner-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Raidio-Luimni-banner-768x237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Raidio-Luimni-banner.jpg 1888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed notepaper, courtesy of Ger Sweeney<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it closed just before Christmas in 1988, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed brought ten unique and memorable years of broadcasting to a close. While many Limerick stations came and went, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed was a constant presence in the city throughout the pirate era and had a huge following due largely to the unconventional style of its owner, John &#8216;the Man&#8217; Frawley. It also had listeners well beyond Limerick city, thanks to an efficient Irish-made transmitter on 1125 kHz.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The station closed down a week earlier than other the pirates at the end of 1988, leaving the air at 0130 on Christmas Eve. This recording is of the final half-hour of the station with Alf de Lacy who says a long goodbye to Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed listeners and staff and even thanks local Garda\u00ed for their hard work over Christmas! A few bars of Denis Allen&#8217;s song &#8216;Limerick, You&#8217;re a Lady&#8217; are played and then the national anthem brings Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed to the end of its colourful life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 103 FM from 0100-0130 on 24<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988. We thank John Breslin for the donation.  You can listen <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/john-the-man-bids-farewell-on-raidio-luimni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> to John the Man&#8217;s final show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A comprehensive overview of the 1988 closedowns is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a> site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it closed just before Christmas in 1988, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed brought ten unique and memorable years of broadcasting to a close. While many Limerick stations came and went, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed was a constant presence in the city throughout the pirate era and had a huge following due largely to the unconventional style of its owner, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-raidio-luimni\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Closedown of Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Christmas Eve 1988&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[487,302,679,226,224,103],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-1988-closedowns","tag-christmas-eve","tag-john-frawley","tag-limerick","tag-raidio-luimni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Closedown of Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Christmas Eve 1988 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-raidio-luimni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closedown of Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed, Christmas Eve 1988 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When it closed just before Christmas in 1988, Raidi\u00f3 Luimn\u00ed brought ten unique and memorable years of broadcasting to a close. 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