{"id":3292,"date":"2020-12-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2023-11-19T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T09:12:41","slug":"malcolms-problems-on-kiss-fm-monaghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/malcolms-problems-on-kiss-fm-monaghan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Malcolm&#8217;s Problems&#8217; on KISS FM Monaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9491\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3292-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_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\/19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3292-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881225_KISS_FM_Malcolms_Problems_1500_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-1024x445.jpeg\" alt=\"&#039;Malcolm&#039;s Problems&#039; on KISS FM Monaghan\" class=\"wp-image-3290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-1024x445.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-300x130.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-768x334.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-1536x668.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KISS-FM-sticker-2048x890.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>KISS FM sticker (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Malcolm&#8217;s Problems&#8217; was a comedy segment broadcast on the Monaghan super-pirate KISS FM which was on air for just eight months in 1988. It was a regular feature on the show presented by Owen Barry (aka Larkin), who was a familiar voice on stations in the northeast during the pirate era. Owen did all the voices and was co-producer of the inserts along with the late Roland Burke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-1024x788.jpeg\" alt=\"&#039;Malcolm&#039;s Problems&#039; on KISS FM Monaghan\" class=\"wp-image-3291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-1024x788.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-768x591.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-1536x1183.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Owen-Larkin-2048x1577.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Owen Larkin in a KISS FM promotional brochure (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the final edition of &#8216;Malcolm&#8217;s Problems&#8217; which was broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Day 1988, just a few days before KISS FM closed down. The station left the air at just after 6pm on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December. Despite its short existence, KISS FM shook up the staid radio landscape in Northern Ireland by beaming its powerful signal into Belfast and beyond.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank John Breslin for his donation of this recording. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Malcolm&#8217;s Problems&#8217; was a comedy segment broadcast on the Monaghan super-pirate KISS FM which was on air for just eight months in 1988. It was a regular feature on the show presented by Owen Barry (aka Larkin), who was a familiar voice on stations in the northeast during the pirate era. 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