{"id":3364,"date":"2020-12-31T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:25:19","slug":"closedown-of-midwest-radio-new-years-eve-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-midwest-radio-new-years-eve-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Closedown of Midwest Radio, New Year&#8217;s Eve 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3103\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3364-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_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\/19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3364-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_Midwest_Radio_closedown_0056-0158_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Midwest Radio, New Year&#039;s Eve 1988\" class=\"wp-image-3365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-1536x1528.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-2048x2037.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio003-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The final record played on Midwest is handed by Chris Carroll to Denise Moran (photo by Michael Connaughton). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Midwest Radio was one of the west\u2019s most popular radio stations, coming on air initially for just a few months at the end of 1978 and returning full-time from November 1985. Set up by dancehall promoter Paul Claffey and local DJ Chris Carroll, it was based at the Midas Nightclub in Ballyhaunis and played a popular diet of Irish and country music. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Midwest Radio, New Year&#039;s Eve 1988\" class=\"wp-image-3366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-1536x1529.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-2048x2039.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio008-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Paul Claffey with Midwest staff and friends at the farewell concert (photo by Michael Connaughton). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The station agreed to close on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 in case of any breach of the midnight deadline on New Year\u2019s Eve. According to a history of the station, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.midwestradio.ie\/index.php?route=product\/product&amp;path=65&amp;product_id=110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magic and Madness: The Midwest Radio Phenomenon<\/a><\/em>, the station\u2019s single phone line went into meltdown when Paul Claffey announced the closure date a few weeks before Christmas. In a sign of its huge popularity across Mayo, local TD Jim Higgins was among those who led a campaign to allow Midwest to continue beyond the New Year\u2019s Eve deadline. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Midwest Radio, New Year&#039;s Eve 1988\" class=\"wp-image-3367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-1536x1531.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-2048x2042.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio009-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The packed Midas Nightclub for the farewell concert on 30th December 1988 (photo by Michael Connaughton). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A final farewell concert at the Midas was arranged for the night of Friday, 30<sup>th<\/sup> December. From 10am when it opened its doors, crowds of fans descended on the nightclub from across Mayo and such was the traffic chaos that Garda\u00ed had to ask Midwest to stop advertising the event. The final programme was presented by former Garda John Duggan who had begun his pirate career when still a serving member of the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Midwest Radio, New Year&#039;s Eve 1988\" class=\"wp-image-3368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-1536x1041.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Mid-West-Radio020-2048x1388.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Directors of Midwest Radio at the IRTC hearing in Galway for the Mayo licence, 3rd March 1989 (photo by Michael Connaughton).  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a thousand people packed into the Midas for Midwest\u2019s final concert which included country singers such as TR Dallas, Declan Nerney and Kevin Prendergast. Paul Claffey paid tribute to Midwest presenters and behind the scenes staff, inviting them all onto the stage to rapturous applause. Some of the musicians credited Midwest with their success, mentioning how it and other pirates such as Breffni Radio in Co. Cavan had showcased country music when it was ignored by RT\u00c9. There were also confident predictions that Midwest would be back and although most of the pirates lost out in the new regime, Midwest returned as a licensed station on Monday, 24<sup>th<\/sup> July 1989. The <a href=\"https:\/\/midwestradio.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">station<\/a> continues to be highly successful to this day. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of the final hour of Midwest live from the Midas, made from 98.6 FM from 0056-0158 on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. We thank John Breslin for the donation and James Laffey for the photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midwest Radio was one of the west\u2019s most popular radio stations, coming on air initially for just a few months at the end of 1978 and returning full-time from November 1985. 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