{"id":3447,"date":"2021-01-16T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3447"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:57:59","slug":"local-kids-take-over-liberties-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/local-kids-take-over-liberties-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Local kids take over Liberties Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6954\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3447-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.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\/2021\/01\/19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3447-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19880000_Liberty_104_kids_breakin_KB_via_BD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Local kids take over Liberties Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_1987_llcr_premises-1.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Owner Sammy Prendergast at 16 Weaver Square in 1987 (photo courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) was&nbsp;launched on 4<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986 from Weaver\u2019s Square in the heart of the Liberties area of inner-city Dublin. Broadcasting on 1035 kHz AM and originally 96.7 FM, it promised to be a community radio station for the Liberties. This never really happened but the station carved out its own niche and many high-profile broadcasters passed through its doors including Peter Madison, Teena Gates and Tony Allan. The station later broadcast on 104 and 107 FM and was known as Gold 104 for a time. It closed down on 20<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LLCR was owned by the late Sammy Prendergast who installed aerials for many of the pirates. The station was situated above a shop at 16 Weaver Square where local kids would often hang out. Security was lax and sometimes DJs didn&#8217;t show up or lock the door to the station. One evening, a bunch of kids got into the studio and took to the air for a few minutes until the phone rang and someone told them what was going on. Listen until the very end for the punchline! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is undated but is from the second half of 1988. It is shared with kind permission of Kevin Branigan. Thanks also to Barry Dunne for passing it on to us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) was&nbsp;launched on 4th April 1986 from Weaver\u2019s Square in the heart of the Liberties area of inner-city Dublin. Broadcasting on 1035 kHz AM and originally 96.7 FM, it promised to be a community radio station for the Liberties. This never really happened but the station carved out its own niche &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/local-kids-take-over-liberties-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Local kids take over Liberties Radio&#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":[15],"tags":[487,153,4],"class_list":["post-3447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-487","tag-dublin","tag-llcr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local kids take over Liberties Radio - 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\/local-kids-take-over-liberties-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local kids take over Liberties Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) was&nbsp;launched on 4th April 1986 from Weaver\u2019s Square in the heart of the Liberties area of inner-city Dublin. 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