{"id":3592,"date":"2021-02-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3592"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:52:28","slug":"quincentennial-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/quincentennial-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway&#8217;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6696\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3592-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.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\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3592-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_Steve_Marshall_Shane_Martin_1738-1824_984fm_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Galway&#039;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989\" class=\"wp-image-3594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_093235-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A wintry Eyre Square in Galway near where Quincentennial Radio was based (photo by John Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quincentennial Radio was a shortlived Galway pirate that broadcast for about two months at the start of 1989. It consisted of ex-Coast 103 broadcasters Steve Marshall, Shane Martin and Tony Allan (RIP) as well as engineer Keith York (RIP). According to Steve Marshall, Quincentennial \u2013 named after the 500<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Galway City in 1984 \u2013 started broadcasting on January 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 1989, just a day after most of the country\u2019s pirates left the airwaves. The studio gear was formerly used by Coast 103 and consisted of Gates B77 turntables with Gray Research tonearms, an Alice 828 mixer and a pair of Accessit compressor units for sound processing. Quincentennial Radio began by just playing music and liners by Tony Allan and the first live voice was Shane Martin. Shane remembers that it didn\u2019t have the same feel as Coast 103 as there was no money, no paid ads and no competition: \u2018It just felt very empty. The buzz was gone\u2019. The studio was located at the back of the Gallows Bar (now Paddy\u2019s Bar) in the courtyard of Prospect House near Eyre Square, where Coast 103 had been based. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anoraks UK <em>Weekly Report<\/em> of 18<sup>th<\/sup> February 1989 mentioned Quincentennial Radio on 98.4 FM, a frequency chosen to match the city\u2019s quincentennial year in 1984. It was on air 24 hours a day broadcasting a variety of music. The station was logged throughout February and into March but on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> April, Anoraks UK reported that the authorities had \u2018instructed Quincentennial to cease broadcasting some time ago which they duly did\u2019. After the station closed, it became a training facility for DJs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Galway&#039;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989\" class=\"wp-image-3593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_095547-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The Quincentennial bridge was built in 1984 to mark Galway&#8217;s 500th anniversary (photo by John Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We bring you the first of two recordings of Quincentennial Radio from Monday 13<sup>th<\/sup> February 1989. Today&#8217;s recording was made from 1738-1824 and features the end of Steve Marshall\u2019s programme. Tony Allan\u2019s voice is heard on liners and there is one ad just before 6pm when Shane Martin takes over. A phone number for requests is given out and the station is referred to a few times as \u2018Galway\u2019s Super Q\u2019. We thank Ian Biggar for this rare recording of a short-lived station which defied the new laws in 1989. Thanks also to Steve Marshall and Shane Martin for background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quincentennial Radio was a shortlived Galway pirate that broadcast for about two months at the start of 1989. It consisted of ex-Coast 103 broadcasters Steve Marshall, Shane Martin and Tony Allan (RIP) as well as engineer Keith York (RIP). According to Steve Marshall, Quincentennial \u2013 named after the 500th anniversary of Galway City in 1984 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/quincentennial-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Galway&#8217;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989&#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":[535,322,475,474,325,26],"class_list":["post-3592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-535","tag-galway","tag-quincentennial-radio","tag-shane-martin","tag-steve-marshall","tag-tony-allan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Galway&#039;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989 - 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\/quincentennial-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Galway&#039;s Quincentennial Radio in 1989 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quincentennial Radio was a shortlived Galway pirate that broadcast for about two months at the start of 1989. 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