{"id":3950,"date":"2021-04-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2021-04-26T07:21:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T06:21:50","slug":"kilkenny-community-radio-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/kilkenny-community-radio-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5643\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3950-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_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\/2021\/04\/19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3950-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19880917_Kilkenny_CR_974fm_Pat_Maher_1414-1502_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KCR-magazine-cover-1024x877.jpg\" alt=\"The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KCR-magazine-cover-1024x877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KCR-magazine-cover-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KCR-magazine-cover-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/KCR-magazine-cover.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Cover image from a 1981 KCR magazine (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kilkenny Community Radio (KCR) broadcast for almost a decade from May 1979 to December 1988 and was one of the eleven stations affiliated to the National Association of Community Broadcasters. It operated on 1386 kHz (217 metres) for many years but with several other pirates in the south of Ireland on the same frequency, co-channel interference was a problem. FM frequencies were 99.9 and later 97.4 MHz. A new AM rig bought in 1987 allowed KCR to move to 1395 kHz where it remained until it closed, along with the other pirates, on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kilkenny-Community-Radio-TransmitterA-bill-ebrill-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kilkenny-Community-Radio-TransmitterA-bill-ebrill-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kilkenny-Community-Radio-TransmitterA-bill-ebrill-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kilkenny-Community-Radio-TransmitterA-bill-ebrill-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kilkenny-Community-Radio-TransmitterA-bill-ebrill.jpg 1491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>KCR&#8217;s AM rig (courtesy of Bill Ebrill). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>KCR was based on a community co-operative structure and was chaired in its early years by local priest Fr. Gerry Joyce. A programme committee of shareholders and listeners updated the schedule regularly and the station\u2019s slogan was \u2018By the people for the people\u2019. A 1981 magazine <em>For the Record<\/em> produced by KCR gives a flavour of the philosophy and the wide range of programming, with plenty of input from local voluntary groups. The station was featured in Leon Tipler&#8217;s documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-5\/#t=00:16:30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8216;The Irish Pirates&#8217;<\/a> in 1983. KCR was licensed as Radio Kilkenny in 1989 and continued to broadcast until 2003 when it lost its licence after a reorganisation of the franchises in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny. The present <a href=\"http:\/\/communityradiokilkennycity.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Radio Kilkenny City<\/a> has links with the original pirate station and the <a href=\"http:\/\/wirelessflirt.radio.ie\/2019\/05\/27\/programme-31\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">40th anniversary<\/a> of community radio in Kilkenny was celebrated in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of Pat Maher with an easy listening programme from 1414-1502 on Saturday 17<sup>th<\/sup> September 1988, during the station\u2019s \u2018last 100 days of broadcasting\u2019, as announced by the presenter. It was made from 97.4 FM and was kindly donated by John Breslin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kilkenny Community Radio (KCR) broadcast for almost a decade from May 1979 to December 1988 and was one of the eleven stations affiliated to the National Association of Community Broadcasters. It operated on 1386 kHz (217 metres) for many years but with several other pirates in the south of Ireland on the same frequency, co-channel &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/kilkenny-community-radio-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community 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":[152],"tags":[487,24,347,350],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-community-radio","tag-kilkenny","tag-kilkenny-community-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community 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\/kilkenny-community-radio-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The last 100 days of Kilkenny Community Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kilkenny Community Radio (KCR) broadcast for almost a decade from May 1979 to December 1988 and was one of the eleven stations affiliated to the National Association of Community Broadcasters. 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