{"id":4056,"date":"2021-05-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2021-05-13T21:11:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T20:11:17","slug":"roland-burke-on-radio-leinster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/roland-burke-on-radio-leinster\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Burke on Radio Leinster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4708\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4056-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.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\/05\/19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4056-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810528_Radio_Leinster_738_Roland_Burke_1722-1809_KB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Radio-Leinster-logo.png\" alt=\"Roland Burke on Radio Leinster\" class=\"wp-image-3958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Radio-Leinster-logo.png 572w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Radio-Leinster-logo-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Leinster logo (courtesy of David Baker)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an early recording of Radio Leinster made from 1722-1809 on 28<sup>th<\/sup> May 1981 from its AM frequency of 738 kHz (406 metres). Roland Burke (RIP) is on air with what he admits himself is a musical mixture, ranging from current pop artists such as Kim Wilde and Toyah Wilcox to the Eagles, Manhattan Transfer and Linda Ronstadt. it&#8217;s all a bit confusing and clearly Leinster was still finding its niche and was yet to become the easy listening station which became its hallmark in later times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surprisingly there are no ads to be heard in this 45-minute recording even though Radio Leinster was on air for a month at this stage. There&#8217;s no sign either of the news service that was promised when the station launched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reception is fair as the recording was made in Scotland. We thank Ken Baird for this donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an early recording of Radio Leinster made from 1722-1809 on 28th May 1981 from its AM frequency of 738 kHz (406 metres). 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