{"id":4197,"date":"2021-06-14T09:18:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4197"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T16:21:44","slug":"radio-leinster-june-12th-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-leinster-june-12th-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Leinster following general election 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_542\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4197-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.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\/06\/19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4197-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810612-0710-0755-PaulVincent.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Leinster following general election 1981\" class=\"wp-image-8660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Leinster sticker (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Leinster was a specialist station broadcasting to Dublin from 1981 to 1983. Whereas many pirates were in direct competition with RT\u00c9 Radio 2, Radio Leinster attempted to poach listeners from RT\u00c9 Radio 1 due to its distinct programming. After an early experimental period, it settled into an easy-listening format and also offered a range of musical genres and talk programmes. Radio Leinster closed suddenly on 19<sup>th<\/sup> May 1983 following raids by Garda\u00ed and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs on the big Dublin stations Sunshine Radio and Radio Nova. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made early in Radio Leinster&#8217;s life on June 12<sup>th<\/sup> 1981, the day after Ireland&#8217;s general election. Paul Vincent is on air and makes several references to the vote the previous day. The tape was recorded from 738 kHz AM (announcing 406 metres) between 0810-0855 and is courtesy of Ian Biggar and <a href=\"http:\/\/dxarchive.com\/\">DX Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Leinster was a specialist station broadcasting to Dublin from 1981 to 1983. Whereas many pirates were in direct competition with RT\u00c9 Radio 2, Radio Leinster attempted to poach listeners from RT\u00c9 Radio 1 due to its distinct programming. After an early experimental period, it settled into an easy-listening format and also offered a range &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-leinster-june-12th-1981\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio Leinster following general election 1981&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[486,46,153,506,37],"class_list":["post-4197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-486","tag-am","tag-dublin","tag-paul-vincent","tag-radio-leinster"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Radio Leinster following general election 1981 - 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\/radio-leinster-june-12th-1981\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Leinster following general election 1981 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Leinster was a specialist station broadcasting to Dublin from 1981 to 1983. 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