{"id":4223,"date":"2021-06-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2021-06-21T20:31:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:31:28","slug":"hospital-requests-on-wlr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/hospital-requests-on-wlr\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital requests on WLR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2724\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4223-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.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\/19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4223-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830200_WLR_888FM_Hospital_Requests_Colin_Kennedy_1200-1400_aircheck_CK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Colin-Kennedy-bw.jpg\" alt=\"Hospital requests on WLR\" class=\"wp-image-4228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Colin-Kennedy-bw.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Colin-Kennedy-bw-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Colin Kennedy on air (photo courtesy of Eoin Ronayne). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an airchecked recording of the popular Sunday Hospital Requests show from 12 noon to 2pm on Waterford Local Radio (WLR), reflecting that station\u2019s community focus in contrast with other more commercial rivals. Colin Kennedy is covering for Clodagh Walsh and everyone else seems to be standing in also \u2013 the previous show was presented by Michael Forrestal for Tony Weldon and at the last minute, Paul Power is replaced by Eoin Ronayne in the 2-5pm slot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are piles of requests for hospital patients and other listeners in Waterford and south Tipperary, reflecting the show\u2019s strong local following. We don\u2019t have an exact date but estimate this to be from February 1983. Sound quality is fair and there is some warble on the music reflecting the cassette\u2019s age. Thanks to Colin Kennedy for donating this recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an airchecked recording of the popular Sunday Hospital Requests show from 12 noon to 2pm on Waterford Local Radio (WLR), reflecting that station\u2019s community focus in contrast with other more commercial rivals. Colin Kennedy is covering for Clodagh Walsh and everyone else seems to be standing in also \u2013 the previous show was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/hospital-requests-on-wlr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hospital requests on WLR&#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":[501,507,165,123],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-501","tag-colin-kennedy","tag-waterford","tag-waterford-local-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hospital requests on WLR - 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\/hospital-requests-on-wlr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hospital requests on WLR - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is an airchecked recording of the popular Sunday Hospital Requests show from 12 noon to 2pm on Waterford Local Radio (WLR), reflecting that station\u2019s community focus in contrast with other more commercial rivals. 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