{"id":4257,"date":"2021-06-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2021-06-28T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:15:33","slug":"laois-community-radio-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/laois-community-radio-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Laois Community Radio from Mountrath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1324\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4257-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.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\/19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4257-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830226_Laois_Community_Radio_Mountrath_10234fm_unident_1306-1320_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-1024x411.jpeg\" alt=\"Laois Community Radio from Mountrath\" class=\"wp-image-4282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-1024x411.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-300x120.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-768x308.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-1536x617.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/LCR-logo-IB-2048x823.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>LCR logo (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Laois Community Radio (LCR) broadcast from the town of Mountrath in Co. Laois from 1982 to 1988. It was first logged by DX Archive in April 1982 on 1160 kHz, slightly off-channel. It later moved to 1170 kHz before settling on 1242 kHz from late 1986 onwards, where it remained until the closedowns at the end of 1988. LCR was one of a small number of pirates that broadcast right up to the midnight deadline on December 31<sup>st<\/sup>. FM frequencies logged over the years included 88.8, 102.3 and 102.8 FM. This short recording of LCR was made on 26<sup>th<\/sup> February 1983 from 1306-1320. The DJ is unidentified.<\/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\/06\/Mountrath-street-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Laois Community Radio from Mountrath\" class=\"wp-image-4258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mountrath-street-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mountrath-street-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mountrath-street-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mountrath-street-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Mountrath-street-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A view of Mountrath today (photo by John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording of LCR is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laois Community Radio (LCR) broadcast from the town of Mountrath in Co. 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