{"id":4264,"date":"2021-06-30T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2021-06-30T07:34:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T06:34:34","slug":"radio-amore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-amore\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Amore from Portlaoise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1740\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4264-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.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_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4264-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/19830226_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830226_Radio_Amore_TI_Francis_McNally_1045FM-1.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Amore from Portlaoise\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pirate-dot-ie-red-logo-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Amore was a shortlived station broadcasting from Portlaoise, Co. Laois in 1982 and 1983. It was logged by DX Archive on 1143 kHz (announcing 263 metres) in December 1982 but there is no mention of it in their April 1983 list. The arrival of Laois Community Radio in Mountrath around this time probably contributed to Radio Amore&#8217;s demise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from 104.5 FM of Francis McNally at 9pm on Saturday 26<sup>th<\/sup> of February 1983, so Radio Amore must have disappeared soon after that date. There are requests from Portlaoise itself and Ballybrophy over 30 km away. Audio quality is poor with variable levels and due to the bad condition of the cassette, it was necessary to aircheck the recording. The incorrect spelling \u201cRadio A\u2019Moore\u201d is on the cassette label, but in fairness to whoever typed it, Radio Amore was a strange choice of name for a station broadcasting from Portlaoise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Amore was a shortlived station broadcasting from Portlaoise, Co. Laois in 1982 and 1983. It was logged by DX Archive on 1143 kHz (announcing 263 metres) in December 1982 but there is no mention of it in their April 1983 list. 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