{"id":4719,"date":"2021-09-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2021-09-15T07:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T06:18:59","slug":"galways-atlantic-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/galways-atlantic-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Never more than a minute from music&#8217;: Galway&#8217;s Atlantic Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_434\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4719-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.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\/08\/19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4719-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19840800_Atlantic_Sound_99FM_1858-1945_SG_192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer-1024x757.jpeg\" alt=\"&#039;Never more than a minute from music&#039;: Galway&#039;s Atlantic Sound\" class=\"wp-image-4722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer-1024x757.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer-768x568.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer-1536x1136.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Atlantic-early-flyer.jpeg 2005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>An Atlantic flyer from early 1984 when the station was still on 1107 kHz (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Atlantic Sound began testing at the end of 1983 and launched a full schedule at the start of 1984. A report in the <em>Galway Advertiser<\/em> on 29<sup>th<\/sup> December 1983 said that the station aimed to be &#8216;a fusion of RT\u00c9 Radio One, Community Radio and Radio Nova&#8217;. Presumably the reference to &#8216;community radio&#8217; was to the temporary local RT\u00c9 stations on air at the time. Atlantic Sound&#8217;s founder journalist Alan Russell was quoted as saying that the station would buy equipment from the BBC and comply with the specifications required by the proposed radio authority. He added that it would not be a pop music station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-1984, after the arrival from Cork of two DJs with an offshore radio background, the late Keith York and Don Stevens, Alan Russell left Atlantic Sound and the broad schedule was changed to a &#8216;hot hits&#8217; format. In this recording from the August bank holiday weekend of 1984, Se\u00e1n Costello plays requests for mostly chart music and generic jingles are heard. 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