{"id":4866,"date":"2021-09-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T09:57:54","slug":"sunrise-special-on-westside-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunrise-special-on-westside-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Sunrise Special on Westside Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8738\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4866-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.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\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4866-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x614.png\" alt=\"Border series: Sunrise Special on Westside Radio\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another recording of Westside Radio, a station broadcasting from Sligo from 1986 to 1988. On air is Ed Stevens with the breakfast show called Sunrise Special although as he notes, the morning is wet and overcast. He claims that Westside is the only station broadcasting in either Sligo or Leitrim at that time. The style isn&#8217;t particularly slick, audio levels are uneven and the station phone is out of order, but there are plenty of ads for local businesses so clearly Westside had an audience around Sligo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 0800-0932 on 30<sup>th<\/sup> August 1988 from 97.6 FM, announced as 97.5. We thank John Breslin for the donation. It seems that Westside Radio closed in the autumn of that year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/19880830_Westside_Radio_956fm_Ed_Stevens_0845-0932_JB.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 of recording from 0845-0932. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of Westside Radio, a station broadcasting from Sligo from 1986 to 1988. On air is Ed Stevens with the breakfast show called Sunrise Special although as he notes, the morning is wet and overcast. He claims that Westside is the only station broadcasting in either Sligo or Leitrim at that time. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunrise-special-on-westside-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Sunrise Special on Westside Radio&#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":[152],"tags":[487,260,315,549],"class_list":["post-4866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-border","tag-sligo","tag-westside-radio-sligo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Sunrise Special on Westside Radio - 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\/sunrise-special-on-westside-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Sunrise Special on Westside Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is another recording of Westside Radio, a station broadcasting from Sligo from 1986 to 1988. 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