{"id":4936,"date":"2021-10-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:14:02","slug":"disco-hits-and-requests-on-cbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/disco-hits-and-requests-on-cbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Disco hits and requests on CBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_544\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.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\/10\/19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4936-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19790821_CBC_Alan_Edwards_1930_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"977\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790106_Pete_Andrews_Alan_Edwards_Tony_Allen-977x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Disco hits and requests on CBC\" class=\"wp-image-4937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790106_Pete_Andrews_Alan_Edwards_Tony_Allen-977x1024.jpg 977w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790106_Pete_Andrews_Alan_Edwards_Tony_Allen-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790106_Pete_Andrews_Alan_Edwards_Tony_Allen-768x805.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19790106_Pete_Andrews_Alan_Edwards_Tony_Allen-rotated.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: Alan Edwards, Pete Andrews and Tony Allen at CBC, January 1979 (courtesy Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our final recording of CBC is of Alan Edwards on 21<sup>st<\/sup> August 1979. It is a partial aircheck of his show from 1930-2130 and begins with Alan thanking Noel Evans (aka Welch) who was on air before him. Of interest are the live-read and pre-recorded adverts for various businesses including Greg Anthony Fashions, Adam and Eve\u2019s Restaurant and Cork Joinery. Requests include one \u2018for the girl in the green blouse from the dancer\u2019 at the Ballyphehane disco and another for \u2018Miss Ballinacurra\u2019, a village near Cork. People from Blackrock are asked to ring in requests and they duly do so, followed by listeners in Douglas and then Farranree. The next DJ Conor O\u2019Sullivan can\u2019t make it because he has no transport so Alan announces that CBC is to close down at 2130. At the end of the recording is an advert for the \u2018Alan Edwards disco roadshow\u2019, a sign of how pirate DJs relied on gigging around town to make ends meet. There\u2019s also a request for Lillian McCarthy (O\u2019Donoghue) and the recording is followed by two personal messages recorded for Lillian by Alan and Noel. &nbsp;The music is fantastic and Alan is an enthusiastic DJ who clearly has many loyal listeners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As often happens in the world of pirate radio, there was a split in the CBC ranks which led to Stevie Bolger and Con McParland starting Alternative Broadcasting Cork (ABC) from the same building that originally housed CBC in Montenotte. ABC began testing in July 1978 on an announced 233 metres. This station continued into 1979, but again a split from ABC led to the formation of Capital Radio which was on air until 1982. Stevie went on to work with RT\u00c9 Cork Local Radio. Thanks as ever to Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue for the photo and recording and to Gear\u00f3id Quill and Ian Biggar for background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our final recording of CBC is of Alan Edwards on 21st August 1979. It is a partial aircheck of his show from 1930-2130 and begins with Alan thanking Noel Evans (aka Welch) who was on air before him. 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