{"id":5246,"date":"2021-11-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5246"},"modified":"2021-11-23T21:47:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:47:31","slug":"don-allen-on-the-radio-west-anoraks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/don-allen-on-the-radio-west-anoraks-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Allen on the Radio West Anoraks Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1652\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5246-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.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\/11\/19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5246-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19870719_Radio_West_FRC_Don_Allen_Shaun_Coyne_fm_1045-1145_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"Don Allen on the Radio West Anoraks Show\" class=\"wp-image-5251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-1536x962.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RadioWestLandlink-2048x1283.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Landlink was heard after the Anoraks Show on Radio West every Sunday (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the presenters of the Radio West Anoraks Show was the late Don Allen, himself a veteran of the offshore pirate scene and an accomplished broadcaster on the Irish pirates of the 1980s. Here he is presenting the Anoraks Show in 1987 with station boss Shaun Coyne, who talks about the station&#8217;s expansion into Galway on both AM and FM. There are adverts for Anoraks Ireland and Anoraks UK and discussion of a pirate radio magazine that was being prepared at the time, although it seems it never materialised.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 1045-1145 on Sunday 19<sup>th<\/sup> July 1987 from an unspecified FM frequency. It was donated to us by Ian Biggar.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the presenters of the Radio West Anoraks Show was the late Don Allen, himself a veteran of the offshore pirate scene and an accomplished broadcaster on the Irish pirates of the 1980s. 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