{"id":5255,"date":"2021-11-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2021-11-26T07:18:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T07:18:54","slug":"technology-on-radio-west-anoraks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/technology-on-radio-west-anoraks-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The economics and technology of pirate radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7788\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5255-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_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\/11\/19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5255-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881211_Radio_West_FRC_Sean_Coyne_Willie_Harte_Gerry_Reilly_1001fm_1052-1141_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_3_notepaper_heading.jpg\" alt=\"The economics and technology of pirate radio\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_3_notepaper_heading.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_3_notepaper_heading-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>West National Radio 3 sticker from 1988 (courtesy DX Archive).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of part the Anoraks Show on West National Radio 3 from December 1988, towards the end of the popular show\u2019s run as the pirates prepared to close down. Station boss Shaun Coyne interviews radio engineer Gerry Reilly from Co. Cavan, who reckons that he set up between 30 and 40 pirate stations in the 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The economics and technology of pirate radio\" class=\"wp-image-5259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SeanCoyne1986-square.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Shaun Coyne pictured in 1986 (photo by Andy Carter, courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion gives a fascinating insight into the economics and technology of the pirates and there are nuggets of information about how certain stations made big profits and provided much needed work in their areas. There\u2019s also plenty of speculation about the new licensed era in 1989. Following the Anoraks Show we hear part of the final edition of the weekly farming programme <em>Landlink<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 1052-1141 on Sunday 11<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 from 100.1 FM. We thank John Breslin for the donation. Listen to our own interview with Gerry Reilly in 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-gerry-oreilly-transmitter-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of part the Anoraks Show on West National Radio 3 from December 1988, towards the end of the popular show\u2019s run as the pirates prepared to close down. Station boss Shaun Coyne interviews radio engineer Gerry Reilly from Co. Cavan, who reckons that he set up between 30 and 40 pirate &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/technology-on-radio-west-anoraks-show\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The economics and technology of pirate 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":[487,423,71,380,303],"class_list":["post-5255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-gerry-reilly","tag-radio-west","tag-shaun-coyne","tag-westmeath"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The economics and technology of pirate 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\/technology-on-radio-west-anoraks-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The economics and technology of pirate radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a recording of part the Anoraks Show on West National Radio 3 from December 1988, towards the end of the popular show\u2019s run as the pirates prepared to close down. 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