{"id":5284,"date":"2021-12-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:10:26","slug":"final-radio-west-anoraks-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/final-radio-west-anoraks-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Radio West Anoraks Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7895\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5284-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_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\/12\/19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5284-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881218_Radio_West_final_FRC_1001fm_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_trooper_0287.jpg\" alt=\"Final Radio West Anoraks Show\" class=\"wp-image-10419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_trooper_0287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_mullingar_west_trooper_0287-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio West van from 1987 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the final edition of the popular weekly Radio West Anoraks&#8217; Show a short time before the station&#8217;s closure at the end of 1988. Broadcast from Mullingar every Sunday morning, the programme was fronted by station boss Shaun Coyne and a variety of presenters including the late Don Allen, himself a veteran of the offshore stations. Both Shaun and Don are heard on this show along with Willie Harte, Michael Tiernan, Gerry Reilly, John Gartlan, Myles Johnson and Eddie Caffrey. There&#8217;s plenty of nostalgia about the pirate era that is about to end and speculation about the new legal regime due to come into effect. Essential listening! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This programme was recorded from 1053-1145 on Sunday 18<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 from 100.1 FM and has been donated kindly by John Breslin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final edition of the popular weekly Radio West Anoraks&#8217; Show a short time before the station&#8217;s closure at the end of 1988. 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