{"id":5359,"date":"2021-12-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2021-12-27T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T19:47:13","slug":"closedown-of-galways-coast-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-galways-coast-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Closedown of Galway&#8217;s Coast 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9534\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5359-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_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\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5359-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2232-2318_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coast-closedown-Shane-Martin.jpg\" alt=\"Closedown of Galway&#039;s Coast 103\" class=\"wp-image-5421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coast-closedown-Shane-Martin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/coast-closedown-Shane-Martin-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Coast 103 staff at the closedown (courtesy Shane Martin). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the final 90 minutes of one of the more popular and successful Galway stations towards the end of the pirate era, Coast 103. Launched in mid-1987, by 1988 it had merged with Limerick station Hits 954, was calling itself Coast Hot Hits and could be heard on a string of AM and FM transmitters covering an area from Mayo to Cork.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final evening on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988 was broadcast from Richardson&#8217;s Bar in Eyre Square, Galway and featured various people dropping in to share their memories of Coast 103. Se\u00e1n Costello is heard first and is followed by closedown host Barry Williams who is joined by Tommy Kelly, Tom Cuffe, Shane Martin, Brian Davis and Keith York (RIP). The first recording above is from 2232-2318 and the second below from 2318-0004. Both were recorded from 102.47 FM and are kindly donated by John Breslin. Thanks also to Shane Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_Coast_103_1025fm_2318-0004_JB.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Final 45 minutes of Coast 103. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the final 90 minutes of one of the more popular and successful Galway stations towards the end of the pirate era, Coast 103. 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