{"id":5373,"date":"2021-12-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2021-12-26T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T15:52:49","slug":"closedown-of-galways-kfm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-galways-kfm\/","title":{"rendered":"Closedown of Galway&#8217;s KFM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6330\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5373-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_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_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5373-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2238-2325_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KFM-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"Closedown of Galway&#039;s KFM\" class=\"wp-image-2071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KFM-logo.jpeg 727w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KFM-logo-300x146.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption>KFM flyer (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>KFM was the longest-running of the later Galway pirate stations, broadcasting from November 1986 until the end of 1988. It was first based in the village of Moycullen in Connemara and later moved into the city centre before returning to Moycullen towards the end of its run. The high transmitter site gave it good coverage over a wide area of Galway city and county. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the final hour-and-a-half of KFM on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. The show is presented by Shane Keating, who was well-known to local anoraks because he presented a DX programme during the final months of the station. There are farewell messages and live requests phoned in by listeners and one of KFM&#8217;s founders Maureen Browne pays tribute to DJs, advertisers and supporters. It&#8217;s a low-key closedown compared to some other stations and KFM leaves the airwaves at exactly midnight following the national anthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording above is from 2238-2325 and the final 35 minutes are heard in the recording below. They were made from 95 FM in north Clare, outside the core reception area, so the signal is fair at times. Thanks to John Breslin for the donation. For a comprehensive account of the 1988 closedowns, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a> site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19881231_KFM_closedown_Shane_Keating_2325-0000_JB.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Final 35 minutes of KFM.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFM was the longest-running of the later Galway pirate stations, broadcasting from November 1986 until the end of 1988. It was first based in the village of Moycullen in Connemara and later moved into the city centre before returning to Moycullen towards the end of its run. The high transmitter site gave it good coverage &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/closedown-of-galways-kfm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Closedown of Galway&#8217;s KFM&#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":[487,302,322,327,516],"class_list":["post-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-1988-closedowns","tag-galway","tag-kfm-galway","tag-shane-keating"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Closedown of Galway&#039;s KFM - 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\/closedown-of-galways-kfm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closedown of Galway&#039;s KFM - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KFM was the longest-running of the later Galway pirate stations, broadcasting from November 1986 until the end of 1988. 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