{"id":539,"date":"2026-09-17T18:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=539"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:42:52","slug":"teena-gates-liberties-local-community-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/teena-gates-liberties-local-community-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Teena Gates on Liberty 104"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2387\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-539-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.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\/2026\/09\/19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=539-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19880830_Liberty_104_TOTH_news_Teena_Gates.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ireland_dublin_liberty_104_logo-1024x322.jpg\" alt=\"Teena Gates on Liberty 104\" class=\"wp-image-9453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ireland_dublin_liberty_104_logo-1024x322.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ireland_dublin_liberty_104_logo-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ireland_dublin_liberty_104_logo-768x241.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ireland_dublin_liberty_104_logo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liberty 104 car sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) began broadcasting in March 1986 from Weaver Square in Dublin 8. It was run by Sammy Prendergast who was well known for installing aerials for pirate stations. LLCR broadcast on 1035 kHz AM using the old Capitol Radio rig which had been on 1017 kHz until shortly before then. It was also heard on 104 FM at a later stage and was renamed Liberty 104. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this short clip from the Pirate.ie collection recorded on 30<sup>th<\/sup> August 1988, Teena Gates reads the news, when the station was known as Liberty 104. Teena can still be heard on radio in Dublin today and in 2026 was inducted into the IMRO Radio Hall of Fame for her contribution to the medium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) began broadcasting in March 1986 from Weaver Square in Dublin 8. It was run by Sammy Prendergast who was well known for installing aerials for pirate stations. 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It &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/teena-gates-liberties-local-community-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Teena Gates on Liberty 104&#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":[15],"tags":[487,153,4,542],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-487","tag-dublin","tag-llcr","tag-teena-gates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teena Gates on Liberty 104 - 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\/teena-gates-liberties-local-community-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teena Gates on Liberty 104 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liberties Local Community Radio (LLCR) began broadcasting in March 1986 from Weaver Square in Dublin 8. 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