{"id":5513,"date":"2022-01-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5513"},"modified":"2022-01-18T20:39:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T20:39:21","slug":"early-evening-requests-on-cork-city-local-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/early-evening-requests-on-cork-city-local-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Early evening requests on Cork City Local Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4021\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5513-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.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\/2022\/01\/19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5513-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19800824_CCLR_Philip_Knight_1900-1930_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-1016x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Early evening requests on Cork City Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-5514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ireland_cork_cclr_1981_b.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Stairs leading to the CCLR studio on French Church Street in 1981 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Cork City Local Radio (CCLR) is of Philip Knight (Johnston) on his early evening show on  24<sup>th<\/sup> August 1980 from 1900-1930. The show gives a sense of CCLR&#8217;s popularity at this time as there are plenty of requests and the buzz created by the DJ shines through the poor audio quality. There&#8217;s even a reference to Radio Luxembourg, which was a big influence on Irish DJs of the time. As the article below outlines, CCLR had plans in 1982 to make its style sound more American and increase its coverage area. However, the arrival of larger pirates such as South Coast Radio and ERI put smaller stations off the air and CCLR closed in late 1983. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982-641x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Early evening requests on Cork City Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-5515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982-641x1024.jpg 641w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982-768x1227.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982-961x1536.jpg 961w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/CCLR_CorkReporter_15021982.jpg 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption>A 1982 article about CCLR (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is donated by Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Cork City Local Radio (CCLR) is of Philip Knight (Johnston) on his early evening show on 24th August 1980 from 1900-1930. 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