{"id":5568,"date":"2022-01-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2022-01-25T21:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T21:12:20","slug":"corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2623\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5568-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.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\/19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5568-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810000_Big_Brother_Philip_G_PG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Cork&#039;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter\" class=\"wp-image-2970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This short recording of Big Brother Radio was made sometime early in 1981 near the beginning of the station&#8217;s short run.  Big Brother began broadcasting on 88.6 FM but in this recording &#8216;Philip G&#8217; (presumably founder Philip O&#8217;Connor) announces that the station is to add 220 metres medium wave (approximately 1359 kHz) the following Monday. FM broadcasting was still underdeveloped so obviously Big Brother felt that it needed to be AM also. On the same day, the station was to would introduce all-day programming and required additional DJs. The AM transmitter was located at the snooker club in Blackpool but didn&#8217;t last long due to a weak signal. Thanks to Pat Galvin for the donation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short recording of Big Brother Radio was made sometime early in 1981 near the beginning of the station&#8217;s short run. Big Brother began broadcasting on 88.6 FM but in this recording &#8216;Philip G&#8217; (presumably founder Philip O&#8217;Connor) announces that the station is to add 220 metres medium wave (approximately 1359 kHz) the following Monday. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter&#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":[486,46,567,151,550],"class_list":["post-5568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-486","tag-am","tag-big-brother-radio","tag-cork","tag-early-cork-series"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cork&#039;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - 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\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cork&#039;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This short recording of Big Brother Radio was made sometime early in 1981 near the beginning of the station&#8217;s short run. Big Brother began broadcasting on 88.6 FM but in this recording &#8216;Philip G&#8217; (presumably founder Philip O&#8217;Connor) announces that the station is to add 220 metres medium wave (approximately 1359 kHz) the following Monday. &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-26T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-25T21:12:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Walsh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Walsh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\",\"name\":\"Cork's Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-26T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-25T21:12:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb579c7ad730e14f91e6455b207f00\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png\",\"width\":1490,\"height\":1490},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/\",\"name\":\"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\",\"description\":\"Open Free Radio Archive\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb579c7ad730e14f91e6455b207f00\",\"name\":\"John Walsh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80a5b6baea2fd739c3be046233f2ad61?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80a5b6baea2fd739c3be046233f2ad61?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Walsh\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/author\/john\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cork's Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cork's Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","og_description":"This short recording of Big Brother Radio was made sometime early in 1981 near the beginning of the station&#8217;s short run. Big Brother began broadcasting on 88.6 FM but in this recording &#8216;Philip G&#8217; (presumably founder Philip O&#8217;Connor) announces that the station is to add 220 metres medium wave (approximately 1359 kHz) the following Monday. &hellip; Continue reading \"Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter\"","og_url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/","og_site_name":"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","article_published_time":"2022-01-26T07:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-25T21:12:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png"}],"author":"John Walsh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Walsh","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/","name":"Cork's Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png","datePublished":"2022-01-26T07:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-25T21:12:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb579c7ad730e14f91e6455b207f00"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png","width":1490,"height":1490},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/corks-big-brother-radio-adds-am-transmitter\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cork&#8217;s Big Brother Radio adds AM transmitter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/","name":"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","description":"Open Free Radio Archive","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/a6eb579c7ad730e14f91e6455b207f00","name":"John Walsh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80a5b6baea2fd739c3be046233f2ad61?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80a5b6baea2fd739c3be046233f2ad61?s=96&r=g","caption":"John Walsh"},"url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/author\/john\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5574,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568\/revisions\/5574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}