{"id":6055,"date":"2022-04-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2022-04-12T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:25:04","slug":"twiggs-fm-from-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/twiggs-fm-from-galway\/","title":{"rendered":"Twiggs FM from Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4461\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6055-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8013AI-B.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8013AI-B.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8013AI-B.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\/04\/8013AI-B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6055-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8013AI-B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8013AI-B.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1003\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-1024x1003.jpg\" alt=\"Twiggs FM from Galway\" class=\"wp-image-6056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-1536x1504.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Twiggs-FM-1988-Calendar-Rate-Card-1-2048x2005.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Twiggs FM 1988 calendar (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Twiggs FM was a short-lived pirate station from Galway broadcasting for about six months at the end of 1987 and beginning of 1988. Called after a nightclub of the same name in Salthill, it was set up by local man Shane Martin and Alan Russell from Dublin who had established another Galway station, Atlantic Sound, in 1984. Alan was also a founder of Dublin station Capitol Radio (1975 and 1978-1981). When Twiggs FM was wound down, DJs either moved to other Galway stations such as County Sound and Coast 103, returned to Dublin or emigrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8014AI-Twiggs-1024x261.jpg\" alt=\"Twiggs FM from Galway\" class=\"wp-image-6061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8014AI-Twiggs-1024x261.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8014AI-Twiggs-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8014AI-Twiggs-768x196.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/8014AI-Twiggs.jpg 1461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Handwritten cassette label from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording from 11<sup>th<\/sup> November 1987 is of a morning show presented by Mike Richardson, apparently in the middle of a storm (Twiggs FM was located on the promenade facing the Atlantic Ocean). A founder of Big L Radio in Limerick, Mike provided the transmitter and studio equipment for Twiggs FM and did shows when he was in Galway. The recording was made from 98.2 FM in stereo from 0912-0937 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.  Thanks to Alan Russell and Shane Martin for background information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twiggs FM was a short-lived pirate station from Galway broadcasting for about six months at the end of 1987 and beginning of 1988. 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