{"id":6195,"date":"2022-05-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6195"},"modified":"2022-05-02T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T08:27:06","slug":"weekend-sports-show-on-radio-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/weekend-sports-show-on-radio-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend sports show on Radio West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2320\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6195-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.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\/05\/19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6195-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19830813_Radio_West_sports_show_765_Aber_TI.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-1024x522.jpeg\" alt=\"Weekend sports show on Radio West\" class=\"wp-image-6194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-1024x522.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-768x392.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-1536x784.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Radio-West-Car-Stickers-2048x1045.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio West car sticker (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the claims of its opponents, the Irish pirate radio era was about so much more than pop stations playing nothing but the Top 40. Around the country, many pirates became popular and credible sources of news and information in their own regions, offering a real local alternative to RT\u00c9. One area where pirate radio really had the edge was sports coverage, especially of local GAA matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of popular midlands station Radio West was made in the summer of 1983 and is of a Saturday afternoon sports show with local results and interviews. One such interview features a GAA club in Longford and the recording is a good example of how many pirates, particularly outside Dublin, were templates for the licensed local radio of today. The presenters are unidentified and there are no timechecks but we know that the recording was made on Saturday 13<sup>th<\/sup> August 1983 from 765 kHz AM in Aberystwyth on the west Wales coast. The transmitter was capable of running up to 10kW of power at the time, and with Aberystwyth about 250 km from the Radio West site in Co. Westmeath, the recording shows that the station&#8217;s groundwave reception was good well beyond its core coverage area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the claims of its opponents, the Irish pirate radio era was about so much more than pop stations playing nothing but the Top 40. Around the country, many pirates became popular and credible sources of news and information in their own regions, offering a real local alternative to RT\u00c9. 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