{"id":7351,"date":"2022-11-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7351"},"modified":"2022-10-30T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T16:55:46","slug":"paul-vincent-on-galways-wls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/paul-vincent-on-galways-wls\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Vincent on Galway&#8217;s WLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8651\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7351-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.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\/10\/19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7351-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19860700_WLS_Brendan_Mee_aka_Paul_Vincent_events_aircheck_BM.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WLS-Prospect-Hill-Galway-3-05-1986-1-999x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Paul Vincent on Galway&#039;s WLS\" class=\"wp-image-6885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WLS-Prospect-Hill-Galway-3-05-1986-1-999x1024.jpeg 999w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WLS-Prospect-Hill-Galway-3-05-1986-1-293x300.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WLS-Prospect-Hill-Galway-3-05-1986-1-768x787.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WLS-Prospect-Hill-Galway-3-05-1986-1.jpeg 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Exterior of WLS studios in Prospect Hill Galway in 1986 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Vincent (aka Brendan Mee) was a DJ on the Galway pirate WLS and later did stints on the border pirate Zee 103 and the offshore station the Voice of Peace. This airchecked recording is of him on an undated show from July 1986, which includes a detailed events guide for Galway for the late summer and autumn. The clip below is of Brendan reading the WLS midday news bulletin on Thursday 19th June 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/19860619_WLS_news_Paul_Vincent_BM.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>WLS news on 19.06.1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for Brendan Mee for the donation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Vincent (aka Brendan Mee) was a DJ on the Galway pirate WLS and later did stints on the border pirate Zee 103 and the offshore station the Voice of Peace. 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