{"id":7731,"date":"2023-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2023-01-17T18:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:22:00","slug":"eddie-coady-on-crystal-city-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/eddie-coady-on-crystal-city-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1084\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7731-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-B-192.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\/2023\/01\/8071AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7731-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8071AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"978\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/19860900-WaterfordMag-small-1024x978.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound\" class=\"wp-image-7735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/19860900-WaterfordMag-small-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/19860900-WaterfordMag-small-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/19860900-WaterfordMag-small-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/19860900-WaterfordMag-small.jpg 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Profile of Eddie Coady from Waterford Magazine, 1986 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Crystal City Sound broadcast from Waterford city from 1985-1988, replacing an earlier station, Suirside Radio. Crystal City Sound retained the AM frequency of 1332 kHz and also broadcast on FM. It changed its name to NCR in April 1988, closing down at the deadline of 31<sup>st<\/sup> December. The station claimed to offer a broader range of programmes than other Waterford pirates WLR and ABC. In this recording from its early days in 1985, the final few minutes of Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s show are heard before station manager Sandra Penkert reads lunchtime news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crystal-City-Sounds-Car-stickers-CU-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound\" class=\"wp-image-7736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crystal-City-Sounds-Car-stickers-CU-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crystal-City-Sounds-Car-stickers-CU-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crystal-City-Sounds-Car-stickers-CU-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Crystal-City-Sounds-Car-stickers-CU.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Crystal City Sound car stickers (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra is followed by Eddie Coady (RIP) with his Saturday sports show, featuring plenty of racing results. Some adverts for local businesses are heard but Crystal City Sound clearly had yet to establish a stronger commercial base in the city. Eddie was a popular local DJ and huge Elvis fan who also ran a chip shop and he was well known in the city. He died tragically in a car crash in 1994.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-Crystal-1024x344.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound\" class=\"wp-image-7763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-Crystal-1024x344.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-Crystal-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-Crystal-768x258.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/8071AI-Crystal.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made on 9<sup>th<\/sup> November 1985 from 97.8 FM between 1300-1347. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal City Sound broadcast from Waterford city from 1985-1988, replacing an earlier station, Suirside Radio. Crystal City Sound retained the AM frequency of 1332 kHz and also broadcast on FM. It changed its name to NCR in April 1988, closing down at the deadline of 31st December. The station claimed to offer a broader range &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/eddie-coady-on-crystal-city-sound\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound&#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":[152],"tags":[488,564,267,626,165],"class_list":["post-7731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-crystal-city-sound","tag-eddie-coady","tag-waterford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound - 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\/eddie-coady-on-crystal-city-sound\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eddie Coady on Crystal City Sound - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Crystal City Sound broadcast from Waterford city from 1985-1988, replacing an earlier station, Suirside Radio. 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