{"id":798,"date":"2019-02-08T19:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=798"},"modified":"2021-08-06T20:46:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T19:46:58","slug":"full-recording-klas-98-5-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-klas-98-5-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Full recording: KLAS 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9095\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-798-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=798-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"KLAS-David-Baker-show.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"Full recording: KLAS 98\" class=\"wp-image-3277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287-1536x1050.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ireland_dublin_klas_djlee_dbaker_0287.jpg 1781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: DJ Lee and David Baker (photo courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dublin pirates were not all about pop and some stations served niche audiences or specific demographics. One station playing easy listening and classical music was KLAS which broadcast on 98.5 FM from November 1986 until the end of 1988. The station was established by Radio Carousel boss Hugh Hardy from his home in the suburb of Sutton but after a change in management it changed its name slightly to Class Radio and moved to the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from early 1987 (we don&#8217;t have an exact date) and features David Baker on air. There are also agency ads and jingles. Thanks to David for the recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear an interview with David Baker about his involvement in KLAS <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-dave-baker-klas\/\">here<\/a>. Co-founder of this site John Walsh was also involved in KLAS and has recorded his memories <a href=\"https:\/\/wirelessflirt.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/16\/a-cure-head-trapped-in-tranquillity-memories-of-klas-98-5-fm\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dublin pirates were not all about pop and some stations served niche audiences or specific demographics. One station playing easy listening and classical music was KLAS which broadcast on 98.5 FM from November 1986 until the end of 1988. The station was established by Radio Carousel boss Hugh Hardy from his home in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-klas-98-5-fm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Full recording: KLAS 98&#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":[505,27,153,81,80,116],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-505","tag-david-baker","tag-dublin","tag-hugh-hardy","tag-klas","tag-radio-carousel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Full recording: KLAS 98 - 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\/full-recording-klas-98-5-fm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Full recording: KLAS 98 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dublin pirates were not all about pop and some stations served niche audiences or specific demographics. 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