{"id":8553,"date":"2023-05-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8553"},"modified":"2024-03-24T00:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T00:02:05","slug":"easter-sunday-on-westside-radio-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/easter-sunday-on-westside-radio-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunday on Westside Radio International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1627\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8553-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI885-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI885-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI885-A-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\/05\/AI885-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8553-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI885-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI885-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Easter Sunday on Westside Radio International\" class=\"wp-image-8554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Prince-Terry-80wTX-08-05-1983.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Prince Terry pictured in 1983 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Westside Radio International broadcast on shortwave from Dublin on Sunday mornings between 1975 and 1989, returning in the 1990s under different names. It was one of several shortwave hobby pirates operating during that period and was steeped in the free radio spirit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording from Easter Sunday 1986 features one of the station founders Roger Lloyd (Prince Terry on air) with his trademark musical mix of rock and oldies. The other founder of Westside, Don Moore (Dr Don) died in 2021. There are generic jingles and promos for free radio, including a long advert for Anoraks Ireland. The weekly DX Programe follows, with plenty of news about the pirate scene and following Westside&#8217;s closedown, the station is to hold a QSO with fellow shortwave pirate Radio Valleri. No times are noted and there are some edits in the tape. Part 1 above begins after 1100 and Part 2 below finishes after 1300. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AI885-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 of Westside recording<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 6280 kHz on Sunday 30<sup>th<\/sup> March 1986 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westside Radio International broadcast on shortwave from Dublin on Sunday mornings between 1975 and 1989, returning in the 1990s under different names. It was one of several shortwave hobby pirates operating during that period and was steeped in the free radio spirit. This recording from Easter Sunday 1986 features one of the station founders Roger &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/easter-sunday-on-westside-radio-international\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Easter Sunday on Westside Radio International&#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":[536,564,703,607,192,34,283],"class_list":["post-8553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-easter-sunday","tag-frc","tag-roger-lloyd","tag-shortwave","tag-westside-radio-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Easter Sunday on Westside Radio International - 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\/easter-sunday-on-westside-radio-international\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Easter Sunday on Westside Radio International - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Westside Radio International broadcast on shortwave from Dublin on Sunday mornings between 1975 and 1989, returning in the 1990s under different names. 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