{"id":9177,"date":"2023-12-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T12:37:20","slug":"rick-whelan-on-waterford-local-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/rick-whelan-on-waterford-local-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2016\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9177-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8084AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8084AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8084AI-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\/11\/8084AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9177-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/8084AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8084AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WLR-Studio-Photo-with-Rick-Whelan-1-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WLR-Studio-Photo-with-Rick-Whelan-1-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WLR-Studio-Photo-with-Rick-Whelan-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WLR-Studio-Photo-with-Rick-Whelan-1-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WLR-Studio-Photo-with-Rick-Whelan-1.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Undated photo of Rick Whelan during WLR&#8217;s pirate days (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of the longest running pirate stations of its era, broadcasting from 23<sup>rd<\/sup> June 1978 to 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988. It was founded by Rick Whelan in his garage in Butlerstown west of Waterford City and was managed for 10 years by Rick&#8217;s brother Des until the pirate closedowns. The station was one of a handful pirates to be licensed and returned to the air as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrfm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WLR FM<\/a> on 8th September 1989. Des Whelan was managing director until his retirement in 2024 and Rick continues to present on the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording features Rick Whelan on his morning show in the weeks before Christmas 1986. News on the half-hour is read by Denise Wall and there are also sports results and a community noticeboard. Adverts cover Counties Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary and the station tagline is <em>WLR &#8211; South East Radio<\/em>. The name of the company behind WLR was and continues to be the South East Broadcasting Company. This is separate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southeastradio.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South East Radio<\/a>, the licensed station for Wexford. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8084AI-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8084AI-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8084AI-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8084AI-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8084AI-rotated.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original cassette inlay from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The tape was made on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> December 1986 from 100 FM and runs from 0906-1042. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. WLR also broadcast on 88.8 FM and 1197 kHz (252 metres) medium wave.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of the longest running pirate stations of its era, broadcasting from 23rd June 1978 to 31st December 1988. It was founded by Rick Whelan in his garage in Butlerstown west of Waterford City and was managed for 10 years by Rick&#8217;s brother Des until the pirate closedowns. The station &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/rick-whelan-on-waterford-local-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio&#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":[536,564,683,165,123],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-rick-whelan","tag-waterford","tag-waterford-local-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio - 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\/rick-whelan-on-waterford-local-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rick Whelan on Waterford Local Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of the longest running pirate stations of its era, broadcasting from 23rd June 1978 to 31st December 1988. 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