{"id":918,"date":"2019-09-14T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T09:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=918"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:16:59","slug":"documentary-history-of-community-radio-youghal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-history-of-community-radio-youghal\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9570\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-918-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BornInTheUSA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BornInTheUSA.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BornInTheUSA.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\/09\/BornInTheUSA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=918-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BornInTheUSA.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BornInTheUSA.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal\" class=\"wp-image-1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b-999x1024.jpg 999w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b-1498x1536.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_running_1981_b.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The farmhouse near Youghal from where CRY broadcast in its early pirate days (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2019, Community Radio Youghal celebrated 40 years since it began broadcasting as a pirate from the east Cork town. CRY was licensed as a community radio station in 1995 but its history stretches back to 1979 when it began broadcasting without a licence. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/dxarchive.com\/ireland_a_to_z_irish_pirates_community_radio_youghal.html\">DX Archive<\/a> site for more photos and history of CRY&#8217;s pirate days. You can listen to the current CRY <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cry104fm.com\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_1981_b-1003x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal\" class=\"wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_1981_b-1003x1024.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_1981_b-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_1981_b-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ireland_youghal_cry_barn_1981_b.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A ladder leading to the studio at the farmhouse (courtesy Ian Biggar\/DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A special documentary, <em>Born in the USA<\/em>, aired by CRY on July 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2019 to mark its 40<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, was funded by the then Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. We thank CRY Manager Darragh Parker and Programme Director Justin Maher for granting us permission to share this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 2019, Community Radio Youghal celebrated 40 years since it began broadcasting as a pirate from the east Cork town. CRY was licensed as a community radio station in 1995 but its history stretches back to 1979 when it began broadcasting without a licence. See the DX Archive site for more photos &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-history-of-community-radio-youghal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal&#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":[98],"tags":[46,24,207,151,307],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-am","tag-community-radio","tag-community-radio-youghal","tag-cork","tag-noel-cronin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal - 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\/documentary-history-of-community-radio-youghal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documentary: history of Community Radio Youghal - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the summer of 2019, Community Radio Youghal celebrated 40 years since it began broadcasting as a pirate from the east Cork town. 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