{"id":9230,"date":"2023-12-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9230"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:19:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:19:31","slug":"waterford-local-radio-prepares-for-closedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/waterford-local-radio-prepares-for-closedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7535\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9230-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8085AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8085AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8085AI-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\/12\/8085AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9230-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/8085AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8085AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1-1024x453.jpg\" alt=\"Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown\" class=\"wp-image-9175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1-1536x680.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/andy_carter_wlr_general_ND-1.jpg 1868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>WLR compliments slip (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of Ireland\u2019s most successful and long-running pirates, broadcasting from 1978 to 1988, and it was one of the few pirates to be licensed in 1989. This recording was made 48 hours before the pirate station closed down in line with new broadcasting legislation. On air is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrfm.com\/shows\/seans-saturday-sunrise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Se\u00e1n Organ<\/a>, formerly of Suirside Radio, who continues to broadcast on the licensed WLR FM today. News is read by Clodagh Walsh, who went on to work as a journalist in the new independent radio sector and RT\u00c9. Station idents cover Counties Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny, reflecting WLR\u2019s coverage area. There are references to the impending station closedown at 6pm on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 and a reminder to listeners to support WLR\u2019s licence application, which had already been endorsed by over 100 community groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8085AI-A-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown\" class=\"wp-image-9351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8085AI-A-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8085AI-A-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8085AI-A-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8085AI-A-rotated.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette inlay from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 88.9 FM on Wednesday, 28<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 from 1348-1433. There is some wobble in the recording due to cassette degradation in places. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of Ireland\u2019s most successful and long-running pirates, broadcasting from 1978 to 1988, and it was one of the few pirates to be licensed in 1989. This recording was made 48 hours before the pirate station closed down in line with new broadcasting legislation. On air is Se\u00e1n Organ, formerly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/waterford-local-radio-prepares-for-closedown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown&#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":[487,564,165,123],"class_list":["post-9230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","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>Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown - 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\/waterford-local-radio-prepares-for-closedown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Waterford Local Radio prepares for closedown - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Waterford Local Radio (WLR) was one of Ireland\u2019s most successful and long-running pirates, broadcasting from 1978 to 1988, and it was one of the few pirates to be licensed in 1989. 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