{"id":9355,"date":"2024-01-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9355"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:51:57","slug":"sunday-night-oldies-on-waterford-local-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-night-oldies-on-waterford-local-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday night oldies on Waterford Local Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5128\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9355-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-192.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\/2024\/01\/AI312251-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI312251-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday night oldies on Waterford Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WLR-logo-square-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Early WLR logo (courtesy Colin Kennedy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of John O&#8217;Shea with a Sunday night oldies show on the popular southeast station Waterford Local Radio (WLR), which broadcast from 1978-1988. The programme includes requests from listeners, lost and found notices, a competition and a featured artist. Plenty of adverts are aired for businesses in Waterford and surrounding towns. Sound quality is generally good but there is some variation in audio levels, especially during commercial breaks. John O&#8217;Shea continues to broadcast on the licensed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrfm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WLR FM<\/a> today. In this recording, he is followed by Conor Halpin with the <em>Guilty but Insane<\/em> show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-1024x803.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday night oldies on Waterford Local Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AI312251-rotated.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was recorded from 99.9 FM between 2044 and 2216 on 8<sup>th<\/sup> August 1982. WLR also broadcast on 88.8 FM and 1197 kHz (252 metres). The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording is of John O&#8217;Shea with a Sunday night oldies show on the popular southeast station Waterford Local Radio (WLR), which broadcast from 1978-1988. The programme includes requests from listeners, lost and found notices, a competition and a featured artist. Plenty of adverts are aired for businesses in Waterford and surrounding towns. 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