{"id":9426,"date":"2024-01-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:15:32","slug":"border-series-mid-morning-on-donegals-ktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-mid-morning-on-donegals-ktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#8217;s KTOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4884\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9426-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA01-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA01-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA01-192.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\/AIA01-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9426-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA01-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AIA01-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-1024x737.jpeg\" alt=\"Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#039;s KTOK\" class=\"wp-image-9428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-1024x737.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-768x553.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-1536x1106.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/KTOK-Rate-Card-2048x1474.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>KTOK rate card from 1987 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>KTOK was one of several stations broadcasting from Co. Donegal during the pirate era. It was established in Donegal Town in the summer of 1987 by Russ Padmore, who worked previously for North West Community Radio in Buncrana. KTOK broadcast on 1566 kHz AM and on 96, 98 and 103 MHz FM. As well as Donegal, it claimed to have listeners in Sligo and Leitrim as well as across the border in Derry, Fermanagh and Tyrone. The station closed down in line with new broadcasting legislation on New Year&#8217;s Eve 1988. Russ Padmore now works for the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of KTOK was made on a Wednesday morning in the winter of 1987 and features Paul Cooke on air. There are plenty of adverts for businesses in Sligo and Donegal, many featuring the voice of Russ Padmore. Paul also presents a buy and sell section and local entertainment guide. News on the hour is read by John Breslin, with a half-hourly update by the DJ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A01-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#039;s KTOK\" class=\"wp-image-9427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A01-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A01-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A01-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A01-rotated.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette inlay from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made from 96 FM from 1104-1247 on 4<sup>th<\/sup> November 1987 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KTOK was one of several stations broadcasting from Co. 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As well as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-mid-morning-on-donegals-ktok\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#8217;s KTOK&#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":[505,564,260,459,458],"class_list":["post-9426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-505","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-ktok"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#039;s KTOK - 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\/border-series-mid-morning-on-donegals-ktok\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: mid-morning on Donegal&#039;s KTOK - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KTOK was one of several stations broadcasting from Co. 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