{"id":9467,"date":"2024-02-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9467"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:55:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:55:17","slug":"border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-ktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-sunday-afternoon-on-ktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Sunday afternoon on KTOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7772\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9467-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA05-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA05-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA05-192.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\/AIA05-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9467-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA05-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AIA05-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-1024x712.jpeg\" alt=\"Border series: Sunday afternoon on KTOK\" class=\"wp-image-4319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-1024x712.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-300x209.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-768x534.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-1536x1068.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/KTOK-landscape-2048x1424.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>KTOK flyer from 1987 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of Donegal station KTOK was made on a Sunday afternoon in the winter of 1987. On air is Dave James, formerly of offshore station Radio Caroline, with a mix of chart music, requests, community notices, entertainment guide and the Bargain Basement buy and sell slot. There are plenty of adverts in the busy pre-Christmas period from the core listening area of Counties Donegal and Sligo. John Breslin reads the news, which is dominated by that morning&#8217;s IRA attack near the cenotaph in Enniskillen, in which 12 people were killed. As a border station, KTOK was of course also audible in Co. Fermanagh.<\/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\/A05-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Sunday afternoon on KTOK\" class=\"wp-image-9468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A05-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A05-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A05-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/A05-rotated.jpg 1184w\" 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part 1 of the recording above runs from 1431-1603 and Part 2 below from 1605-1738. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AIA06-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 of the Dave James show. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tape was made on Sunday 8<sup>th<\/sup> November 1987 from 103.9 FM. KTOK also broadcast on 96 FM and 1566 kHz AM. The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Donegal station KTOK was made on a Sunday afternoon in the winter of 1987. On air is Dave James, formerly of offshore station Radio Caroline, with a mix of chart music, requests, community notices, entertainment guide and the Bargain Basement buy and sell slot. 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