{"id":9885,"date":"2024-05-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9885"},"modified":"2024-05-27T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T16:14:08","slug":"lunchtime-on-radio-phoenix-from-limerick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/lunchtime-on-radio-phoenix-from-limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime on Radio Phoenix from Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3696\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9885-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI1222-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI1222-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI1222-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\/2024\/05\/AI1222-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9885-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI1222-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI1222-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Phoenix-Radio-Limerick-12-12-1984-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lunchtime on Radio Phoenix from Limerick\" class=\"wp-image-9886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Phoenix-Radio-Limerick-12-12-1984-1.jpg 882w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Phoenix-Radio-Limerick-12-12-1984-1-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Phoenix-Radio-Limerick-12-12-1984-1-768x794.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Phoenix studio in December 1984 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Phoenix was a small Limerick station broadcasting in 1984 and 1985 and linked to other later similar pirates in the city. In a report by Tony Donlon for <em>Contact<\/em> magazine from the World DX Club on 28<sup>th<\/sup> January 1985, Radio Phoenix is listed on 99.4 FM with broadcasting hours from 0730-0000. Tony wrote that the station had previously operated for around eight months as Radio Ormond in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary (November 1983 to end of September 1984). Radio Phoenix went through several name changes over the years including the Limerick Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), Munster Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Stereo Radio Munster. In his list of 18<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986 in <em>Contact<\/em>, Tony Donlon includes LBC on 95.5 and 98.5 FM with an address at Blackboy House, Mulgrave Street, Limerick. In a letter to Ian Biggar on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> August 1986, Tony wrote that the Munster Broadcasting Corporation had a notorious habit of changing name, previously calling themselves LBC, Nova Limerick and much earlier Radio Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man behind all of these stations was Bernard Rooney, who called himself Will Rogers on air. This recording of Radio Phoenix was made from 99.3 FM on Wednesday 12<sup>th<\/sup> December 1984 from 1310-1355 and features Will Rogers himself in his usual lunchtime slot. An AM frequency of 1560 kHz or 190 metres is also announced, but this was in fact the spot claimed by rival Limerick station Big L at the same time. There is no log of Radio Phoenix on anything other than FM so the claim to be on AM also may have been wishful thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection. Thanks to Ian Biggar for background information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Phoenix was a small Limerick station broadcasting in 1984 and 1985 and linked to other later similar pirates in the city. In a report by Tony Donlon for Contact magazine from the World DX Club on 28th January 1985, Radio Phoenix is listed on 99.4 FM with broadcasting hours from 0730-0000. Tony wrote that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/lunchtime-on-radio-phoenix-from-limerick\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lunchtime on Radio Phoenix from Limerick&#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":[537,564,224,712,713],"class_list":["post-9885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-limerick","tag-radio-phoenix-limerick","tag-will-rogers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lunchtime on Radio Phoenix from Limerick - 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\/lunchtime-on-radio-phoenix-from-limerick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lunchtime on Radio Phoenix from Limerick - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Phoenix was a small Limerick station broadcasting in 1984 and 1985 and linked to other later similar pirates in the city. 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