Coast 103 Galway

[Guest]

Can anyone remember any of the jocks from this station, and where are they now?

[Guest]

Can anybody even remember the station.

Details anyone?

When were they on etc.

[VO Guy]

The station was around the late 80s. I think Tony Allen did the vos.

[021]

I remember a very shortlived relay of Coast 103 from Galway appearing in Cork City in September 1988! The reason why I remember it being September was because they were running promos for an Outside Broadcast to mark Galway being in the all-Ireland hurling final!

It was around the 103 mark on the dial (hadn't a digitial tuner at the time to say the exact freq)
I presume this transmitter was rebroadcasting Coast 103's Limerick transmitter.
As I said it was very shortlived, only on for maybe 2 weeks or so.

Romano's South Coast Radio may have had something to do with providing the relay, because I remember them saying hello to Romano listening in Cork on the air!

[Guest]

Re: Coast 103 Galway

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Originally posted by VO Guy
Anyone remember any of the jocks from Coast??
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Yeah - Keith York, Jon Richards (both moved to County Sound Galway, ran by Benin Tierney), Steve Marshall, Don Allen etc. This was WLS FM risin from the ashes. Maybe some more of these guys moved to County Sound also.

[Rig For Sale]

Originally posted by Lady Zee
Re: Coast 103 Galway

Yeah - Keith York, Jon Richards (both moved to County Sound Galway, ran by Benin Tierney), Steve Marshall, Don Allen etc. This was WLS FM risin from the ashes. Maybe some more of these guys moved to County Sound also.

Nah........Jon Richards NEVER had anything to do with Coast, as my as he would have love to be involved. He was with the country and Irish station.

Yorkie, Steve, Don, Richie, Walshie and even Tony Allen on occasion 'banged' out those hit. What a slick station it was......

[Guest]

Yep..... you're right rig. I had to check my records, but J. Richards moved directly from WLS to County Sound (nice jingle pack too).

Where are all those guys now??????????????

[Liamo]

Most of the crew from Hits 954 in Limerick (a spin-off from ABC Waterford, if I remember correctly) moved up there too, AFAIK - Stuart Clarke was definitely there, and I remember promos for "Coast Hot Hits 103"....."Ireland's first pan-western broadcasting medium" being run on Hits old 101 tx in Limerick.....think that idea died a death pretty quickly, though.

I have some recordings somewhere, so will root them out and put them on the website http://homepage.eircom.net/~liambyrne

[Steve Marshall]

Some of the Jocks that worked on Coast 103

Keith York

Stuart Clarke

Dave Shearer

Ger Sweeney

Steve Marshall

Tony Allan

Brian McCoy

Barry"The Bounce" Williams

John Mooney

Shane Finnety

Brian Walsh

and a few others!

and of course on sales John Fulham and others!

Coast came on air around 1987 and stayed on until 31/12/88

and the next day..restarted as Quinncentennial Radio the next day:)



Great outside broadcasts, real tight slick station, great music,
and most of all one of the best broadcast teams ever in a radio station!

Also Tim Richardson of Richardson's Bar in Eyre Square, last time I looked had a picture of the Coast 103 team in the bar, in pride of place:)

Jon Richards never worked for Coast 103, however he did work for WLS, and then moved to County Sound

Don Allen was involved with Radio West!

Plus we did broadcast to Galway, Limerick, and Cork!

Really fun radio station!

[Steve Marshall]

and Yes of course Stuart Clarke, now star Journo with Hot Press!

[Steve Marshall]

and of Ritchie O'Shea..now with Red Fm in Cork!

[Liamo]

One memory I have of Coast was during their overnight relay of Nova Europe with Liam Quigley at around 1/1.30 am one weekday morning....

Quigley played a request for anyone listening to the Coast 103 relay in "Galway in the west of Ireland", and for the crew who were listening in Richardson's Bar in Galway, then realised the time, paused, and added "aaaah, shouldn't you be heading home by now, guys?"

Never did hear whether the cops had been listening at the time.....

[Steve Marshall]

Before Coast relayed the Nova Night Network, we rebroadcast early transmissions of Richard Branson's Radio Radio....

[Brian Walsh]

Those were the days alright Steve. I actually had Yorkie round the last day with a plan for a temp licence in Galway over the summer, now that should be a blast down memory lane and worth the trip !

[herbert]

Nice one Walshie, Galway is in bad need of some exciting radio, just like the good old days!

[Brian Walsh]

I'll keep you posted on the events as they unfold like !

[djkrisp]

oooops Walshie,was that not a 'secret'...Good to see the York man back on form too.

[Yoda]

Thanks for the name check ..NOT!. What have I done on you now? :notworthy
I then I looked at page 2 and it wasn't so bad. :dunce:

[Brian Walsh]

and of Ritchie O'Shea..now with Red Fm in Cork!

Just to be sure to be sure, so I was, so I am! But am not so sure if anything is going ahead now like.......

[Steve Marshall]

Of course historians of Galway Radio will know that Ritchie O'Shea also worked for Atlantic Sound and also WLS, as did of course Pam Wilson

[Steve Marshall]

Oh yes nearly forgot a couple of other people who did shows for Coast 103 were John Mooney and Brian McCoy

[Yoda]

Oh my god, little Mooney. I had totally forgotten about him.
It must be almost time for a reunion .... again

[Steve Marshall]

Mine's a pint of Stout! and a packet of crisps and of course a Supermacs burger!

[Steve Marshall]

a couple of others.....


Brian Davis

Tommy from Salthill

and of course the late John Steele aka Carl Turner

[Steve Marshall]

Here's another Galway name from the past who I heard from via e-mail the other day

Sean Costello who was on Atlantic Sound 1026 Home Of The Hits

[Liamo]

It must be almost time for a reunion .... again

Is Richardson's Bar still there ;)

[Brian Walsh]

Sure is............so it is !

[Paul Milne]

Brian hows it going like !! did yee not work their years
ago?

[Steve Marshall]

Yup Richardsons is still there, with a great pic of the late Tim Richardson there too:)

Tim was also a great member of the Coast 103 team:)

Nice guy as well

Young Yoda mentioned a reunion, it would seem that a member of the Coast 103 gang is getting married later this year congrats:)

[Brian Walsh]

Brian hows it going like !! did yee not work their years
ago?

The pub or the station like? Certainly spent enought time in the pub though....but it's hard to imagine all that (Atlantic - WLS - Coast) started almost 25 years ago and I'm still only a young lad like !

[Yoda]

A stag party might a good cover story for a reunion be..