County Sound
(1987 - 1988)
94.3MHz -
101MHz - 96.4MHz - 98.5MHz
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Thanks to Benen for supplying the following information on County Sound FM, as well as the above logo and his business card below. County Sound FM originated from Tuam for its first 6 - 8 months but then moved studios to Galway where it broadcast on 101FM from Prospect Hill in the city, on 94.3FM from Abbeyknockmoy (for the county) and locally on 98.5FM to Ballinasloe and West Roscommon. The station broadcast live 24hrs/day and was by far the most listened to in the county from it's inception on March 17th 1987 right up to closure at midnight on December 31st 1988. |
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County Sound Radio Audio Library
| 1987_12_25_fri_countysound_943fms_1750-1835_martinfitzsimmons_benentierney-ai.mp3 New May 2026 | Christmas Day with Martin Fitzsimmons followed at 6pm by Benen Tierney. Recorded from 94.3MHz in stereo. This tape forms part of the Anoraks Ireland Collection donated to DCU by Paul Davidson. |
100MB 47mins |
| 1988_02_02_tue_countysound_943fm_1902-1949_tommyryan-gh989.mp3 New Mar 2026 | Tommy Ryan on Tuesday evening 2nd February 1988. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
64MB 46mins |
| 1988_02_02_tue_countysound_943fm_1950-2037_tommyryan-gh989.mp3 New Mar 2026 | A continuation of the above Tommy Ryan show on Tuesday 2nd February 1988. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
64MB 46mins |
| 1988_08_02_tue_countysound_101fm_0001-0240_jonrichards-sw.mp3 New Mar 2026 | In the days when station's had 'live' shows through the night, here is Jon Richards on Tuesday 2nd August 1988. On this overnight show, Jon discusses the previous bank holiday weekend's Michael Jackson concert in Cork with some phone callers. This section is between just after mighnight and 2:40am. Recorded from 101MHz in mono and by kind courtesy of Steve West. The bit rate is a little low for an FM recording (64k), but is reasonably clear. |
74MB 160mins |
| 1988_08_02_tue_countysound_101fm_0302-0940_jonrichards_tommykaye_jeffcollins-sw.mp3 New Mar 2026 | Another long recording, this time 6 hours, from just after 3am, three more hour of Jon Richards. Then at 6am Jon hands over to Tommy Kaye for the breakfast show. Recorded from 101MHz in mono and courtesy of Steve West. Again, the bit rate is 64k. |
186MB 398mins |
| 1988_08_27_sat_countysound_943fm_1538-1625_karlturner-gh862.mp3 New Mar 2026 | Saturday afternoon 2nd October 1988 with Karl Turner. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
65MB 47mins |
| 1988_08_27_sat_countysound_943fm_1626-1713_karlturner-gh862.mp3 New Mar 2026 | Continuing the Karl Turner show from above on Saturday 27th August 1988. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
65MB 47mins |
| 1988_10_02_sun_countysound_943fm_1737-1823_jeffcollins_bigsam-gh858.mp3 New Mar 2026 | Late Sunday afternoon 2nd October 1988 with Jeff Collins until 6pm, followed by Big Sam. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
64MB 46mins |
| 1988_10_02_sun_countysound_943fm_1824-1910_bigsam-gh858.mp3 New Mar 2026 | More of Big Sam following on from the above recording. Recorded from 94.3MHz in mono. |
64MB 46mins |
| 1988_12_31_sat_countysound_101fm_2234-2400_benentierney_tommykelly_final_closedown-rw.mp3 New Jan 2021 | The final 90 minutes of County Sound Radio up until midnight on Saturday 31st December 1988 with Benen Tierney and Tommy Kelly. Many thank to radiowaves.fm for the use of this recording made from the 101.0MHz Galway transmitter. | 211MB 88mins |
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