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Charlie Gillen looks back to the days when folk listened to the boxing matches from America on a wireless powered by a wet battery in a glass jar.

Charlie Gillen takes us back to the days when folk listened to the boxing matches from America on a wireless powered by a wet battery in a glass jar. In Larne, David Hume is creating American Dreams, a new performance piece for the Friends' Goodwill Festival, and Audrey Wales, the Mayor of Mid and East Antrim tells John Watt why it's important to remember the first known emigrant ship from Ulster to cross the Atlantic, exactly three hundred years ago. Meanwhile, Liz Hoy, Kist's own poem hunter, has discovered another gem.

27 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 May 2017 19:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 May 2017 18:03
  • Wed 17 May 2017 19:30