 "Seascapes", which has been running since the 1990s, is one of the most popular night-time programmes on RTÉ Radio 1.It commenced in 1989 as a 15-minute filler on maritime matters by Tom McSweeney who had been RTÉ's Southern Correspondent based in Cork for many years and became the station's first Marine Correspondent.The programme was later extended to a 30-minute slot and is now first broadcast each week on a Friday night.