Good Day Sunshine with Tony Dixon

Good Day Sunshine with Tony Dixon
Tony Dixon (left) in the Sunshine days (courtesy Marisa Dixon).

Tony Dixon (RIP) was one of the best-known DJs on Dublin’s Sunshine Radio in the 1980s, presenting Good Day Sunshine every afternoon and also a popular weekend soul programme. This recording from 1982 features part of Good Day Sunshine with the usual mix of music and chat. A commercial break includes a promo for the Sunshine Radio Roadshow in a Dublin nightclub that weekend and there’s also a weather check at half past the hour.

Tony began his radio career on early Dublin pirate Big D in the late 1970s, before moving on to Sunshine. In the licensed era, he broadcast on Dublin station FM104 but died prematurely on 25th November 2010. This recording is airchecked and was made after 3pm on 29th August 1982 from 100.5 FM. Thanks to Shay Geoghegan for the donation.