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Midnight megamix from Tamango’s on Sunshine Radio

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Midnight megamix from Tamango's on Sunshine Radio
Sunshine sticker from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection).

Sunshine Radio (1980-1988) was located behind the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock on the north Dublin coast. The hotel itself and the adjoining Tamango’s nightclub were regular advertisers on Sunshine, and the station frequently broadcast live club nights from Tamango’s at the weekend.

Midnight megamix from Tamango's on Sunshine Radio
Advert for Sands Hotel including Tamango’s logo in the Sunshine Review 1985 (courtesy DX Archive).

This recording from just before Christmas 1985 features part of the Midnight Megamix with Jim Kenny (RIP), broadcast live from Tamango’s. News is read by Joyce Jackson, who would go to to work in RTÉ in the 1990s. The recording was made from 101.5 FM from 0049-1037 on Sunday 15th December 1985 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.