Summer breakfast show on Dublin’s Q102

Summer breakfast show on Dublin's Q102
Q102 logo from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection).

Scott Williams was one of the leading DJs on Dublin super-pirate Q102 (1985-1988) and opened Ireland’s first licensed independent station Capital Radio in July 1989. In this recording from four years earlier, he is heard presenting the Q breakfast with a mix of chart music, the ‘Bits and pieces’ competition and headlines and the newspaper review by Anne Cassin. There are also promos for a £10 giveaway to listeners on the streets of Dublin and for the hospital requests slot each afternoon. Commercial breaks feature the usual mixture of well-known Dublin businesses and agency adverts.

Summer breakfast show on Dublin's Q102
Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection.

The recording was made from 102 FM from 0726-0811 on Thursday 25th July 1985. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection donated by Paul Davidson.