{"id":10005,"date":"2024-08-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:50:30","slug":"music-in-the-early-hours-on-energy-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/music-in-the-early-hours-on-energy-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Music in the early hours on Energy 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2492\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10005-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AI785-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AI785-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AI785-192.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AI785-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10005-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AI785-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI785-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-889x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Music in the early hours on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-10012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-889x1024.jpg 889w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-768x884.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-1334x1536.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/19860801-HealthBeauty-Energy-LR-1779x2048.jpg 1779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magazine advert for Energy 103 in 1986 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Energy 103 was one of Dublin\u2019s most popular radio stations in the 1980s. Emerging from the ashes of Radio Nova, it began broadcasting on 29<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986 and quickly built a solid listenership and advertising base. The station closed suddenly on 11<sup>th<\/sup> March 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, live radio programming is rare in the evenings, let alone overnight but back in the pirate era, many stations broadcast live around the clock. Although automatic options were sometimes used, larger stations could afford to pay an overnight DJ and maintain a live connection with listeners in the early hours. This recording gives a flavour of such overnight programming on Energy 103 in the autumn of 1986. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up is Mike Kingston\u2019s show from 0131-0219 on Monday 15<sup>th<\/sup> September. He is followed by Alan Burns from 0127-0215 on Tuesday 16<sup>th<\/sup> September. Given the time of night, the musical mix is relaxed and talk is minimal. There are no adverts or news but a smattering of requests intersperses the records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 103 FM. Energy 103 also broadcast on 738 kHz AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy 103 was one of Dublin\u2019s most popular radio stations in the 1980s. Emerging from the ashes of Radio Nova, it began broadcasting on 29th April 1986 and quickly built a solid listenership and advertising base. The station closed suddenly on 11th March 1988. These days, live radio programming is rare in the evenings, let &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/music-in-the-early-hours-on-energy-103\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Music in the early hours on Energy 103&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[536,564,153,12],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-energy-103"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Music in the early hours on Energy 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/music-in-the-early-hours-on-energy-103\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Music in the early hours on Energy 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Energy 103 was one of Dublin\u2019s most popular radio stations in the 1980s. 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