{"id":10123,"date":"2026-04-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10123"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:21:09","slug":"kids-show-magic-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/kids-show-magic-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for new kids&#8217; programme on Magic 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6338\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10123-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8123AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8123AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8123AI-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\/09\/8123AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10123-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8123AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8123AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-1024x174.jpg\" alt=\"Plans for new kids&#039; programme on Magic 103\" class=\"wp-image-10124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-1024x174.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-768x131.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-1536x262.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Magic-Car-Stickers-2048x349.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Magic 103 sticker (Anoraks Ireland Collection)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Magic 103 was an offshoot of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova, set up as an information and easy listening music service for the city. Its first full day was 29<sup>th<\/sup> April 1985 but it closed only five months later on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> September, citing financial difficulties. However, the station was also embroiled in the ongoing dispute between Nova boss Chris Cary and the National Union of Journalists, which eventually contributed to Nova&#8217;s demise in 1986. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made shortly after Magic 103 launched and features a lunchtime show presented by Dave Johnson (Andrew Hanlon), who also reads ABC Network News, simulcast on Radio Nova. The music is a mixture of easy listening, oldies and country and listeners call in for chat and requests. There are regular references to an audition for new presenters for a kids\u2019 programme called <em>Magic Hullabaloo<\/em> taking place at Magic headquarters at 144 Upper Leeson Street. Many of the hopefuls are invited into studio, including one who already hosts a show on Community Radio Fingal in north Dublin. The kids&#8217; enthusiasm and knowledge about radio provides an interesting insight to the popularity of the medium among 1980s teenagers in Dublin, but the music is definitely not aimed at them. The recording also includes sports results read by Aidan Cooney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 103.5 FM on Saturday 18<sup>th<\/sup> May 1985. Part 1 above is from 1203-1335 and Part 2 below from 1336-1508.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AI1551-192.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both recordings are from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic 103 was an offshoot of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova, set up as an information and easy listening music service for the city. Its first full day was 29th April 1985 but it closed only five months later on 22nd September, citing financial difficulties. However, the station was also embroiled in the ongoing dispute between &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/kids-show-magic-103\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Plans for new kids&#8217; programme on Magic 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":[488,148,173,564,153,172],"class_list":["post-10123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-aidan-cooney","tag-andrew-hanlon","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-magic-103"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Plans for new kids&#039; programme on Magic 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\/kids-show-magic-103\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plans for new kids&#039; programme on Magic 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Magic 103 was an offshoot of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova, set up as an information and easy listening music service for the city. 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