{"id":10216,"date":"2024-10-21T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10216"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:26:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:26:53","slug":"death-of-michael-reade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/death-of-michael-reade\/","title":{"rendered":"Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9569\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10216-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AI2217-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AI2217-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AI2217-A-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\/10\/AI2217-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10216-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AI2217-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI2217-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade\" class=\"wp-image-10217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Michael-Reade-ex-LMFM-21-10-2024.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael Reade pictured on the LMFM website (courtesy https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The death was announced on 21<sup>st<\/sup> October 2024 of Michael Reade, who presented a current affairs show on the independent radio station for Louth and Meath,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/\"> LMFM<\/a>, for the past 21 years. Michael announced in September 2024 that he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and was very sick. Earlier that year, his long-running show on LMFM was awarded the IMRO radio award for best current affairs programme on local radio. We extend condolences to Michael&#8217;s family and friends. RIP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like so many other broadcasters of his era, Michael got his first experience in pirate radio as a teenager. He was just 15 when he first broadcast in 1981 and went on to present rock shows on Dublin stations Radio City, Radio Annabel and Capitol Radio. His daily programme on Capitol in 1988 was promoted as the country&#8217;s only rock breakfast show, reflecting that station&#8217;s alternative music style. He was also one of the presenters of Capitol&#8217;s final day of broadcasting on New Year&#8217;s Eve 1988, when the station closed in advance of new broadcasting legislation that was meant to silence the pirates. Capitol Radio broadcast from 1983-1988 and became the go-to place to fans of alternative, indie and rock music in Dublin. It relaunched as Capitol-Nitesky 96 in 1986. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mike-Reade-ad-WR-19-11-1988.jpg\" alt=\"Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade\" class=\"wp-image-10218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mike-Reade-ad-WR-19-11-1988.jpg 639w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mike-Reade-ad-WR-19-11-1988-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hand-drawn ad for Mike&#8217;s breakfast show on Capitol (Anoraks UK Weekly Report 05.11.88)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is an extract from Michael&#8217;s final show on that day, which features his favourite music and phone calls on a scratchy line from listeners sending New Year&#8217;s wishes to friends and to those involved in pirate radio. There are regular promos for the closing-down party later that night at Side&#8217;s nightclub in central Dublin. The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made between 1621-1707 on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988 from 95.8 FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death was announced on 21st October 2024 of Michael Reade, who presented a current affairs show on the independent radio station for Louth and Meath, LMFM, for the past 21 years. Michael announced in September 2024 that he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and was very sick. Earlier that year, his long-running &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/death-of-michael-reade\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade&#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":[487,302,564,78,153,44,154,731,739],"class_list":["post-10216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-1988-closedowns","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-capitol-nitesky-96","tag-dublin","tag-lmfm","tag-louth","tag-michael-reade","tag-new-years-eve"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade - 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\/death-of-michael-reade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death of veteran radio presenter Michael Reade - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The death was announced on 21st October 2024 of Michael Reade, who presented a current affairs show on the independent radio station for Louth and Meath, LMFM, for the past 21 years. 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