{"id":10231,"date":"2024-11-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2024-11-03T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T12:59:13","slug":"more-highlights-of-dublin-radio-in-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-highlights-of-dublin-radio-in-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"More highlights of Dublin radio in 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3302\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10231-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.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\/tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10231-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tipler-1979-tape-5-side-B-ARD-R-Dublin-Capitol-ARD-Big-D-290879.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008.jpg\" alt=\"More highlights of Dublin radio in 1979\" class=\"wp-image-10232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008.jpg 906w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leon-by-The-270-Ship-img008-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leon Tipler by the Radio 270 pirate ship in 1966\/67 (courtesy Steve England)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this post, we bring you more highlights of Dublin radio in 1979 as recorded by English anorak Leon Tipler (RIP) during one of his regular visits to Ireland. This recording begins with Tony Allan (RIP) on his afternoon show on ARD, including news and requests. Later in the tape, Tony conducts an interview with the Friends of Medieval Dublin about the controversial development of the Wood Quay site in Dublin for new civic offices. Simon Young (RIP) is interviewed by another DJ on Big D, and talks about the various gigs that he did around town. There are also snippets of Radio Dublin and Capitol Radio. Parts of these recordings were used in Leon&#8217;s acclaimed documentary series <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Irish Pirates<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made on 29<sup>th<\/sup> August 1979 from various AM frequencies. We thank Steve England for his donation of the Leon Tipler Collection to Pirate.ie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, we bring you more highlights of Dublin radio in 1979 as recorded by English anorak Leon Tipler (RIP) during one of his regular visits to Ireland. This recording begins with Tony Allan (RIP) on his afternoon show on ARD, including news and requests. Later in the tape, Tony conducts an interview with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-highlights-of-dublin-radio-in-1979\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More highlights of Dublin radio in 1979&#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":[254],"tags":[491,46,36,35,341,342,9,560,26],"class_list":["post-10231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bandscans","tag-491","tag-am","tag-ard","tag-big-d","tag-capitol-radio-226","tag-leon-tipler","tag-radio-dublin","tag-simon-young","tag-tony-allan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More highlights of Dublin radio in 1979 - 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\/more-highlights-of-dublin-radio-in-1979\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More highlights of Dublin radio in 1979 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this post, we bring you more highlights of Dublin radio in 1979 as recorded by English anorak Leon Tipler (RIP) during one of his regular visits to Ireland. 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