{"id":10392,"date":"2024-12-31T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10392"},"modified":"2025-01-01T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T08:42:16","slug":"tony-allan-rings-in-1985-on-radio-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tony-allan-rings-in-1985-on-radio-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Allan rings in 1985 on Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5598\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10392-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8127AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8127AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8127AI-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\/12\/8127AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10392-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8127AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8127AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tony-Allan-CU.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Allan rings in 1985 on Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-10393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tony-Allan-CU.jpg 496w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tony-Allan-CU-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Allan pictured during the 1983 raid on Nova (courtesy Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Veteran DJ Tony Allan (RIP) rang in 1985 on Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova. In this recording, Tony is in top form as he reads out New Year&#8217;s greetings from listeners and shares recorded inserts from Nova colleagues Bob Gallico, Colm Hayes and John Clarke. Bernie Jameson presents a news review of 1984 and in time for midnight, there is a link-up with Peter Madison (RIP) at the Nova Park nightclub nearby in Rathfarnham. The broadcast also includes a New Year&#8217;s message from Nova boss Chris Cary, who refers to the large number of staff who moved on during 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was recorded from 102.7 FM between 2236-0013 on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1984 and 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 1985.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran DJ Tony Allan (RIP) rang in 1985 on Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova. In this recording, Tony is in top form as he reads out New Year&#8217;s greetings from listeners and shares recorded inserts from Nova colleagues Bob Gallico, Colm Hayes and John Clarke. Bernie Jameson presents a news review of 1984 and in time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tony-allan-rings-in-1985-on-radio-nova\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tony Allan rings in 1985 on Radio Nova&#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":[537,488,232,359,153,183,739,306,10,26],"class_list":["post-10392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-488","tag-bernie-jameson","tag-colm-hayes","tag-dublin","tag-john-clarke","tag-new-years-eve","tag-peter-madison","tag-radio-nova","tag-tony-allan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tony Allan rings in 1985 on Radio Nova - 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\/tony-allan-rings-in-1985-on-radio-nova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tony Allan rings in 1985 on Radio Nova - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran DJ Tony Allan (RIP) rang in 1985 on Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova. 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