{"id":10402,"date":"2025-01-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10402"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:49:14","slug":"more-gareth-ocallaghan-on-energy-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-gareth-ocallaghan-on-energy-103\/","title":{"rendered":"More Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan on Energy 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1306\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10402-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI1067858-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI1067858-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI1067858-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\/2025\/01\/AI1067858-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10402-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI1067858-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI1067858-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_9788-cu-908x1024.jpg\" alt=\"More Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-10406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_9788-cu-908x1024.jpg 908w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_9788-cu-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_9788-cu-768x866.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_9788-cu.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Undated photo of Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan at Radio Nova (courtesy Noel Hiney)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan was one of the most popular and professional DJs of the pirate era and continues to broadcast on independent radio to this day. In this recording from summer 1986, he winds up his evening drivetime show on Dublin station Energy 103, not long after it emerged from the ashes of Radio Nova in the spring of that year. Gareth has a television teaser for listeners and refers to the Queen concert coming up in Slane that weekend. News is read by George Long (Henry O&#8217;Donovan, RIP). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gareth&#8217;s show is followed by Tony McKenzie presenting a syndicated programme in the <em>7Up Music Machine<\/em> series, featuring British rock band Supertramp in a live concert in the US. Reflecting the sponsorship deal, many adverts refer to 7Up and the <em>Music Machine<\/em> albums. The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was recorded from 103 FM from 1834-1922 on Wednesday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> July 1986. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan was one of the most popular and professional DJs of the pirate era and continues to broadcast on independent radio to this day. In this recording from summer 1986, he winds up his evening drivetime show on Dublin station Energy 103, not long after it emerged from the ashes of Radio Nova in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-gareth-ocallaghan-on-energy-103\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan 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":[536,564,153,12,199,251,678],"class_list":["post-10402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-energy-103","tag-gareth-ocallaghan","tag-george-long","tag-tony-mckenzie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Gareth O&#039;Callaghan 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\/more-gareth-ocallaghan-on-energy-103\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Energy 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan was one of the most popular and professional DJs of the pirate era and continues to broadcast on independent radio to this day. 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