{"id":10475,"date":"2025-02-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10475"},"modified":"2025-01-26T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T17:54:14","slug":"bee-bop-gold-on-sunshine-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/bee-bop-gold-on-sunshine-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Bop Gold on Sunshine 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5693\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10475-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI2232-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI2232-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI2232-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\/AI2232-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10475-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI2232-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI2232-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=\"869\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221126_0005-1024x869.jpg\" alt=\"Bee Bop Gold on Sunshine 101\" class=\"wp-image-7394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221126_0005-1024x869.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221126_0005-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221126_0005-768x652.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IMG_20221126_0005-rotated.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunshine 101 sticker (courtesy of the late Pat Herbert). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bee Bop Gold was a popular oldies show on Dublin pirate station Sunshine 101 towards the end of its eight years on air. It was presented by Nails Mahoney, who went on to have a successful radio career in Ireland, the UK and Canada and now runs a radio consultancy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1988, Sunshine was Dublin\u2019s leading station and was hotly tipped to get one of the city\u2019s two licences to be awarded in 1989 after the closedown of the pirates. That was not to happen and Sunshine\u2019s managing director Robbie Robinson took an unsuccessful case against the Independent Radio and Television Commission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Bee Bop Gold was made during Sunshine 101\u2019s final month on air in 1988. It is slick and professional and features the high-level adverts and imaging associated with a successful commercial station. The tape was made on Sunday 4<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988 from 101.1 FM between 1344-1430 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee Bop Gold was a popular oldies show on Dublin pirate station Sunshine 101 towards the end of its eight years on air. It was presented by Nails Mahoney, who went on to have a successful radio career in Ireland, the UK and Canada and now runs a radio consultancy. 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