{"id":10515,"date":"2025-02-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2025-02-15T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T10:53:58","slug":"daybreak-on-cork-station-eri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/daybreak-on-cork-station-eri\/","title":{"rendered":"Daybreak on Cork station ERI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_488\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10515-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-ERI-Andy-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-ERI-Andy-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-ERI-Andy-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\/02\/8131AI-ERI-Andy-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10515-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8131AI-ERI-Andy-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8131AI-ERI-Andy-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1848\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Daybreak on Cork station ERI\" class=\"wp-image-10518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-1024x739.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-768x554.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-1536x1109.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ERI-Rate-Card-1983-Outside-2048x1479.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ERI rate card from 1983 (courtesy Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By 1983, ERI had become Cork&#8217;s leading pirate station following the transfer of studios from the village of Ballycotton to the edge of Cork city and the installation of a powerful new AM transmitter giving coverage of Munster. These airchecked recordings of the <em>Daybreak<\/em> breakfast show were made around St. Patrick&#8217;s Day 1983 and give a sense of the station during this expansion phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up is former offshore presenter Andy Archer between 0823-0900 on 18<sup>th<\/sup> March 1983. News is read by Andrew Hewkin, who is on his final day with ERI. This is followed by Steve Marshall between 0845-0930 on 21<sup>st<\/sup> March 1983 with news read by Se\u00e1n O\u2019Sullivan. Adverts feature businesses around Cork city and county and there is a promo for a syndicated show, <em>Soundtrack of the Sixties<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-82-3-Andrew-Hewkin-IB-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Daybreak on Cork station ERI\" class=\"wp-image-3109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-82-3-Andrew-Hewkin-IB-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-82-3-Andrew-Hewkin-IB-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-82-3-Andrew-Hewkin-IB-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Eastside-82-3-Andrew-Hewkin-IB.jpg 1529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andrew Hewkin at ERI in 1982\/3 (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>ERI broadcast on 102 and 105.8 FM at the time as well as 1305 kHz AM. This recording was made from AM by Kieran Murray and is part of the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 1983, ERI had become Cork&#8217;s leading pirate station following the transfer of studios from the village of Ballycotton to the edge of Cork city and the installation of a powerful new AM transmitter giving coverage of Munster. 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