{"id":10559,"date":"2025-03-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10559"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:23:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:23:29","slug":"more-of-tony-dixons-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-of-tony-dixons-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Tony Dixon&#8217;s Soul Special on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9538\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10559-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.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\/19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10559-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820911_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_1910-1940_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tony-Dixon-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU.jpg\" alt=\"More of Tony Dixon&#039;s Soul Special on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tony-Dixon-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU.jpg 303w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tony-Dixon-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU-161x300.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony in the Sunshine Review 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of Sunshine Radio&#8217;s most popular DJs Tony Dixon (RIP) was fondly remembered for his Saturday night <em>Soul Special<\/em> show in the station&#8217;s early years. This edition from 1982 contains the usual mix of the latest soul tracks as well as classics. There are no adverts but several of the familiar Sunshine jingles. Tony mentions three loyal fans who record the show every week and bring the tapes with them to Amsterdam so that friends there can listen to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony also presented <em>Good Day Sunshine<\/em> each afternoon, as highlighted by this image from the <em>Sunshine Review<\/em>, a glossy magazine published by Sunshine in 1985.  After a long radio career, he died prematurely in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This FM recording was made on 11<sup>th<\/sup> September 1982 between 1910-1940. No frequency is noted, but Sunshine was on 101.5 FM at the time, as well as 531 kHz AM. Thanks to Shay Geoghegan for the donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Sunshine Radio&#8217;s most popular DJs Tony Dixon (RIP) was fondly remembered for his Saturday night Soul Special show in the station&#8217;s early years. 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