{"id":10674,"date":"2025-05-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2025-03-30T17:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T16:04:28","slug":"sunday-programmes-on-capitol-98-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-programmes-on-capitol-98-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday programmes on Capitol 98 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_850\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10674-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Capitol98-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Capitol98-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Capitol98-192.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\/8134AI-Capitol98-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10674-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/8134AI-Capitol98-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8134AI-Capitol98-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday programmes on Capitol 98 FM\" class=\"wp-image-4966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capitol 98 letterhead (courtesy Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Capitol Radio on 98 FM broadcast for a few months in the summer of 1982 and had big plans to develop a classic rock format for Dublin, based on a popular American format that many pirates tried to emulate. Despite the involvement of some big names on the Dublin radio scene, the experiment failed due to financial problems and Capitol closed down in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording from shortly after the launch on Capitol begins with a snippet of a new afternoon magazine programme presented by David Paul, who is followed by Steve Patterson. Adverts are scarce but there is an advertising promo that sounds like it was voiced by George Long (Henry O&#8217;Donovan, RIP). The twice-daily <em>Capitol Car Chase<\/em> feature is a mystery to us!    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This airchecked recording was made by Kieran Murray from on Sunday 18<sup>th<\/sup> July 1982 from 98 FM and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitol Radio on 98 FM broadcast for a few months in the summer of 1982 and had big plans to develop a classic rock format for Dublin, based on a popular American format that many pirates tried to emulate. 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