{"id":10770,"date":"2025-05-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10770"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:12:05","slug":"lunchtime-on-cara-95-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/lunchtime-on-cara-95-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchtime on Cara 95 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1460\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10770-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8135AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8135AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8135AI-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\/05\/8135AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10770-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/8135AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8135AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lunchtime on Cara 95 FM\" class=\"wp-image-10771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1744752694231.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cara 95 FM was a temporary name for Dublin\u2019s love song station launched as Heartbeat in November 1986. The change was short-lived however, and the station reverted to the original Heartbeat name after a few months. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of the afternoon programme was made in the autumn of 1987 and features John Keogh with the usual mixture of love songs, requests and the Mystery Movie competition to win 95 movie tickets. John reads news headlines also and there are adverts for businesses around Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 95.5 FM on Thursday 1<sup>st<\/sup> October 1987 from 1300-1433.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cara 95 FM was a temporary name for Dublin\u2019s love song station launched as Heartbeat in November 1986. 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