{"id":10945,"date":"2025-08-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10945"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:58:41","slug":"bee-bop-gold-oldies-show-on-sunshine-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/bee-bop-gold-oldies-show-on-sunshine-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Bop Gold oldies show on Sunshine 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4184\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10945-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8137AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8137AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8137AI-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\/08\/8137AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10945-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8137AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8137AI-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 oldies show 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 from the later period (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bee Bop Gold was a hugely popular oldies show on Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio in its last few years on air. Sponsored by video rental company Xtravision, it was presented by Nails Mahoney, who would go on to a successful media career in Ireland and abroad. Relaunched as &#8216;Sunshine Hot Hits 101&#8217; at this time, the Portmarnock station was the radio leader in Dublin and market research showed that Bee Bop Gold was the capital\u2019s most listened to programme on Sundays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Bee Bop Gold highlights how tightly-formatted the programme was, with very short links and continuous oldies. There are the usual high-level agency adverts for larger businesses and brands, some voiced by Sunshine boss, Robbie Robinson (RIP). The tape was made on Sunday 16<sup>th<\/sup> August 1987 from 101.5 FM between 1317-1447 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee Bop Gold was a hugely popular oldies show on Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio in its last few years on air. 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