{"id":10969,"date":"2025-08-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10969"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:29:33","slug":"ever-popular-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ever-popular-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever-popular Soul Special on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3430\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10969-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_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\/08\/19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10969-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19821000_Sunshine_Radio_Tony_Dixon_2003-2027_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu.jpg\" alt=\"Ever-popular Soul Special on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu.jpg 758w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Dixon as pictured in the Sunshine Review from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tony Dixon (RIP) presented the long-running <em>Soul Special<\/em> show on Saturday evenings on Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio in the 1980s, gaining a loyal following around the city and further afield. This short recording of the popular show is undated but we estimate it to be from October 1982. There are no adverts but some of the iconic Sunshine jingles are heard. The transmitter seems to go off the air at the end although it is possible that the dial of the receiver was adjusted suddenly. After a successful career in radio, Tony died prematurely in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was recorded from 100.5 FM between 2003-2027 and was kindly donated by Shay Geoghegan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Dixon (RIP) presented the long-running Soul Special show on Saturday evenings on Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio in the 1980s, gaining a loyal following around the city and further afield. This short recording of the popular show is undated but we estimate it to be from October 1982. There are no adverts but some of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ever-popular-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ever-popular Soul Special on Sunshine Radio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[498,153,47,601],"class_list":["post-10969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-498","tag-dublin","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-tony-dixon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ever-popular Soul Special on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/ever-popular-soul-special-on-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ever-popular Soul Special on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tony Dixon (RIP) presented the long-running Soul Special show on Saturday evenings on Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio in the 1980s, gaining a loyal following around the city and further afield. 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