{"id":11104,"date":"2025-10-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2025-10-18T11:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:18:51","slug":"gareth-ocallaghan-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/gareth-ocallaghan-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_915\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11104-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8140AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8140AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8140AI-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\/10\/8140AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11104-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8140AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8140AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"908\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9788-cu-908x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-11105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9788-cu-908x1024.jpg 908w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9788-cu-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9788-cu-768x866.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_9788-cu.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan pictured at another Dublin pirate Radio Nova (courtesy Noel Hiney)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sunshine Radio was one of Dublin\u2019s leading pirate stations, broadcasting from 1980-1988. This recording is of mid-morning programmes from the spring of 1984, before the RT\u00c9 jamming campaign against the pirates would extend to Sunshine. First up is the end of the breakfast show with David Lyons and Cathy Cregan, who are followed by Tony Garreth (Gareth O\u2019Callaghan) with a 3-hour music show until midday. There is a holiday slot and other features, as well as the familiar high-level adverts for larger businesses and brands. News is read by Gary Miley and Cathy Cregan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 101.5 FM between 0854-1034 on Thursday 1<sup>st<\/sup> March 1984 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan later moved to other Dublin pirates Radio Nova and Energy 103 and continues to broadcast on independent radio to this day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Radio was one of Dublin\u2019s leading pirate stations, broadcasting from 1980-1988. This recording is of mid-morning programmes from the spring of 1984, before the RT\u00c9 jamming campaign against the pirates would extend to Sunshine. First up is the end of the breakfast show with David Lyons and Cathy Cregan, who are followed by Tony &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/gareth-ocallaghan-on-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan 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":[537,564,527,761,153,199,725,47],"class_list":["post-11104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-cathy-cregan","tag-david-lyons","tag-dublin","tag-gareth-ocallaghan","tag-gary-miley","tag-sunshine-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gareth O&#039;Callaghan 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\/gareth-ocallaghan-on-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunshine Radio was one of Dublin\u2019s leading pirate stations, broadcasting from 1980-1988. 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