{"id":11316,"date":"2026-03-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11316"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:29:55","slug":"the-breakfast-show-on-energy-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-breakfast-show-on-energy-103\/","title":{"rendered":"The breakfast show on Energy 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8839\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11316-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1908-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1908-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1908-B-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\/2026\/02\/AI1908-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11316-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1908-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI1908-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"The breakfast show on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-10100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Andy-Carter-Energy-exterior-2-1986.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Exterior of Energy 103 on Upper Leeson Street (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alan Burns presented the breakfast show on Dublin station Energy 103 in 1986 and 1987. This recording was made on a cold morning in the autumn of 1986 but despite the weather, there\u2019s plenty to keep listeners engaged including a prize of a food hamper, horoscopes and a \u2018beat the intro\u2019 competition. Some well-known voices on adverts include Tony Allan (RIP), Colm Hayes and Pat Courtenay and there\u2019s a recorded insert featuring Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. News on the half-hour is read by George Long (Henry O\u2019Donovan, RIP), who also presents an idiosyncratic newspaper review that wouldn\u2019t make it on air by today\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 103 FM between 0755-0843 on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> October 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Burns presented the breakfast show on Dublin station Energy 103 in 1986 and 1987. 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Some well-known voices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-breakfast-show-on-energy-103\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The breakfast show on Energy 103&#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":[536,809,564,153,12,251],"class_list":["post-11316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-alan-burns","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-energy-103","tag-george-long"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The breakfast show on Energy 103 - 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\/the-breakfast-show-on-energy-103\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The breakfast show on Energy 103 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alan Burns presented the breakfast show on Dublin station Energy 103 in 1986 and 1987. 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