{"id":11328,"date":"2026-02-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11328"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:35:08","slug":"midnight-megamix-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/midnight-megamix-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Megamix and All-Night Sunshine on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6829\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11328-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1240-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1240-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1240-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\/AI1240-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11328-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AI1240-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI1240-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty.jpg\" alt=\"Midnight Megamix and All-Night Sunshine on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty-768x729.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original Sands Hotel logo from 1980s (courtesy Maria Ginty). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sunshine Radio (1980-1988) was located in the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock, which also housed the popular Tamango\u2019s nightclub. Adverts for the club were heard on Sunshine and the station regularly broadcast from there. First up in this recording is Jim Kenny with the end of his weekly <em>Midnight Megamix<\/em> live from Tamango\u2019s. News at 0200 is read by Stephen Plunkett, who is followed by Barry (\u00c9amon) Falvey, with <em>All-Night Sunshine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 101.5 FM on Saturday 17<sup>th<\/sup> August 1985 between 0135-0220 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Radio (1980-1988) was located in the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock, which also housed the popular Tamango\u2019s nightclub. Adverts for the club were heard on Sunshine and the station regularly broadcast from there. First up in this recording is Jim Kenny with the end of his weekly Midnight Megamix live from Tamango\u2019s. 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