{"id":11493,"date":"2026-06-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11493"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:41:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:41:52","slug":"sunday-evening-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunday-evening-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday evening on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4553\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11493-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/899AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/899AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/899AI-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\/06\/899AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11493-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/899AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"899AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-1024x423.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday evening on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Sunshine-Radio-sticker-c1986.jpg 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunshine Radio sticker from mid-1980s (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before it was relaunched in 1986, the large Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio broadcast specialist programmes at the weekends, sometimes offering a choice of services on AM and FM. This recording from a Sunday evening in 1984 gives a sense of some of that variety. First up is Greg Merriman with a mixture of new and old tunes including the <em>Famous Five<\/em> slot featuring five tracks by Steely Dan. He is followed by Colin Russell who is standing in for Bill McLaughlin with <em>Sunshine Country<\/em>. News is read by Caroline Callaghan and an advert for Tamango&#8217;s nightclub next door to Sunshine is heard during a commercial break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sunshine-Review-4-Bill-Colin-Caroline-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday evening on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-11496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sunshine-Review-4-Bill-Colin-Caroline-jpg.jpg 655w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sunshine-Review-4-Bill-Colin-Caroline-jpg-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Colin replaces Bill in the recording and Caroline reads news (Sunshine Review 4, courtesy DX Archive).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 101.5 FM. Part 1 was recorded from 1949-2038 and part 2 from 2103-2152 on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> April 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before it was relaunched in 1986, the large Dublin pirate Sunshine Radio broadcast specialist programmes at the weekends, sometimes offering a choice of services on AM and FM. This recording from a Sunday evening in 1984 gives a sense of some of that variety. 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