{"id":11623,"date":"2026-08-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:58:59","slug":"sunshine-radio-during-jamming-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-during-jamming-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Radio during jamming campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7269\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11623-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI266228-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI266228-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI266228-A-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\/08\/AI266228-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11623-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI266228-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI266228-A-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=\"Sunshine Radio during jamming campaign\" 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 sticker from the mid-1980s (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This short recording of Sunshine Radio was made during a night-time slot in the spring of 1984, when RT\u00c9 was relentlessly jamming the station\u2019s signal as part of its campaign against the pirate. First up is the end of the <em>Radio Romance<\/em> slot with David Dennehy. News at midnight is presented by Justin McKenna and includes reference to the jamming, which was causing serious problems for Sunshine by this time. The iconic <em>Desiderata<\/em>, which used to be played before closedown of Sunshine every night, is heard before the midnight news as the station had long since moved to round-the-clock broadcasting. After news is Paul Vincent with the overnight show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 100.5 FM between 2352-0015 on Thursday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> into Friday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> March 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short recording of Sunshine Radio was made during a night-time slot in the spring of 1984, when RT\u00c9 was relentlessly jamming the station\u2019s signal as part of its campaign against the pirate. 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News at midnight is presented by Justin McKenna and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-during-jamming-campaign\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunshine Radio during jamming campaign&#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":[537,564,528,153,356,529,506,47],"class_list":["post-11623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-david-dennehy","tag-dublin","tag-jamming","tag-justin-mckenna","tag-paul-vincent","tag-sunshine-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunshine Radio during jamming campaign - 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\/sunshine-radio-during-jamming-campaign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunshine Radio during jamming campaign - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This short recording of Sunshine Radio was made during a night-time slot in the spring of 1984, when RT\u00c9 was relentlessly jamming the station\u2019s signal as part of its campaign against the pirate. 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