{"id":11652,"date":"2026-08-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11652"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:57:07","slug":"listeners-top-100-on-energy-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/listeners-top-100-on-energy-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Listeners&#8217; Top 100 on Energy 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9816\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11652-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI1119910-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI1119910-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI1119910-192.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\/AI1119910-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11652-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AI1119910-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI1119910-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Listeners&#039; Top 100 on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-1603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/energy-logo-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Energy logo from a newspaper advert in 1986 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the August bank holiday weekend 1986, Dublin pirate Energy 103 broadcast the Listeners\u2019 Top 100. Presented by Gareth O\u2019Callaghan, the marathon broadcast lasted the entire day and was based on phone votes from listeners. News on the hour is read by Cathy Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tape was made from 103 FM between From 1540-1628 and 1636-1724 on Monday 4<sup>th<\/sup> August 1986 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the August bank holiday weekend 1986, Dublin pirate Energy 103 broadcast the Listeners\u2019 Top 100. Presented by Gareth O\u2019Callaghan, the marathon broadcast lasted the entire day and was based on phone votes from listeners. News on the hour is read by Cathy Kelly. 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