{"id":11691,"date":"2026-09-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11691"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:04:23","slug":"st-patricks-day-on-nova-offshoot-kiss-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/st-patricks-day-on-nova-offshoot-kiss-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick&#8217;s Day on Nova offshoot KISS FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4863\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11691-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AI617483-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AI617483-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AI617483-192.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\/09\/AI617483-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11691-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AI617483-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI617483-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1.jpg\" alt=\"St. Patrick&#039;s Day on Nova offshoot KISS FM\" class=\"wp-image-7975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kiss-FM-John-Clarke-7-12-1982-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Clarke in the KISS FM studio in 1982 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM was made on St. Patrick\u2019s Day 1983. First up is the final part of the lunchtime show with Colm Hayes. He is joined in studio by Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, who is due to begin his nationwide tour in Nova Park that night. Colm is followed by John Clarke who continues the Irish musical theme, mixed with oldies. News on the hour is read by Bryan Dobson, who would go on to a long career in RT\u00c9. A promo for the \u2018KISS FM \u00a35,000 pay-off\u2019 is also heard, one of the many extravagant giveaways by the Radio Nova network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made from 102.7 FM on Thursday 17<sup>th<\/sup> March 1983 between 1531-1705 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM was made on St. Patrick\u2019s Day 1983. First up is the final part of the lunchtime show with Colm Hayes. 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Colm is followed by &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/st-patricks-day-on-nova-offshoot-kiss-fm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Day on Nova offshoot KISS FM&#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":[501,564,85,359,153,183,13],"class_list":["post-11691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-501","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-bryan-dobson","tag-colm-hayes","tag-dublin","tag-john-clarke","tag-kiss-fm-102-7"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>St. Patrick&#039;s Day on Nova offshoot KISS FM - 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\/st-patricks-day-on-nova-offshoot-kiss-fm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. Patrick&#039;s Day on Nova offshoot KISS FM - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This recording of Radio Nova offshoot KISS FM was made on St. Patrick\u2019s Day 1983. 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