{"id":11694,"date":"2026-09-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11694"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:29:36","slug":"eclectic-musical-style-on-radio-caroline-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/eclectic-musical-style-on-radio-caroline-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclectic musical style on Radio Caroline Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7069\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11694-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IB0003.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IB0003.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IB0003.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\/IB0003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11694-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IB0003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0003.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Eclectic musical style on Radio Caroline Dublin\" class=\"wp-image-11554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/R-Caroline-card-undated-but-mid-90s.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Caroline card from the mid-1990s (Pirate.ie Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radio Caroline Dublin broadcast to the capital between 1989 and 2000, making it one of the longest-running pirates of the post-1989 era. This recording was made towards the end of its run in 2000 and highlights the wide variety of music played and the freewheeling, non-commercial style. It begins with the last few minutes of duo Travis and Tony, who are followed by another double-act, Michelle and Rhonda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tape was made on Wednesday 17<sup>th<\/sup> May 2000 from 102.5 FM between 1815-1915 and is courtesy of Ian Biggar. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Caroline Dublin broadcast to the capital between 1989 and 2000, making it one of the longest-running pirates of the post-1989 era. This recording was made towards the end of its run in 2000 and highlights the wide variety of music played and the freewheeling, non-commercial style. It begins with the last few minutes of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/eclectic-musical-style-on-radio-caroline-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eclectic musical style on Radio Caroline Dublin&#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":[605,564,153,604],"class_list":["post-11694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-605","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-radio-caroline-dublin-1990s"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eclectic musical style on Radio Caroline Dublin - 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\/eclectic-musical-style-on-radio-caroline-dublin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eclectic musical style on Radio Caroline Dublin - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Caroline Dublin broadcast to the capital between 1989 and 2000, making it one of the longest-running pirates of the post-1989 era. 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