{"id":11751,"date":"2026-10-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11751"},"modified":"2026-10-18T18:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T17:11:33","slug":"northeast-series-mid-morning-show-on-boyneside-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-mid-morning-show-on-boyneside-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Mid-morning show on Boyneside Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9288\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11751-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8155AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8155AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8155AI-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\/10\/8155AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11751-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8155AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8155AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Boyneside-studio-1983-1-Declan-Smith-McGowan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Mid-morning show on Boyneside Radio\" class=\"wp-image-10018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Boyneside-studio-1983-1-Declan-Smith-McGowan-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Boyneside-studio-1983-1-Declan-Smith-McGowan-1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Boyneside studio c. 1983 (courtesy Declan McGowan). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By 1984, the Drogheda station Boyneside Radio was 6 years on air and had grown into a large regional station with offshoot services across the northeast. This recording features the end of Daire Nelson&#8217;s breakfast show followed by the mid-morning programme presented by Don (Donagh) McKeown. Donagh would go on to present the first show on border station Zee 103 in 1986 and later worked for Downtown Radio in Belfast. News is read by Shane Harrison, who later had a career with the BBC in Belfast and Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airchecked recording was made by Kieran Murray from 98.1 FM between 0930-1103 on Monday 13<sup>th<\/sup> August 1984 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 1984, the Drogheda station Boyneside Radio was 6 years on air and had grown into a large regional station with offshoot services across the northeast. This recording features the end of Daire Nelson&#8217;s breakfast show followed by the mid-morning programme presented by Don (Donagh) McKeown. 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