{"id":11777,"date":"2026-11-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11777"},"modified":"2026-11-03T21:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T21:23:57","slug":"northeast-series-afternoon-delight-on-boyneside-radio-from-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-afternoon-delight-on-boyneside-radio-from-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Afternoon Delight on Boyneside Radio from 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7619\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11777-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8155AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8155AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8155AI-B-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\/11\/8155AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11777-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/8155AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8155AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Afternoon Delight on Boyneside Radio from 1984\" class=\"wp-image-9109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eddie-1986-sq-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eddie Caffrey at Boyneside in 1986 (courtesy of Eddie himself). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eddie Caffrey is one of Ireland&#8217;s longest-serving broadcasters, having spent a decade with the Drogheda pirate, Boyneside Radio, before moving to licensed local station LMFM. This recording is of his daily <em>Afternoon Delight<\/em> programme from summer 1984. It includes the Golden Hour, news on the hour with Shane Harrison (who went on to a career with the BBC), the tea break feature with three songs by Queen, racing results and the birthday spot. The large number of requests reflects the popularity of Eddie&#8217;s programme with listeners. Also of interest is an advert for a Drogheda venue hosting the Radio Nova Night Out, a popular club arranged by the Dublin pirate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airchecked recording runs from 1400-1620 on Thursday 16<sup>th<\/sup> August 1984 from 98.1 FM. It was made originally by Kieran Murray and is part of the Anoraks Ireland Collection.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Caffrey is one of Ireland&#8217;s longest-serving broadcasters, having spent a decade with the Drogheda pirate, Boyneside Radio, before moving to licensed local station LMFM. 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It includes the Golden Hour, news on the hour with Shane Harrison (who went on to a career &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-afternoon-delight-on-boyneside-radio-from-1984\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Northeast series: Afternoon Delight on Boyneside Radio from 1984&#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":[15],"tags":[537,564,18,119,154,544,692],"class_list":["post-11777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-537","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-boyneside-radio","tag-eddie-caffrey","tag-louth","tag-northeast-series","tag-shane-harrison"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northeast series: Afternoon Delight on Boyneside Radio from 1984 - 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\/northeast-series-afternoon-delight-on-boyneside-radio-from-1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northeast series: Afternoon Delight on Boyneside Radio from 1984 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eddie Caffrey is one of Ireland&#8217;s longest-serving broadcasters, having spent a decade with the Drogheda pirate, Boyneside Radio, before moving to licensed local station LMFM. 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