{"id":133,"date":"2018-12-23T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=133"},"modified":"2021-02-21T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:04:00","slug":"bill-ebrill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/bill-ebrill\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Bill Ebrill, transmitter man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4857\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-133-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=133-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"201018-Bill-Ebril-talking-to-Donal-Greene.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Interview: Bill Ebrill, transmitter man\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio engineer Bill Ebrill built transmitters for many of the early pirates including Radio Caroline Dublin, Radio Dublin, Big D, Radio Carousel and Northern Radio. 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