{"id":142,"date":"2018-12-23T19:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T19:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=142"},"modified":"2021-01-31T11:39:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T11:39:01","slug":"interview-eoin-ronayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-eoin-ronayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Eoin Ronayne (Suirside Radio, WLR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7573\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-142-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.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\/2021\/01\/Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=142-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Eoin-Ronayne-new-edit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"192\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ireland_waterford_wlr_irish_scans_40_long_sticker-1024x192.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Eoin Ronayne (Suirside Radio, WLR)\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ireland_waterford_wlr_irish_scans_40_long_sticker-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ireland_waterford_wlr_irish_scans_40_long_sticker-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ireland_waterford_wlr_irish_scans_40_long_sticker-768x144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ireland_waterford_wlr_irish_scans_40_long_sticker.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>WLR car sticker, courtesy of DX Archive. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview Eoin Ronayne talks about his days at Suirside Radio and Waterford Local Radio (WLR) and describes his path to professional journalism and RT\u00c9 Radio 2.  WLR was one of the few former pirates to obtain a license in 1989. The interviewer is John Walsh and this was broadcast on<a href=\"https:\/\/wirelessflirt.wordpress.com\/\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Wireless on Flirt FM (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/wirelessflirt.radio.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wireless on Flirt FM<\/a> in November 2018. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. 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