{"id":157,"date":"2018-12-23T20:11:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T20:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=157"},"modified":"2019-01-05T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T15:25:42","slug":"interview-declan-ralph-ndcr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-ralph-ndcr\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Declan Ralph (NDCR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1621\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-157-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.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\/20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=157-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020_Declan_Ralph_NDCR.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\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. Declan Ralph has been on radio in North Dublin for over 30 years. Currently hosting a few programmes on NEAR FM, Declan talks about his pirate past including NDCR which was the pirate forerunner to NEAR FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NDCR_ident.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_NDCR_promo.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_NDCR_jingle.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8883.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Declan Ralph (NDCR)\" class=\"wp-image-167\" width=\"649\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8883.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_8883-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. 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