{"id":197,"date":"2018-12-24T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=197"},"modified":"2020-12-10T20:44:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:44:45","slug":"interview-dave-baker-klas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-dave-baker-klas\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: David Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3484\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-197-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.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\/20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=197-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20180401_David_Baker_KLAS.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: David Baker\" class=\"wp-image-3010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/David-Baker-via-Dave-Reddy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>David Baker on Radio Sandymount in 1984 (photo courtesy of Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>David Baker was a well-known voice on Irish pirate radio in the 1980s and worked in or managed a large number of stations including ARD, Radio City, Radio Leinster, the Community Broadcasting Co-operative, KISS FM, Heartbeat and KLAS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, John Walsh caught up with David Baker and talked about his pirate days, with a particular focus on the easy listening station KLAS. John worked with David in KLAS from 1986-1988. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/klas-garage.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: David Baker\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/klas-garage.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/klas-garage-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>The garage at the back of 312 Sutton Park, Dublin 13, the location KLAS first broadcast from (photo John Walsh). <br><br> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Baker was a well-known voice on Irish pirate radio in the 1980s and worked in or managed a large number of stations including ARD, Radio City, Radio Leinster, the Community Broadcasting Co-operative, KISS FM, Heartbeat and KLAS. 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