{"id":1976,"date":"2020-06-11T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2021-08-06T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:58:36","slug":"documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary: The Irish Pirates (Volume 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8724\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1976-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Irish-Pirates-3of4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Irish-Pirates-3of4.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Irish-Pirates-3of4.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\/2020\/06\/Irish-Pirates-3of4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=1976-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Irish-Pirates-3of4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Irish-Pirates-3of4.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary: The Irish Pirates (Volume 3)\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Tipler-cassettes.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Some of the episodes of &#8216;The Irish Pirates&#8217; as found in the Leon Tipler Collection (photo by Brian Greene). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Volumes 3 and 4 of Leon Tipler&#8217;s &#8216;The Irish Pirates&#8217; make up Part 2 of the documentary. The third recording focuses mostly on Sunshine Radio and Radio Nova, the new superpirates which emerged in Dublin in the early 1980s. Tipler begins by visiting Sunshine Radio in 1981 and interviews its director Robbie Robinson.  He tours the Sunshine studios in Portmarnock and hears its professional jingles produced by Alfasound. The documentary covers the controversy caused by politicians appearing on pirate radio and the coverage given by Sunshine to community events in its area. The episode also includes a feature on Community Radio Fingal in north Dublin in 1982. It ends with a visit to the Radio Nova studios at Herbert Street and a long interview with Nova boss Chris Cary.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Leon Tipler Tapes Collection, donated to us by Steve England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Index of Volume 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:00:00\">\t00:00\t1981 visit to Sunshine<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:01.38\">\t01.38\tInterview with Robbie Robinson<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:07:06\">\t07:06\tSunshine jingles<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:08:35\">\t08:35\tVisit to Sunshine studios<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:11:30\">\t11:30\tEstablishment of Radio Nova<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:14:52\">\t14:52\tIrish Association of Independent Broadcasters<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:15:30\">\t15:30\tControversy over politicians on pirate radio<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:18:15\">\t18:15\tSunshine covering community events<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:24:40\">\t24:40\t1982 visit to Community Radio Fingal<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:33:15\">\t33:15\tVisit to Radio Nova in Herbert Street<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:34:15\">\t34:15\tInterview with John Clarke<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:40:55\">\t40:55\tKISS FM<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/#t=00:43:09\">\t43:09\tInterview with Chris Cary<\/a><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volumes 3 and 4 of Leon Tipler&#8217;s &#8216;The Irish Pirates&#8217; make up Part 2 of the documentary. The third recording focuses mostly on Sunshine Radio and Radio Nova, the new superpirates which emerged in Dublin in the early 1980s. Tipler begins by visiting Sunshine Radio in 1981 and interviews its director Robbie Robinson. He tours &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Documentary: The Irish Pirates (Volume 3)&#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":[98],"tags":[498,11,87,153,183,13,342,10,191,47,231],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-498","tag-chris-cary","tag-community-radio-fingal","tag-dublin","tag-john-clarke","tag-kiss-fm-102-7","tag-leon-tipler","tag-radio-nova","tag-robbie-robinson","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-sybil-fennell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary: The Irish Pirates (Volume 3) - 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\/documentary-the-irish-pirates-volume-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documentary: The Irish Pirates (Volume 3) - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Volumes 3 and 4 of Leon Tipler&#8217;s &#8216;The Irish Pirates&#8217; make up Part 2 of the documentary. 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