{"id":22,"date":"2018-12-22T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=22"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:04:30","slug":"interview-eddie-caffrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-eddie-caffrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Eddie Caffrey (Radio Rainbow International, Radio Fax)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4411\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Eddie-Caffrey.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Eddie-Caffrey.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Eddie-Caffrey.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\/Eddie-Caffrey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=22-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Eddie-Caffrey.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Eddie-Caffrey.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Eddie Caffrey (Radio Rainbow International, Radio Fax)\" class=\"wp-image-3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/boyneside-visit-24-Apr-2019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: Eddie Caffrey, John Walsh, Ian Biggar, Brian Greene on a visit to LMFM on 24th April 2019. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era, as the 30th anniversary of the 1988 closedowns approached.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the event we met Eddie Caffrey (aka Heady Eddie), one of the best-known people in radio in the northeast stretching back over 40 years on both pirate and licensed stations. We spoke to him about the 1980s shortwave radio scene in Ireland, in particular his own stations <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tags\/radio-rainbow-international\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Rainbow International<\/a> and Radio Fax. The interviewer is Brian Greene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"787\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eddie.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Eddie Caffrey (Radio Rainbow International, Radio Fax)\" class=\"wp-image-24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eddie.jpg 620w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eddie-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption>Eddie Caffrey on his afternoon show on LMFM (photo courtesy of LMFM)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Eddie for his generous donations without which our series on the northeast pirates could not have taken place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. 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