{"id":2253,"date":"2020-08-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2023-12-11T20:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:26:09","slug":"full-recording-capitol-radio-226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-capitol-radio-226\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris de Burgh interviewed on Capitol Radio (226)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2261\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2253-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.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\/07\/capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2253-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"capitol-radio-dec14-1975-chris-de-burgh-complete.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-741x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chris de Burgh interviewed on Capitol Radio (226)\" class=\"wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-768x1062.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-1111x1536.jpg 1111w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-1481x2048.jpg 1481w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-commercials-press-advert-poster-1979b-scaled.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Capitol Radio 226 newspaper advert (courtesy of Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitol Radio began broadcasting on the 2nd of August 1975, from Rathmines on the southside of Dublin. In its first incarnation, the station operated at weekends only on low power. It played chart music but also featured album tracks and other styles, as well as interviews with singers and musicians. Capitol was raided by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs on the 21st December 1975 and went off the air for more than two years with the exception of sporadic test transmissions. Capitol Radio returned to the air with full programming in February 1978 from studios on Bachelor&#8217;s Walk in Dublin city centre, continuing until 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chris de Burgh interviewed on Capitol Radio (226)\" class=\"wp-image-2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-1540x2048.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/kathy-doran-capitol-studio-1979-1-scaled.jpg 1925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Kathy Doran at Capitol Radio in 1979. She had previously worked on radio in Boston (photo courtesy of Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording above was made shortly before the raid on the 14th of December 1975 and features Alan Russell on air interviewing the singer\/songwriter Chris de Burgh. The multilingual ident used by the ship-based Capital Radio, which operated from international waters off the coast of the Netherlands in 1970, is heard at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-1980-studio-alan-russell.jpg\" alt=\"Chris de Burgh interviewed on Capitol Radio (226)\" class=\"wp-image-2256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-1980-studio-alan-russell.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-1980-studio-alan-russell-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-1980-studio-alan-russell-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Alan Russell in Capitol Radio studio in 1980. Published in 2013 book &#8216;Where The Streets Have 2 Names&#8217; (photo by Patrick Brocklebank, courtesy of Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording below is from 9th February 1979 and features part of a show presented by Ed McDowell, one of the founders of Capitol. It contains jingles and links as recorded off air, but the original music played has been replaced with studio versions of the same tracks, starting with &#8216;Thunder Child&#8217; from the album Jeff Wayne&#8217;s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. The fully instrumental version was used as the intro for Capitol&#8217;s &#8216;Night Flight&#8217; programming from 9pm, featuring various specialist &amp; contemporary rock and new wave programmes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19780209_Ed_McDowell_Capitol_226_remix_Alan_Russell.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A longer, original version of this broadcast is available <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-capitol-radio-226-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Thanks to Alan Russell for information and for donating both recordings. A tribute site to Capitol is available <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolradiodublin.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitol Radio began broadcasting on the 2nd of August 1975, from Rathmines on the southside of Dublin. In its first incarnation, the station operated at weekends only on low power. It played chart music but also featured album tracks and other styles, as well as interviews with singers and musicians. 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