{"id":2374,"date":"2020-08-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2025-02-19T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:53:01","slug":"feature-radio-carousel-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/feature-radio-carousel-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Radio Carousel history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3230\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2374-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.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\/19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2374-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19831200_Radio_Carousel_history_Kieran_Murray.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-1024x695.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Radio Carousel history\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-1024x695.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-1536x1042.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-staff-Ian-2048x1389.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Carousel staff in 1981. Information below (photo courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a feature programme about the first five-and-a-half years of the Radio Carousel network, broadcast in December 1983. It was compiled by Kieran Murray who was the first voice to be heard on the station on 20<sup>th<\/sup> May 1978. There are also interviews with station founder and owner Hugh Hardy, information about listenership surveys and extracts from shows featuring presenters such as Dave Scott (Joe Reilly), Mike Ahern (Richard McCullen) and Tina Anderson. Kieran describes the satellite stations in Navan, Drogheda and on the border and there are also extracts from news programmes and outside broadcasts. Hugh Hardy&#8217;s interview with BBC Radio Ulster following the 1983 raids on Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio is included. The programme also includes a flavour of Radio Carousel Dundalk&#8217;s 5th birthday on 20<sup>th<\/sup> May 1983 and of Radio Carousel Navan&#8217;s 2nd birthday on 22<sup>nd<\/sup> October 1983.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-1024x742.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Radio Carousel history\" class=\"wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-1024x742.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-1536x1113.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Carousel-1-Kieran-2048x1483.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Kieran Murray in the original Radio Carousel studio in 1978 (photo courtesy of Eddie Caffrey). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieran Murray announces the programme as a two-hour special but this recording contains only one hour so is presumably an edited version. A full version of the station&#8217;s theme tune \u2018Don\u2019t stop the carousel\u2019 by Roy Taylor and the Nevada is heard at the end. We thank Eddie Caffrey for donating the recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full photo information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back row: Richard Crowley, Kieran Murray, Shay Breslin, Ray Stone, Hugh Hardy, Dave Scott, Mike Ahern, Frank Mitchell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Front row: Shane Mullen, Hugh Sands, Penny Palmer, Tony Farrelly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a feature programme about the first five-and-a-half years of the Radio Carousel network, broadcast in December 1983. It was compiled by Kieran Murray who was the first voice to be heard on the station on 20th May 1978. 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