{"id":241,"date":"2018-12-30T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=241"},"modified":"2024-05-02T20:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:18:16","slug":"interview-bryan-dobson-southside-radio-radio-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-bryan-dobson-southside-radio-radio-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Bryan Dobson (Southside Radio, Radio Nova)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7468\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-241-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Bryan_Dobson.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Bryan_Dobson.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Bryan_Dobson.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\/20181020-Bryan_Dobson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=241-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Bryan_Dobson.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-Bryan_Dobson.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bryan_Dobson-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Bryan Dobson (Southside Radio, Radio Nova)\" class=\"wp-image-240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bryan_Dobson-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bryan_Dobson-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bryan_Dobson-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bryan_Dobson.jpg 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Bryan Dobson&#8217;s Nova ID card from 1982 (Pirate.ie collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 20<sup>th<\/sup> 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era.\u00a0\u00a0Here RT\u00c9 journalist and broadcaster Bryan Dobson tells Leigh McGowran about his times in Southside Radio and Radio Nova in the early 1980s. Bryan Dobson retired from RT\u00c9 on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> May 2024 after over 40 years in the industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 20th 2018 over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era.\u00a0\u00a0Here RT\u00c9 journalist and broadcaster Bryan Dobson tells Leigh McGowran about his times in Southside Radio and Radio Nova in the early 1980s. 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