{"id":2463,"date":"2020-08-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2020-08-17T19:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T18:05:15","slug":"interview-kieran-murray-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-kieran-murray-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Kieran Murray (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8434\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2463-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran_Murray_3_new.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran_Murray_3_new.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran_Murray_3_new.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\/08\/Kieran_Murray_3_new.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2463-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran_Murray_3_new.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Kieran_Murray_3_new.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"442\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Millennium-reception.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Kieran Murray (Part 3)\" class=\"wp-image-2464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Millennium-reception.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Millennium-reception-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Kieran Murray at RT\u00c9&#8217;s Millennium Radio reception in the GPO Arcade in Dublin (photo courtesy of Kieran Murray). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the third and final part of our extended interview with Kieran Murray about his radio career, Kieran describes his transition from the pirates to the new licensed stations in 1989. He began at RT\u00c9&#8217;s local radio service for Dublin, Millennium Radio, where he worked as a &#8216;general assistant&#8217;. He then moved to sports news and presentation on the country&#8217;s first independent local licensed station, Capital Radio, which became FM104. After more than a decade using his real name, it was during this time that he started calling himself &#8216;Stereo Steve&#8217; on air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1020\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Capital-Italia-90.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Kieran Murray (Part 3)\" class=\"wp-image-2465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Capital-Italia-90.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kieran-Capital-Italia-90-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Kieran reporting for Capital Radio from the 1990 World Cup in Italy (photo courtesy of Kieran Murray). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kieran then considers the significance of the pirate stations where he spent ten years of his career and concludes by reflecting on the state of radio today. 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