{"id":248,"date":"2018-12-30T12:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T12:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=248"},"modified":"2021-08-07T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:00:14","slug":"interview-with-radio-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-with-radio-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Radio Dublin on its \u2018last day\u2019 of broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1458\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-248-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.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\/19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=248-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_Centre_Radio_live_call_to_Radio_Dublin.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Radio Dublin on its \u2018last day\u2019 of broadcasting\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/radio-dublin-badge.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Dublin badge courtesy of Brian Greene. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Centre Radio in Bayside was one of the last stations to close at midnight on New Year\u2019s Eve 1988. Rumours abounded that Radio Dublin was going to defy the new legislation and continue broadcasting so early on the morning of the 31<sup>st<\/sup> December, Bobby Gibbson (Brian Greene) decided to call Radio Dublin live on air. In this recording, he speaks to breakfast presenter Robbie Prior who says all presenters have been told that this is their final day. However he adds that station owner Eamon Cooke could well have something up his sleeve. The recording includes poor quality live audio from Radio Dublin\u2019s AM broadcast on 1188 kHz.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre Radio in Bayside was one of the last stations to close at midnight on New Year\u2019s Eve 1988. 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