{"id":262,"date":"2018-12-30T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=262"},"modified":"2021-08-07T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:58:14","slug":"dustys-trail-on-radio-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dustys-trail-on-radio-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircheck: Dusty\u2019s Trail on Radio Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5826\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-262-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.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\/Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=262-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Radio_Dublin_Dustys_Trail_letter_to_Ted_Nealon_no_date.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_sticker_long_253b-1024x171.jpg\" alt=\"Aircheck: Dusty\u2019s Trail on Radio Dublin\" class=\"wp-image-3519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_sticker_long_253b-1024x171.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_sticker_long_253b-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_sticker_long_253b-768x128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ireland_dublin_radio_dublin_sticker_long_253b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Radio Dublin car sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dusty\u2019s Trail was a popular programme on Radio Dublin presented by Gerry Jones aimed at teenage listeners. Trailers, as they were called, wrote into the programme requesting music and even met up at organised gatherings every weekend at the band stand at Stephens Green (it wouldnt be allowed nowadays with GDPR and all the regulations of safety). In this recording from 1985, a listener sends in a copy of a response she received from Minister of State for Broadcasting Ted Nealon to her letter expressing concern that stations such as Radio Dublin would be shut down. Audio quality was never great on Radio Dublin but is worse on this recording due to a loud heterodyne. This is from our own collection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dusty\u2019s Trail was a popular programme on Radio Dublin presented by Gerry Jones aimed at teenage listeners. Trailers, as they were called, wrote into the programme requesting music and even met up at organised gatherings every weekend at the band stand at Stephens Green (it wouldnt be allowed nowadays with GDPR and all the regulations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dustys-trail-on-radio-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Aircheck: Dusty\u2019s Trail on Radio Dublin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[488,46,153,543,9],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-488","tag-am","tag-dublin","tag-gerry-jones","tag-radio-dublin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aircheck: Dusty\u2019s Trail on Radio Dublin - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dustys-trail-on-radio-dublin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aircheck: Dusty\u2019s Trail on Radio Dublin - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dusty\u2019s Trail was a popular programme on Radio Dublin presented by Gerry Jones aimed at teenage listeners. 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