{"id":2794,"date":"2020-10-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:09:54","slug":"northeast-series-boyneside-radio-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-boyneside-radio-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4468\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2794-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2794-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19860927_Boyneside_Radio_1055MHz_1020-1150_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-814x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio (1986)\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-814x1024.jpeg 814w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-238x300.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-768x966.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-1221x1536.jpeg 1221w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-1628x2048.jpeg 1628w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/eddie-1986-scaled.jpeg 2035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Eddie Caffrey at the controls in 1986 (photo courtesy of Eddie Caffrey). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional Irish music show the Green Scene is the longest-running programme on commercial radio in Ireland and dates from the Boyneside Radio era. Presented by Eddie Caffrey, it was popular across the northeast of Ireland and further afield. This recording is from 1020-1105 on Saturday 27<sup>th<\/sup> September 1986 and features a huge number of requests from Louth, Meath, Armagh, Down, Dublin and even Blackpool. There&#8217;s also an ad for a c\u00e9il\u00ed in Rochdale, Lancashire, evidence of how well the Boyneside signal travelled on AM across the Irish Sea. The show also includes the regular radio bingo slot with Dermot Finglas and news is read by Gerry Malone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Green Scene is still presented every Saturday by Eddie Caffrey on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/on-air\/the-greenscene\/\" target=\"_blank\">LMFM<\/a>. This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional Irish music show the Green Scene is the longest-running programme on commercial radio in Ireland and dates from the Boyneside Radio era. Presented by Eddie Caffrey, it was popular across the northeast of Ireland and further afield. 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