{"id":2860,"date":"2020-10-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2021-08-07T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:59:41","slug":"northeast-series-michael-gerrard-of-boyneside-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-michael-gerrard-of-boyneside-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: Michael Gerrard of Boyneside Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6154\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2860-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-edit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-edit.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-edit.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\/Michael-Gerrard-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2860-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Michael-Gerrard-edit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: Michael Gerrard of Boyneside Radio\" class=\"wp-image-2864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Michael-Gerrard-LMFM-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Michael Gerrard in the early days of LMFM where he still presents a show today. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Gerrard was a well-known voice on late-night Boyneside Radio in the station&#8217;s later years and gained a large following on his Radio Romance and Night-Time Music slots. Like so many pirate presenters, Michael joined Boyneside when just a teenager and in this interview with John Walsh, he shares his memories of the station with us. After 1989, he went on to work with the local licensed station <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">LMFM<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also thank Michael for sharing with us two of his final recordings in the run-up to the closedown of Boyneside on 31<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988. The first is an aircheck of the final Night-Time Music show on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19881223_Boyneside_Michael_Gerrard_early_last_night_time_music_aircheck.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second features the final half-hour of Michael&#8217;s programme on Friday 30<sup>th<\/sup> December 1988, the penultimate day of broadcasting. Some of this has been airchecked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/19881230_Boyneside_Michael_Gerrard.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both recordings include a farewell message for Boyneside listeners voiced by Eddie Caffrey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Gerrard was a well-known voice on late-night Boyneside Radio in the station&#8217;s later years and gained a large following on his Radio Romance and Night-Time Music slots. 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