{"id":296,"date":"2018-12-31T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=296"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:31:29","slug":"interview-gerry-oreilly-transmitter-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-gerry-oreilly-transmitter-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Gerry Reilly, transmitter man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2222\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-296-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.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\/20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=296-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-Gerry-Reilly-transmitter-man.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=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Interview with Gerry Reilly, transmitter man\" class=\"wp-image-2970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pirate_Podcast2.png 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The engineers who kept radio stations on air are sometimes overlooked in the history of the pirate era from 1978-1988. In this interview, Gerry Reilly, a radio engineer from Co. Cavan, talks about the many engineering jobs that he did for pirates throughout Ireland. Gerry worked on transmitters for almost 50 stations including Kandy Radio, Galway District Radio (GDR), Hometown Radio, Big M, Erneside, NWCR, CCR, Breffni Radio, Midwest Radio. East Coast Radio (Louth), Melvin Radio, Radio North, Riverside Radio, Boyneside Radio, DCR Letterkenny, Radio West, Rainbow Radio, Star Radio, North Star, KISS FM, KITS, North Atlantic Radio and many more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interview was conducted by Walter Hegarty on October 20<sup>th<\/sup> 2018, when over 100 radio anoraks gathered in the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. The purpose was to meet and record oral history of the pirate radio era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engineers who kept radio stations on air are sometimes overlooked in the history of the pirate era from 1978-1988. In this interview, Gerry Reilly, a radio engineer from Co. Cavan, talks about the many engineering jobs that he did for pirates throughout Ireland. 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