{"id":297,"date":"2018-12-31T12:34:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=297"},"modified":"2023-02-14T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T07:19:21","slug":"heartbeat-the-love-song-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/heartbeat-the-love-song-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbeat FM, the love station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8812\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-297-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.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\/1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=297-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"1988_Heartbeat_John_Keogh_jingle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker.jpg\" alt=\"Heartbeat FM, the love station\" class=\"wp-image-4645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker.jpg 575w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption>Heartbeat sticker (courtesy of DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heartbeat FM was a popular love song station in Dublin broadcasting from 1986 until the end of 1988 on 95.5 FM. The station changed its name to Cara 95 for a few months in 1987 but reverted to Heartbeat. It was an example of one of the niche stations of the era and featured a format that would be copied in later years by Radio Dublin. Heartbeat returned as a pirate in the 1990s and was awarded a temporary licence in the 1990s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recordings of Heartbeat from the Pirate.ie collection from 30<sup>th<\/sup> August 1988 include links by John Keogh and Maurice Nevin (RIP), adverts, jingles and news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/19880830_Heartbeat_95_news-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Ads into 6pm news from 30.08.88. The newsreader is Maurice Nevin. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_95_ads.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Ads and a jingle from 1988. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_Heartbeat_95_ads_incl_JW.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Aircheck and ads from 1988. The presenter is Maurice Nevin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Heartbeat-95FM.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Heartbeat jingle from 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbeat FM was a popular love song station in Dublin broadcasting from 1986 until the end of 1988 on 95.5 FM. 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