{"id":3174,"date":"2020-12-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:04:58","slug":"more-jason-maine-on-early-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-jason-maine-on-early-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_188\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3174-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.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\/12\/19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3174-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19801019_Sunshine_Radio_Jason_Maine_0953-1006_1013-1041_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-1024x235.jpeg\" alt=\"More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-1024x235.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-300x69.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-768x177.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-1536x353.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-car-sticker-2048x471.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Early Sunshine car sticker (courtesy of Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we bring you another recording from the first few weeks of Sunshine Radio, the station which broke the mould of Irish pirate radio when it launched officially on 29<sup>th<\/sup> September 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording runs from 0953-1006 and again from 1013-1041 on 19<sup>th<\/sup> October 1980. It&#8217;s a cold and sunny Sunday morning and Jason Maine is in a relaxed vibe. The early Sunshine slogan &#8216;the dance station of the 80s&#8217; is heard intermittently. This was used until around Christmas when the format changed to Top 40 and oldies. There are ads voiced by Tony Allan for the Sands Hotel where Sunshine was based and Tamango&#8217;s Nightclub next door. Jason also announces thousands of pounds&#8217; worth of prizes in the coming week, a sign that Sunshine meant business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-declan-meehan.jpg\" alt=\"More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-declan-meehan.jpg 750w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/early-declan-meehan-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Declan Meehan in the Sunshine studio in 1981 (photo courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 531 kHz by Ken Baird in Ayrshire in Scotland and co-channel interference can be heard from the Swiss German station underneath. Many thanks to Ian Biggar for sharing it with us.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we bring you another recording from the first few weeks of Sunshine Radio, the station which broke the mould of Irish pirate radio when it launched officially on 29th September 1980. The recording runs from 0953-1006 and again from 1013-1041 on 19th October 1980. It&#8217;s a cold and sunny Sunday morning and Jason Maine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/more-jason-maine-on-early-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,152],"tags":[490,46,145,153,89,201,47],"class_list":["post-3174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","category-full-recordings","tag-490","tag-am","tag-declan-meehan","tag-dublin","tag-dx","tag-jason-maine","tag-sunshine-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio - 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\/more-jason-maine-on-early-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More Jason Maine on early Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we bring you another recording from the first few weeks of Sunshine Radio, the station which broke the mould of Irish pirate radio when it launched officially on 29th September 1980. 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