{"id":326,"date":"2018-12-31T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=326"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:24:00","slug":"interview-don-harris-airtime-irs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-don-harris-airtime-irs\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Don Harris (Airtime IRS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_824\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-326-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-don-harris-airtime.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-don-harris-airtime.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-don-harris-airtime.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-don-harris-airtime.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=326-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-don-harris-airtime.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-don-harris-airtime.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/airtime-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Don Harris (Airtime IRS)\" class=\"wp-image-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/airtime-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/airtime-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/airtime-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/airtime.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Airtime advert from Business &amp; Finance 1990 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don Harris worked on many early Dublin AM pirates like ARD and Southside Radio before joining South Coast Radio In Cork. He went on to form the first independent radio sales bureau in Ireland which straddled the pirate era and the legal local radio era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/don_harris-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Don Harris (Airtime IRS)\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/don_harris-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/don_harris-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/don_harris-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/don_harris.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don Harris on South Coast Radio with Renee &amp; Renato <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Harris worked on many early Dublin AM pirates like ARD and Southside Radio before joining South Coast Radio In Cork. 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