{"id":3331,"date":"2020-12-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2024-03-03T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T14:14:59","slug":"interview-with-paul-davidson-of-anoraks-ireland-on-centre-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-with-paul-davidson-of-anoraks-ireland-on-centre-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland on Centre Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1154\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3331-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.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\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3331-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881231_Centre_Radio_Richard_Taylor_Paul_Davidson_2024-2034.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland on Centre Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Anoraks-Ireland-card-1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Anoraks Ireland card and logo with Paul Davidson&#8217;s name. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On its final day of broadcasting on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988, there was a serious anorak feel to Centre Radio in Bayside as it looked back at the pirate radio scene and caught up with those who had been involved with it. During his final show, Richard Taylor (John Walsh) interviewed Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland who had recorded and documented so much of Irish pirate radio in the 1980s. In the recording above which was made after 8pm, John asked Paul who was still on air in Dublin and got his views about the forthcoming legalisation of local radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-2-Centre-86-1024x866.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland on Centre Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-2-Centre-86-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-2-Centre-86-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-2-Centre-86-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Group-2-Centre-86.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Centre Radio, Christmas 1986. L-R behind: Liam Ward, Brian Greene, Pauline Reddin, Declan Meade, Eamonn Roe. L-R front: Iris Conroy, Peter Walsh. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier at 3pm on December 31<sup>st<\/sup>, Brian Greene interviewed Derek Jones and got his thoughts on the final day of pirate radio. Derek was one of those behind the shortwave station Radio Valleri based in Baldoyle, Dublin 13 and in 1986, he got involved with Big Beat Radio also in Baldoyle. Big Beat was a summer youth station which preceded Centre Radio and many of the same young DJs were involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19881231_Centre_Radio_Derek_Jones_interview_1500_aircheck.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201224_00002_008_1-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Interview with Paul Davidson of Anoraks Ireland on Centre Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201224_00002_008_1-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201224_00002_008_1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201224_00002_008_1-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201224_00002_008_1.jpg 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Derek Jones at Centre Radio, Christmas 1986. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Derek continues to broadcast today and in this extended <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-derek-jones-radio-valleri\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> with Brian Greene, he looks back at many happy decades behind the microphone.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On its final day of broadcasting on 31st December 1988, there was a serious anorak feel to Centre Radio in Bayside as it looked back at the pirate radio scene and caught up with those who had been involved with it. 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