{"id":3406,"date":"2021-01-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T15:59:40","slug":"overnight-eri-from-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/overnight-eri-from-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"Live overnight ERI from 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3444\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3406-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.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\/2021\/01\/19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19851023_ERI_Ciaran_Brannelly_0145-0240_967fm_CB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ERI-studio-1987-IB-1002x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Live overnight ERI from 1985\" class=\"wp-image-3411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ERI-studio-1987-IB-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ERI-studio-1987-IB-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ERI-studio-1987-IB-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ERI-studio-1987-IB.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The ERI studio in 1987 (photo courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Overnight radio is almost always automated these days and while many pirates also put out tapes in the early hours or closed down for the night, a sizable number of stations ran live programming around the clock. One such station was the Cork super-pirate ERI (1982-1988). This is a recording of part of a live overnight show on ERI from 1985. Tony Ashford (Ciaran Brannelly) is on the long graveyard shift playing music through the night until 6am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lucy-Potter-Coogan-ERI-1982-3-IB-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"Live overnight ERI from 1985\" class=\"wp-image-3120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lucy-Potter-Coogan-ERI-1982-3-IB-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lucy-Potter-Coogan-ERI-1982-3-IB-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lucy-Potter-Coogan-ERI-1982-3-IB-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lucy-Potter-Coogan-ERI-1982-3-IB.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Lucy Potter Coogan in the ERI newsroom in 1981\/82 (photo courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Emer Lucey (Lucy Potter Coogan) is heard every hour with &#8216;ERI News Review&#8217;, a pre-recorded bulletin of the main stories from the previous day. The recording was made from 96.7 FM and runs from 0145-0240 on Wednesday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> October 1985. ERI also broadcast on 1305 kHz (announcing 225 metres) and could be heard over a large area.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Ciaran Brannelly for his donation.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overnight radio is almost always automated these days and while many pirates also put out tapes in the early hours or closed down for the night, a sizable number of stations ran live programming around the clock. One such station was the Cork super-pirate ERI (1982-1988). 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