{"id":3546,"date":"2021-01-24T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:00:41","slug":"the-pirate-ie-podcast-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate.ie Podcast #5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7497\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3546-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pirate_podcast_episode5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pirate_podcast_episode5.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pirate_podcast_episode5.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\/pirate_podcast_episode5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3546-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pirate_podcast_episode5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"pirate_podcast_episode5.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\/2021\/01\/simonphantomwexfordstreet-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #5\" class=\"wp-image-3545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/simonphantomwexfordstreet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/simonphantomwexfordstreet-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/simonphantomwexfordstreet-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/simonphantomwexfordstreet.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Simon Maher at Phantom FM in Wexford Street during a temporary licence period in spring 2004. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In episode #5 of the Pirate.ie podcast, it&#8217;s a great pleasure to bring you an interview with Simon Maher, a leading light in the 1990s pirate scene and in subsequent licensed stations. Despite new broadcasting laws that were supposed to silence the pirates, Simon and many others cut their teeth in the lively and diverse world of free radio in  Dublin throughout the decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview with Brian Greene and John Walsh, Simon looks back over twenty years of radio ranging from garden sheds to multi-million euro professional operations and back to alternative online radio. He describes the humble origins of Coast FM (1991-1996) in bedrooms and garden sheds and the growth of his indie\/alternative pirates Spectrum FM (1996-1997) and Phantom FM (1997-2003). After applying three times, Phantom eventually got a full-time alternative rock licence and broadcast to Dublin from 2006-2014 until financial problems forced a corporate takeover and rebranding. Simon discusses the success and failure of the licensed Phantom and tells us why he thinks specialist radio needs to return to its roots. He currently runs <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/8radio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">8Radio.com<\/a>, an alternative online station that has been on multi-city FM under temporary licences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-719x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #5\" class=\"wp-image-3550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-1079x1536.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-1438x2048.jpg 1438w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PXL_20210124_182753181_1-scaled.jpg 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><figcaption>A Coast 105 poster from the early 1990s from Brian Greene&#8217;s collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview gives a fascinating insight into the similarities and differences between the 1980s and 1990s pirates and is also a lesson in how radio needs to reinvent itself to survive.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In episode #5 of the Pirate.ie podcast, it&#8217;s a great pleasure to bring you an interview with Simon Maher, a leading light in the 1990s pirate scene and in subsequent licensed stations. 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