{"id":3821,"date":"2021-03-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2021-04-25T20:08:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:08:26","slug":"david-baker-ard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/david-baker-ard\/","title":{"rendered":"David Baker on ARD from the Crofton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1357\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3821-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.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\/03\/19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3821-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810801_ARD_99fm_David_Baker_0820-0905_DB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"David Baker on ARD from the Crofton\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-1536x1079.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9795-2048x1438.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The Crofton Airport Hotel during the ARD\/Radio 257 days (photo courtesy of Noel Hiney). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the relaunch as Radio 257 on New Year&#8217;s Day 1980 and a move to the Crofton Airport Hotel, the station had resumed using the ARD name by the autumn of that year. The arrival on the scene of super-pirates Sunshine Radio in 1980 and Radio Nova in 1981 changed everything and smaller stations such as ARD began to feel the pinch. It moved back into the city centre in early 1982 but closed later that autumn, making its final broadcast on September 15<sup>th<\/sup>. According to <em>Radio Radio<\/em> (1988) by Peter Mulryan: &#8216;After the emotional closedown, the microphones were kept open on FM, and Dublin listened to the sad sound of the studios being dismantled&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/257.jpg\" alt=\"David Baker on ARD from the Crofton\" class=\"wp-image-1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/257.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/257-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/257-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Brian Greene&#8217;s own copy of the Radio 257 sticker. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of a very young David Baker presenting the Saturday breakfast programme from the Crofton on 1<sup>st<\/sup> August 1981. The recording was made from 99 FM from 0820-0905 and includes news read by Al O&#8217;Rourke. Both David and Al would go on to work in many other Dublin pirates, including the network of temporary festival stations run by the Community Broadcasting Co-operative.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"David Baker on ARD from the Crofton\" class=\"wp-image-3816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9790-scaled.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><figcaption>The ARD mast at the Crofton (photo courtesy of Noel Hiney). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank David Baker for his donation of this recording. Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> to our podcast with David in which he shares his memories of pirate days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the relaunch as Radio 257 on New Year&#8217;s Day 1980 and a move to the Crofton Airport Hotel, the station had resumed using the ARD name by the autumn of that year. 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