{"id":3924,"date":"2021-04-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2024-03-24T00:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T00:03:09","slug":"radio-dublin-on-easter-sunday-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-dublin-on-easter-sunday-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9416\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3924-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.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\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3924-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19780324_Radio_Dublin_1115-1200_Kieran_Murray_FRC_EC.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44110710_10157986005632907_3171826428903686144_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday 1978\" class=\"wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44110710_10157986005632907_3171826428903686144_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44110710_10157986005632907_3171826428903686144_n-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44110710_10157986005632907_3171826428903686144_n-1-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/44110710_10157986005632907_3171826428903686144_n-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Early Radio Dublin badge (Alan MacSiomoin collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kieran Murray presented FRC (Free Radio Campaign) programmes on various pirates down the years, including in the early days of Radio Dublin as a full-time station. Here&#8217;s a recording of part of the FRC show presented by Kieran on Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday, 26<sup>th<\/sup> March 1978. This was just before the split that led to the breakaway station Big D. An ad is heard for FRC Ireland and its magazine <em>Sounds Alternative<\/em>, and new stations in Kildare and Galway are mentioned. There are also long lists of requests, reflecting the strong listenership enjoyed by Radio Dublin at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recording was made by Eddie Caffrey in Co. Louth, and there is some interference. Thanks to Eddie and Ian Biggar for sharing it with us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kieran Murray presented FRC (Free Radio Campaign) programmes on various pirates down the years, including in the early days of Radio Dublin as a full-time station. Here&#8217;s a recording of part of the FRC show presented by Kieran on Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday, 26th March 1978. This was just before the split that led &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-dublin-on-easter-sunday-1978\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday 1978&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[489,46,153,703,243,9],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-489","tag-am","tag-dublin","tag-easter-sunday","tag-kieran-murray","tag-radio-dublin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday 1978 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-dublin-on-easter-sunday-1978\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday 1978 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kieran Murray presented FRC (Free Radio Campaign) programmes on various pirates down the years, including in the early days of Radio Dublin as a full-time station. 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