{"id":3929,"date":"2021-04-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2024-03-24T00:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T00:04:44","slug":"marty-hall-whelan-on-radio-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/marty-hall-whelan-on-radio-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty Hall (Whelan) on Radio Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_127\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3929-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_EC.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_EC.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_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_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3929-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/19780324_Radio_Dublin_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_EC.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19780324_Radio_Dublin_1200-1330_Marty_Hall_EC.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB-1024x332.jpg\" alt=\"Marty Hall (Whelan) on Radio Dublin\" class=\"wp-image-3901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB-1024x332.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB-1536x497.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1977_Radio_Dublin_letterhead_IB.jpg 1729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Early Radio Dublin masthead (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Marty Whelan was one of the many future RT\u00c9 stars who would cut his broadcasting teeth in the late 1970s Dublin pirate scene. Here he is as Marty Hall presenting the Oldies Show on Radio Dublin on Easter Sunday, 26<sup>th<\/sup> March 1978 between 1200-1330.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme is interesting in how it uses advertising, as most commercials are read live by Marty.  Businesses such as Windsor Rent-a-Car, the Dublin Bazaar, The Sportsman Inn in Mount Merrion and the Rosary Florist are promoted in this way and a segment of the show is sponsored by the Chariot Inn in Ranelagh. There are also letters from listeners with all sorts of requests including one reporting a broken television and another promoting a local sports club. Marty Hall would soon move on to the breakaway station <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/marty-hall-big-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big D<\/a> before joining the new RT\u00c9 Radio 2 in 1979. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is partially airchecked and was made by Eddie Caffrey in Co. Louth, so there is some interference in places. 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