{"id":3982,"date":"2021-04-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2021-04-30T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:58:50","slug":"the-pirate-ie-podcast-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-6\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate.ie Podcast #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3318\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3982-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pirate_podcast_episode6.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pirate_podcast_episode6.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pirate_podcast_episode6.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\/pirate_podcast_episode6.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3982-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pirate_podcast_episode6.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"pirate_podcast_episode6.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #6\" class=\"wp-image-2975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pirate_IE_Podcast_Logo.jpg 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In episode #6 of the Pirate.ie podcast, we analyse the politics and economics of Irish pirate radio from 1978-1988. The pirates emerged because of the political failure to develop diversity in radio and became a thorn in the side of the authorities, especially from the early 1980s with the arrival of high-powered, professional operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #6\" class=\"wp-image-3985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sunshine-Review-1985-cover-low.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Sunshine Review 1985 (DX Archive). Sunshine raised a lot of money for the Central Remedial Clinic in Dublin. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many stations practised corporate social responsibility in an effort to appear respectable but once they began to attract advertising revenue away from RT\u00c9, they were raided or jammed. Political instability and ideological differences stymied the development of legislation to regulate the radio sector, with several failed radio bills in the 1980s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mike-Hogan-Eye.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #6\" class=\"wp-image-1652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mike-Hogan-Eye.jpg 900w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mike-Hogan-Eye-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Mike-Hogan-Eye-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Political influence in high places: Mike Hogan in the Q102 helicopter over Dublin in 1986 (pic Irish Times). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, listen to Brian Greene and John Walsh explore the politics and economics of the era with the help of extracts from our archive including news programmes, interviews, commercial breaks and advertising promos. This discussion is based on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/19376529.2020.1814294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> published in 2020 in the <em>Journal of Radio and Audio Media<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In episode #6 of the Pirate.ie podcast, we analyse the politics and economics of Irish pirate radio from 1978-1988. The pirates emerged because of the political failure to develop diversity in radio and became a thorn in the side of the authorities, especially from the early 1980s with the arrival of high-powered, professional operators. 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