{"id":4052,"date":"2021-05-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2023-07-02T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:41:02","slug":"tom-hardy-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tom-hardy-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_791\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4052-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.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\/05\/19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4052-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820720_Sunshine_FM_Tom_Hardy_1829-1856_PB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-8742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Undated-Robbie-Stevie-Tom-LOD-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Tom Hardy (bottom right) with Robbie Robinson (L) and Stevie Dunne (undated, courtesy Pat Herbert). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Hardy (RIP) worked in the offshore pirate Radio Caroline before coming to Sunshine Radio in Dublin in 1981. He was also a DJ on Radio Nova and its offshoot KISS FM as well as the other KISS FM in Monaghan in 1988, before going on to licensed radio in the 1990s. Tom died in 2022.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-4053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tamango-old-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A rusty sign for Tamango&#8217;s at the current White Sands Hotel in Portmarnock (photo by John Walsh). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording from 1829-1856 on Tuesday 20<sup>th<\/sup> July 1982 features Tom on Sunshine Radio. As well as presenting an eclectic mix of music, he reads news headlines and a gig guide. The commercial break includes an ad for Tamango&#8217;s nightclub, located next door to Sunshine at the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock. A very young Cathy Cregan, one of Sunshine&#8217;s newsreaders, is also heard voicing an ad.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Paul Buckle for this donation. An interview with Tom Hardy is available <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-tom-hardy-radio-nova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hardy (RIP) worked in the offshore pirate Radio Caroline before coming to Sunshine Radio in Dublin in 1981. He was also a DJ on Radio Nova and its offshoot KISS FM as well as the other KISS FM in Monaghan in 1988, before going on to licensed radio in the 1990s. Tom died in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tom-hardy-on-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio&#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":[152],"tags":[498,153,47,122],"class_list":["post-4052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-498","tag-dublin","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-tom-hardy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio - 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\/tom-hardy-on-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tom Hardy on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom Hardy (RIP) worked in the offshore pirate Radio Caroline before coming to Sunshine Radio in Dublin in 1981. 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