{"id":4431,"date":"2021-07-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4431"},"modified":"2021-07-23T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T13:06:08","slug":"tony-gareth-on-radio-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tony-gareth-on-radio-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Gareth on Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_91\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4431-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_PB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_PB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_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\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_PB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4431-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_PB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19821010_Radio_Nova_9.59-1004_Roland_Burke_Tony_Gareth_PB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Gareth on Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-4432\" width=\"674\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gareth-OC-via-Noel-Hiney-2048x1458.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption>Tony Gareth aka Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan in the Nova studio (photo courtesy of Noel Hiney). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two short clips from Radio Nova on Sunday 10<sup>th<\/sup> October 1982. The one above features part of the 10am news read by Roland Burke (RIP) followed by the weather with Tony Gareth, aka Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan who would become one of Ireland&#8217;s best-known broadcasters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second clip below is from the religious programme <em>Life is a Celebration<\/em>, which was launched on Nova on that day. Presented by two priests, it featured music and spiritual reflections and was an example of the early experimentation in specialist programming by Chris Cary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/19821010_Radio_Nova_Life_is_celebration_launch_PB.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Paul Buckle for his donation of both recordings, which were made from 88FM near Belfast. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two short clips from Radio Nova on Sunday 10th October 1982. 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