{"id":4965,"date":"2021-10-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4965"},"modified":"2021-10-18T20:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:26:23","slug":"peter-madison-and-non-stop-capitol-98-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/peter-madison-and-non-stop-capitol-98-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Madison and non-stop Capitol 98 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6065\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4965-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.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\/10\/19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4965-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19820700_Capitol_98_Peter_Madison_nonstop_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Madison and non-stop Capitol 98 FM\" class=\"wp-image-4966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead-768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capitol-CU-letterhead.jpg 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Capitol 98 letterhead (courtesy of Ian Biggar). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Capitol Radio on 98 FM was a short-lived radio experiment launched in the summer of 1982, aiming to provide an adult-oriented rock service to the greater Dublin area. Although some big names were involved including Tony Allan, Peter Madison, Steve Marshall, Scott Williams, Paul Allen, Eddie West and Lawrence John, Capitol ran into financial difficulties after a few months and closed down in September. Although Capitol proposed to also broadcast on 999 kHz AM, it was an FM-only station, a relatively rare choice in the early 1980s when medium wave was still an important platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording begins with a link from the late Peter Madison and is followed by non-stop music. There is no date but we estimate it to be from July 1982. Thanks to Shay Geoghegan for the donation. &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capitol Radio on 98 FM was a short-lived radio experiment launched in the summer of 1982, aiming to provide an adult-oriented rock service to the greater Dublin area. 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