{"id":5044,"date":"2021-11-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2021-11-02T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T17:44:48","slug":"disco-top-30-with-simon-young-on-big-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/disco-top-30-with-simon-young-on-big-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Disco Top 30 with Simon Young on Big D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5821\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5044-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_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\/19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5044-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810000_Big_D_Simon_Young_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-1024x228.jpg\" alt=\"Disco Top 30 with Simon Young on Big D\" class=\"wp-image-3887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-768x171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-1536x342.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/BigD001-BE-2048x456.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Big D sticker (courtesy Bill Ebrill). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another recording of popular DJ Simon Young (RIP) presenting the Top 30 Disco Survey on the Big D in 1981. Sloopy&#8217;s Nightclub sponsors the survey and Simon promos the Big D Boogie Night held in Sloopy&#8217;s on Tuesday nights. The voices of the late Dave C and Tony Allen are heard on ads and station idents. Simon Young went on to become one of the leading DJs on RT\u00c9 2FM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a letter sent by Simon in 1979 to Ian Biggar, confirming his reception report of Big D in Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Disco Top 30 with Simon Young on Big D\" class=\"wp-image-5073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-1150x1536.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-1534x2048.jpeg 1534w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1979-Simon-Young-letter-scaled.jpeg 1917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Letter from Simon Young in 1979 to Ian Biggar (thanks to Ian for sharing this). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is undated but it was made from 99.5 FM on a Monday evening from 2215-2300 sometime in the spring of 1981. Thanks to Shay Geoghegan for the donation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another recording of popular DJ Simon Young (RIP) presenting the Top 30 Disco Survey on the Big D in 1981. Sloopy&#8217;s Nightclub sponsors the survey and Simon promos the Big D Boogie Night held in Sloopy&#8217;s on Tuesday nights. 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