{"id":5054,"date":"2021-10-30T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2024-12-15T17:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:41:10","slug":"don-moore-rip-on-radio-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/don-moore-rip-on-radio-dublin\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Moore (RIP) on Radio Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_329\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5054-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.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\/19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5054-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19751228_Radio_Dublin_253m_Dr_Don_1400-1630_Capitol_Radio_raid_KM_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Don-Moore-2-FB-2015-920x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Don Moore (RIP) on Radio Dublin\" class=\"wp-image-5055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Don-Moore-2-FB-2015-920x1024.jpg 920w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Don-Moore-2-FB-2015-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Don-Moore-2-FB-2015-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Don-Moore-2-FB-2015.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don Moore in 2015 (courtesy of Don&#8217;s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the early pioneers of pirate radio in Dublin and Ireland, Don Moore (Dr Don), died in 2021. Here is an early recording of Don on Radio Dublin on Sunday 28<sup>th<\/sup> December 1975 from 1400-1630. Don bemoans the fate of another Dublin pirate, Capitol Radio, which had been raided on 21<sup>st<\/sup> December and returned to the air on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> for a farewell broadcast. Clips from Capitol&#8217;s final broadcast are heard, featuring Alan Russell and Ed McDowell, and Don advises listeners to write to the newspapers and the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to complain. He also refers to Radio Mi Amigo on 252 metres, and says that Radio Dublin is blocking reception of their signal locally. Later in the recording, Prince Terry (Roger Lloyd) reads out some letters from listeners including one in Irish which is translated by Dr Don. Skywave interference from Mi Amigo is heard towards the end of the broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Ian Biggar for donating this recording, which was made originally by Kieran Murray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the early pioneers of pirate radio in Dublin and Ireland, Don Moore (Dr Don), died in 2021. Here is an early recording of Don on Radio Dublin on Sunday 28th December 1975 from 1400-1630. Don bemoans the fate of another Dublin pirate, Capitol Radio, which had been raided on 21st December and returned &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/don-moore-rip-on-radio-dublin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don Moore (RIP) on Radio Dublin&#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":[15],"tags":[538,561,46,341,179,480,479,9],"class_list":["post-5054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-538","tag-alan-russell","tag-am","tag-capitol-radio-226","tag-don-moore","tag-ed-mcdowell","tag-pirate-pioneers-series","tag-radio-dublin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don Moore (RIP) on Radio Dublin - 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\/don-moore-rip-on-radio-dublin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don Moore (RIP) on Radio Dublin - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the early pioneers of pirate radio in Dublin and Ireland, Don Moore (Dr Don), died in 2021. 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