{"id":5144,"date":"2021-11-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2021-11-09T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:00:39","slug":"dr-don-closes-radio-dublin-in-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dr-don-closes-radio-dublin-in-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Don closes Radio Dublin in 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2935\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5144-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_KM_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_KM_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_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\/11\/19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_KM_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5144-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_KM_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19760917_Radio_Dublin_0000-0000_Dr_Don_final_night_KM_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-Sunday-Press-1979-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Don closes Radio Dublin in 1976\" class=\"wp-image-5162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-Sunday-Press-1979-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-Sunday-Press-1979-2-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>The late Don Moore pictured in the Sunday Press on 04.02.1979.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the direction of the late Don Moore, Radio Dublin began night-time broadcasting in 1976, expanding the station\u2019s presence on air beyond the usual Sunday afternoon slot. However, the extended hours drew the attention of the authorities and Radio Dublin was raided on Wednesday 15<sup>th<\/sup> September 1976. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 227 metres medium wave on Friday 17<sup>th<\/sup> September and was the station\u2019s final night-time broadcast for the foreseeable future. A subdued Dr. Don opens the half-hour broadcast, which contains plenty of pirate-themed music. There are also recordings of other DJs such as Dave C., Paul Downey and John Walsh (nothing to the John Walsh of this site!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listeners are urged to join the Radio Dublin club to support the station. It would be another year before Radio Dublin began periods of full-time broadcasting in September 1977, prompting the transition from the pirates as hobbyists to more serious stations. This recording was made originally by Kieran Murray and was kindly shared by Ian Biggar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the direction of the late Don Moore, Radio Dublin began night-time broadcasting in 1976, expanding the station\u2019s presence on air beyond the usual Sunday afternoon slot. However, the extended hours drew the attention of the authorities and Radio Dublin was raided on Wednesday 15th September 1976. This recording was made from 227 metres medium &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dr-don-closes-radio-dublin-in-1976\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dr. Don closes Radio Dublin in 1976&#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":[562,46,179,153,9],"class_list":["post-5144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-562","tag-am","tag-don-moore","tag-dublin","tag-radio-dublin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Don closes Radio Dublin in 1976 - 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\/dr-don-closes-radio-dublin-in-1976\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Don closes Radio Dublin in 1976 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under the direction of the late Don Moore, Radio Dublin began night-time broadcasting in 1976, expanding the station\u2019s presence on air beyond the usual Sunday afternoon slot. 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