{"id":5343,"date":"2021-12-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:52:29","slug":"christmas-on-capitol-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/christmas-on-capitol-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas on Capitol Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5589\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5343-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.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\/12\/19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5343-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19801200_Capitol_226_various_Xmas_Jingles_AR.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1978-chris-ed-alan-tree-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas on Capitol Radio\" class=\"wp-image-5345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1978-chris-ed-alan-tree-1-1.jpg 751w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1978-chris-ed-alan-tree-1-1-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: Chris Barry, Ed McDowell and Alan Russell in December 1978 (courtesy Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of Christmas jingles from Capitol Radio (226 metres) from 1980. Capitol&#8217;s first Christmas on air was in 1978 and Alan Russell has shared his memories of that period with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;I&nbsp; have some memories of that particular December being our first Capitol Christmas. The founder of ALONE Willie Bermingham was a fireman based in the nearby Pearse Street fire station and I can recall several interviews with Willie in the run-up to Christmas encouraging folks to look out for elderly neighbours.&nbsp;On Christmas Day we had live programmes and presenters. Back in 1978, the buses were off until St. Stephen&#8217;s Day and taxis were non-existent. On tuning in after Christmas lunch at my family home, I was horrified to hear the presenter getting progressively drunker! I had forgotten a small bottle of Smirnoff left in the postal boxes for any guests or business associates and the presenter was availing of the Christmas spirit &#8211; literally. I was five miles from the city centre and with no immediate transport other than walking or hitching, it was a nightmare (though probably entertaining for some!) that continued for a while, until Chris Barry reached Bachelors Walk and restored normality. The weather was particularly wintry with heavy ice on the ground, so hopping on a cycle or even a motorcycle to reach the station in the city centre was not an option&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1980-jingles-cassette.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas on Capitol Radio\" class=\"wp-image-5349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1980-jingles-cassette.jpg 589w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/capitol-radio-xmas-1980-jingles-cassette-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><figcaption>Copy of cassette of original Capitol jingles supplied by Bryan Lambert (courtesy Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The jingles were a package used by a Capitol Radio in South Africa, and were heard also on the later station of the same name in Dublin (1983-1988). Alan Russell remembers that a few days after they began using the jingles, two men purporting to be from the South African embassy called to Capitol, telling them to cease using them. &#8216;Although they never gained admittance to the studios and were kept outside the main door &#8211; reinforced with a steel plate and a barrier &#8211; I spoke to them and they weren&#8217;t Irish guys having a laugh. This was around the time of the anti-apartheid movement in Ireland and we had interviewed Kadar Asmal, so they seemed plausible. I noted their complaint and reminded them they were in Ireland not South Africa so the heavy attitude wasn&#8217;t going to work&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These jingles were kindly donated by Alan Russell. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of Christmas jingles from Capitol Radio (226 metres) from 1980. Capitol&#8217;s first Christmas on air was in 1978 and Alan Russell has shared his memories of that period with us. &#8216;I&nbsp; have some memories of that particular December being our first Capitol Christmas. 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