{"id":5431,"date":"2022-01-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2025-01-18T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:27:29","slug":"big-d-rings-in-new-year-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/big-d-rings-in-new-year-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Big D rings in New Year 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4252\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5431-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_SG.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_SG.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_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\/12\/19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5431-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_SG.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19791231_Big_D_273m_NYE_Vincent_Stewart_0033-0120_SG.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland_dublin_big_d_small_round_sticker_2.jpg\" alt=\"Big D rings in New Year 1980\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland_dublin_big_d_small_round_sticker_2.jpg 530w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland_dublin_big_d_small_round_sticker_2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland_dublin_big_d_small_round_sticker_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ireland_dublin_big_d_small_round_sticker_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big D sticker (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of Dublin station the Big D in the early hours of New Year&#8217;s Day 1980. To mark the occasion, there is a link-up with Denis Murray by a poor quality phone line to a pub at John&#8217;s Lane Church in the city centre. Revellers, many of them worse for wear, come on the line to talk to Vincent Stewart in the studio. Clearly Big D is delighted at the departure of rival station ARD, judging by the canned laughter when Vincent announces that the other station has just closed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other DJs and staff are in the studio with best wishes for the new decade. There are pleas for peace given the ongoing horrors of the Troubles and the broadcast ends with the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na choir singing \u2018Let There be Peace on Earth\u2019. This is followed by pre-recorded music through the night. The recording was made from 273 metres (1116 kHz) from 0054-0120 on 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 1980. Thanks to Shay Geoghegan for the donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of Dublin station the Big D in the early hours of New Year&#8217;s Day 1980. To mark the occasion, there is a link-up with Denis Murray by a poor quality phone line to a pub at John&#8217;s Lane Church in the city centre. 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