{"id":5435,"date":"2022-01-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5435"},"modified":"2023-12-31T12:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T12:29:45","slug":"radio-snowflake-on-new-years-day-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-snowflake-on-new-years-day-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Snowflake on New Year&#8217;s Day 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1603\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5435-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.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\/19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5435-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19840101_Radio_Snowflake_999fm_199mw_Charlie_Sheen_David_Baker_0330-0430_DB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"943\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-943x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Snowflake on New Year&#039;s Day 1984\" class=\"wp-image-3003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-943x1024.jpg 943w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-1414x1536.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Charlie Sheehan in the Radio Sandymount studio (courtesy Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s original Christmas station was Radio Snowflake, which broadcast every festive season from 1982 to 1988 and in later years online. It was set up by Dave Reddy of the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) who also ran pop-up stations such as Radio Sandymount and Radio Donnybrook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Snowflake on New Year&#039;s Day 1984\" class=\"wp-image-3502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/David-Baker-CU-via-D-Reddy.jpg 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>David Baker in the Radio Donnybrook studio (courtesy Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Radio Snowflake was made in the early hours of 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 1984 from 0330-0430 (with some airchecks) and features well-known presenters on the CBC stations, Charlie Sheehan and David Baker. Listeners phone in with requests and dedications, an unpredictable venture given the time of night and year. The recording was made from 99.9 FM and is donated kindly by David Baker.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland&#8217;s original Christmas station was Radio Snowflake, which broadcast every festive season from 1982 to 1988 and in later years online. It was set up by Dave Reddy of the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) who also ran pop-up stations such as Radio Sandymount and Radio Donnybrook. This recording of Radio Snowflake was made in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-snowflake-on-new-years-day-1984\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio Snowflake on New Year&#8217;s Day 1984&#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":[537,435,429,27,153,688,450],"class_list":["post-5435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-537","tag-charlie-sheehan","tag-community-broadcasting-co-operative","tag-david-baker","tag-dublin","tag-new-years-day","tag-radio-snowflake"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Radio Snowflake on New Year&#039;s Day 1984 - 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\/radio-snowflake-on-new-years-day-1984\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Snowflake on New Year&#039;s Day 1984 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ireland&#8217;s original Christmas station was Radio Snowflake, which broadcast every festive season from 1982 to 1988 and in later years online. 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