{"id":6022,"date":"2022-04-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2022-04-12T17:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:46:05","slug":"nick-richards-on-late-night-south-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/nick-richards-on-late-night-south-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightline with Nick Richards on South Coast Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9580\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6022-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-A-192.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\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6022-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI250-212-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"Nightline with Nick Richards on South Coast Radio\" class=\"wp-image-6041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/00-00-82-Nick-Richards-3-rotated.jpg 1717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Nick Richards at South Coast in 1982 (courtesy Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Richards was born in London and worked in land-based UK pirates and the offshore Radio Caroline, only leaving the boat just before it sank on 20<sup>th<\/sup> March 1980. After coming to Ireland, he worked at Southside Radio in Dublin before moving to Cork, doing his first show on South Coast on 16<sup>th<\/sup> April 1982. Nick was later heard on the short-lived but highly successful KISS FM (1988), a &#8216;border blaster&#8217; pirate based in Monaghan Town. These days he is a presenter on Cork&#8217;s C103. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of Nick presenting his &#8216;Nightline&#8217; show on South Coast from just after midnight on Wednesday 9<sup>th<\/sup> June 1982. There&#8217;s no chance of falling asleep with plenty of loud rock in the first hour. Part 1 above runs from 0008-0053 and Part 2 below from 0053-0136. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 from 0053<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With so much evening and overnight radio automated these days, it&#8217;s refreshing to hear a live DJ reading out requests from listeners. Some of the listeners on that night back in 1982 had impeccable pirate radio credentials: Barry and Ruth Johnson of Anoraks UK in Blackpool, Gary Hogg in Leeds, Stuart Clarke of ABC Radio in Tramore and Prince Terry of shortwave station Westside Radio in Dublin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-1-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Nightline with Nick Richards on South Coast Radio\" class=\"wp-image-6048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-1-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/AI250-212-1.jpg 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated by Paul Davidson. You can find more material from the collection on <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ibhof.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish Pirate Radio Archive<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-nick-richards-kiss-fm-monaghan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> to an interview with Nick about his time at KISS FM in Monaghan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Richards was born in London and worked in land-based UK pirates and the offshore Radio Caroline, only leaving the boat just before it sank on 20th March 1980. 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