{"id":6534,"date":"2022-06-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2022-06-08T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:55:34","slug":"capitol-radio-featured-on-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/capitol-radio-featured-on-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Radio featured on the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5524\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6534-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.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\/06\/capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6534-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"capitol-radio-dublin-bbc-newsbeat.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-serving-the-city-advert-poster-1980.jpg\" alt=\"Capitol Radio featured on the BBC\" class=\"wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-serving-the-city-advert-poster-1980.jpg 798w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-serving-the-city-advert-poster-1980-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/capitol-radio-226-serving-the-city-advert-poster-1980-768x803.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Capitol Radio poster from 1980 (courtesy Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of a BBC report on Irish pirate radio, featuring the specialist station Capitol Radio in Dublin (1975 and 1978-1981). It was broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 <em>Newsbeat<\/em> programme on 26<sup>th<\/sup> November 1981 and on BBC World Service on shortwave around the world. One of Capitol\u2019s founders Alan Russell is interviewed and speculates about the establishment of legalised commercial radio in Ireland. The report also includes a clip from Capitol DJ Chris Barry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interview was conducted in Dublin in February 1981 but not broadcast until November. Capitol had in fact closed the previous March and Alan speculates that the delay in airing the interview could have been because the BBC did not want to unduly antagonise RT\u00c9 by featuring a pirate currently on air. Similarly, they may not have wanted to publicise Robbie Robinson of Sunshine Radio or Chris Cary of Radio Nova, both of whom had a history in UK offshore pirate radio. Capitol Radio had been known to the UK radio industry as a specialist station following a 1980 article in a British trade magazine <em>Radio Month<\/em> (see below). Alan believes that Capitol was one of the few Irish pirates, if not the only one, to get worldwide airtime on the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Alan Russell for the donation of this recording and images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Capitol Radio featured on the BBC\" class=\"wp-image-6535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Centrefold.jpg 1937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Part 1 of Radio Month feature from January 1980 (courtesy Alan Russell). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Inside-back-1024x908.jpg\" alt=\"Capitol Radio featured on the BBC\" class=\"wp-image-6536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Inside-back-1024x908.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Inside-back-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Inside-back-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Radio-Month-UK-Jan1980-Capitol-Inside-back.jpg 1389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Part 2 of Radio Month feature.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of a BBC report on Irish pirate radio, featuring the specialist station Capitol Radio in Dublin (1975 and 1978-1981). It was broadcast on the BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat programme on 26th November 1981 and on BBC World Service on shortwave around the world. 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