{"id":6789,"date":"2022-07-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=6789"},"modified":"2022-07-08T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T15:34:10","slug":"john-dolan-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/john-dolan-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dolan on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1312\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6789-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.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\/19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=6789-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19810500_Sunshine_John_Dolan_1st_show_Tony_Dixon_before_2000-2100_aircheck_LOD.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ireland_portmarnock_sunshine_539_redblue_sticker-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"John Dolan on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-4499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ireland_portmarnock_sunshine_539_redblue_sticker-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ireland_portmarnock_sunshine_539_redblue_sticker-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ireland_portmarnock_sunshine_539_redblue_sticker-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ireland_portmarnock_sunshine_539_redblue_sticker.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Early Sunshine sticker (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>John&nbsp;Dolan&nbsp;(real name Tadhg&nbsp;Dolan) worked in the first Cork pirates CBC and CCLR in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also did some shows on Sunshine Radio in Dublin as well as stints with RT\u00c9&#8217;s Cork Local Radio and licensed station Radio South (later Cork&#8217;s 96 FM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This airchecked recording is of John&#8217;s first show on Sunshine Radio between 1955-2100 sometime in May 1981. Audio is fair as the recording was made by placing a cassette recorder up against a radio. John is introduced by the previous DJ, Tony Dixon (RIP) and the voice of Sunshine boss Robbie Robinson (RIP) is heard on some of the adverts. Broadcasting ends at 2100 with the iconic Desiderata song, which closed the station down each night.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Lillian O&#8217;Donoghue for the donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John&nbsp;Dolan&nbsp;(real name Tadhg&nbsp;Dolan) worked in the first Cork pirates CBC and CCLR in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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This airchecked recording is of John&#8217;s first show &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/john-dolan-on-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John Dolan on Sunshine Radio&#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":[15],"tags":[486,46,153,47,601],"class_list":["post-6789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airchecks","tag-486","tag-am","tag-dublin","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-tony-dixon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John Dolan on Sunshine Radio - 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\/john-dolan-on-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Dolan on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John&nbsp;Dolan&nbsp;(real name Tadhg&nbsp;Dolan) worked in the first Cork pirates CBC and CCLR in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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