{"id":7219,"date":"2022-10-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2022-09-29T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:36:05","slug":"dr-dons-final-show-on-ard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dr-dons-final-show-on-ard\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Don&#8217;s final show on ARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4730\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7219-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-192.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\/09\/AI341-279-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7219-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI341-279-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978-1024x616.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Don&#039;s final show on ARD\" class=\"wp-image-5184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978-1536x924.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Don-after-raid-1978.jpg 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>Don Moore (left) and ARD backer Bernard Llewellyn after a raid on 31.01.78 (photo Eric Luke\/Irish Press).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of the final show by the late Don Moore on ARD in September 1982, towards the end of the station&#8217;s run. Dr Don, as he was known on air, was credited with developing ARD into a serious player in the Dublin radio market at the end of the 1970s and start of the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lunchtime show features Don&#8217;s trademark zaniness with comic inserts and jokes, some of which would be off-colour by today&#8217;s standards. Don was an irreverant broadcaster, but the fact that ARD was coming to an end probably meant that he was even less concerned about ruffling feathers. Although Don makes no farewell announcement at the end of the show, he doesn&#8217;t commit to returning the following day. Taking over at 2pm, the next DJ Se\u00e1n Hannon hopes that Don will be back sometime in the future. The label on the cassette itself refers to &#8216;Dr Don final&#8217; so it seems likely that this was his last show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Don&#039;s final show on ARD\" class=\"wp-image-7231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AI341-279-rotated.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made on Wednesday 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 1982 from 99.9 FM between 1301-1413. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. ARD closed just over two weeks later on 15<sup>th<\/sup> September. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of the final show by the late Don Moore on ARD in September 1982, towards the end of the station&#8217;s run. 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