{"id":7461,"date":"2022-12-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7461"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:49:50","slug":"christmas-night-on-q102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/christmas-night-on-q102\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Night on Q102"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6797\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7461-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-592-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-592-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-592-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\/12\/Q102-592-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7461-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-592-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Q102-592-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=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-1024x199.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Night on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-7399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-1024x199.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-768x149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-1536x298.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Q102-Car-Stickers-2048x397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 sticker from 1985\/6 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Dublin super-pirate Q102 is from Christmas Night 1986. It begins with Eamonn Kelly who is finishing up a marathon 6-hour shift. Talk is limited reflecting the station\u2019s format and the day that\u2019s in it, and there are just a few requests for listeners and a weather bulletin. An advert for the 1987 Q102 diary is heard and the top-of-the-hour promo is sponsored by Sony. Eamonn is followed at midnight by Ken Harley, who is facing into another 6-hour show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592-1024x588.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Night on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-7468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/592-rotated.jpg 1450w\" 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>Part 1 of the recording above runs from 2231-2319 and Part 2 below from 2349-0037. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-592-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 from 2349.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eamonn was heard previously on Cork stations WBEN and ERI and KISS FM in Foley Street in Dublin. Ken also worked on Big D, ARD, Radio Leinster and Radio Nova, and had previously made adverts for Nova in Bay City Studios. Listen to an interview with him <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-ken-harley-nova-big-d-ard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 103.5 FM on December 25<sup>th<\/sup> and 26<sup>th<\/sup> 1986 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Dublin super-pirate Q102 is from Christmas Night 1986. It begins with Eamonn Kelly who is finishing up a marathon 6-hour shift. Talk is limited reflecting the station\u2019s format and the day that\u2019s in it, and there are just a few requests for listeners and a weather bulletin. 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