{"id":7473,"date":"2022-12-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:50:31","slug":"south-coast-radio-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/south-coast-radio-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"South Coast Radio on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8864\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7473-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-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\/8030AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7473-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8030AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"South Coast Radio on Christmas Eve\" class=\"wp-image-7328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-1536x799.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/South-Coast-compliments-slip-2048x1066.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>South Coast compliments slip (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of South Coast Radio is from Christmas Eve 1982, at the end of the popular Cork station\u2019s first year of broadcasting. On air is veteran English DJ Stevie Dunne who had previously worked on offshore stations Radio Caroline and the Voice of Peace. He was also heard on Sunshine Radio and Radio Nova in Dublin during the pirate era. Stevie is currently programme director of Dutch AM station Radio Seagull. There are promos for a broadcast of the original \u2018War of the Worlds\u2019 programme by Orson Welles from 1938 and a spot featuring South Coast Radio\u2019s very own Cinderella on Christmas Day. News is edited and is read by an unidentified presenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"South Coast Radio on Christmas Eve\" class=\"wp-image-7474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8030AI-B-rotated.jpg 1557w\" 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 from 104 FM from 1846-1935 on Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> December 1982. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. Although the label refers to an \u2018ERI Song for Christmas\u2019, the tape includes a song about South Coast Radio itself, with no obvious reference to its rival station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of South Coast Radio is from Christmas Eve 1982, at the end of the popular Cork station\u2019s first year of broadcasting. On air is veteran English DJ Stevie Dunne who had previously worked on offshore stations Radio Caroline and the Voice of Peace. 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