{"id":7583,"date":"2022-12-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:00:17","slug":"gerry-stevens-on-q102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/gerry-stevens-on-q102\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerry Stevens on Q102"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8259\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7583-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-938-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-938-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-938-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\/Q102-938-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7583-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q102-938-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Q102-938-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"877\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-Studios-17-01-1985-2.jpg\" alt=\"Gerry Stevens on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-7586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-Studios-17-01-1985-2.jpg 877w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-Studios-17-01-1985-2-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-Studios-17-01-1985-2-768x796.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 studio shot from 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dublin super-pirate Q102 ended 1985 on a high after a successful first year of broadcasting. The station prided itself on being Irish-owned in contrast with the city&#8217;s other two big pirates, Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio. This recording is of Gerry Stevens on his drivetime show in November 1985. News on the hour is read by Anne Cassin. Gerry Stevens worked subsequently in the licensed Dublin station Q102, which was launched as Lite FM in 2000. Anne Cassin is a television presenter with RT\u00c9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-20-12-1986-1-1-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"Gerry Stevens on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-7585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-20-12-1986-1-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-20-12-1986-1-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-20-12-1986-1-1-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Q-102-20-12-1986-1-1.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 logo in the studio in 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our tape was made from 102.1 FM from 1635-1708 on 27<sup>th<\/sup> November 1985. There is some wobble due to the age of the cassette. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dublin super-pirate Q102 ended 1985 on a high after a successful first year of broadcasting. The station prided itself on being Irish-owned in contrast with the city&#8217;s other two big pirates, Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio. This recording is of Gerry Stevens on his drivetime show in November 1985. News on the hour is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/gerry-stevens-on-q102\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gerry Stevens on Q102&#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":[152],"tags":[488,615,564,153,619,31],"class_list":["post-7583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anne-cassin","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-gerry-lang-stevens","tag-q102"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gerry Stevens on Q102 - 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\/gerry-stevens-on-q102\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gerry Stevens on Q102 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Dublin super-pirate Q102 ended 1985 on a high after a successful first year of broadcasting. 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