{"id":7665,"date":"2023-01-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2023-01-07T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T15:14:06","slug":"breakfast-on-waterfords-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/breakfast-on-waterfords-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast on Waterford&#8217;s ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1682\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7665-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-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\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7665-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ABC-399-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ireland_waterford_suriside_steve_studio_march-april_1982-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast on Waterford&#039;s ABC\" class=\"wp-image-7666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ireland_waterford_suriside_steve_studio_march-april_1982-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ireland_waterford_suriside_steve_studio_march-april_1982-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ireland_waterford_suriside_steve_studio_march-april_1982-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ireland_waterford_suriside_steve_studio_march-april_1982.jpg 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Richard Staines (aka Steve Silby) at another Waterford station Suirside Radio (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the mid 1980s ABC was well established as one of the leading stations in Waterford and covered the southeast on a network of transmitters on AM and FM. This recording is of the breakfast show hosted by Richard Staines (aka Steve Silby), one of the many English DJs involved in the station. The programme includes the &#8216;Bits and Pieces&#8217; competition to guess clips from chart hits, the &#8216;Memory Module&#8217; oldies section and a quiz featuring software transmission sounds made by an early generation of home computers. Among the many adverts is a promotion for the ABC 3<sup>rd<\/sup> birthday party and outside broadcast coming up the following weekend. News on the hour is read by Steve himself.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/399-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast on Waterford&#039;s ABC\" class=\"wp-image-7669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/399-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/399-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/399-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/399-rotated.jpg 1290w\" 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>Our tape was made from 101 FM on Wednesday 6th March 1985. Part 1 above runs from 0748-0836 and Part 2 below from 0836-0924. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ABC-399-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 from 0836. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the mid 1980s ABC was well established as one of the leading stations in Waterford and covered the southeast on a network of transmitters on AM and FM. This recording is of the breakfast show hosted by Richard Staines (aka Steve Silby), one of the many English DJs involved in the station. 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