{"id":7927,"date":"2023-02-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=7927"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:00:56","slug":"dublin-super-pirate-q102-marks-one-month-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dublin-super-pirate-q102-marks-one-month-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin super-pirate Q102 marks one month on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5428\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7927-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Q102-579-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Q102-579-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Q102-579-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\/2023\/02\/Q102-579-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=7927-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Q102-579-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Q102-579-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19860907-SundayWorld-jm-small-629x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dublin super-pirate Q102 marks one month on air\" class=\"wp-image-7400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19860907-SundayWorld-jm-small-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19860907-SundayWorld-jm-small-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19860907-SundayWorld-jm-small-768x1250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19860907-SundayWorld-jm-small.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 DJ Jason Maine featured in the Sunday World in 1985 (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Irish-owned Q102 rocked the Dublin market when it came on the air on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> January 1985. In these recordings from one month later, it&#8217;s clear that the new station has found its feet and is beginning to make a mark on listeners and advertisers. In the first recording above from 1038-1126 on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> February 1985, John O&#8217;Hara presents the final 20 minutes of his Saturday morning breakfast show before handing over to Jason Maine. The sound is tight and slick, with agency adverts and professional station imaging. There&#8217;s also a promo for cash giveaways for listeners spotted wearing Q102 badges. The second recording below is from 2304-2352 on 24<sup>th<\/sup> February and features Martin Block with the laid-back &#8216;bedtime Q&#8217; show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Q102-595-A-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Eddie West from 24.02.85<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both tapes were made from 102 FM and are from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish-owned Q102 rocked the Dublin market when it came on the air on 23rd January 1985. In these recordings from one month later, it&#8217;s clear that the new station has found its feet and is beginning to make a mark on listeners and advertisers. In the first recording above from 1038-1126 on 23rd February 1985, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/dublin-super-pirate-q102-marks-one-month-on-air\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dublin super-pirate Q102 marks one month on air&#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":[488,564,153,201,631,632,31],"class_list":["post-7927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-jason-maine","tag-john-ohara","tag-martin-block","tag-q102"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dublin super-pirate Q102 marks one month on air - 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\/dublin-super-pirate-q102-marks-one-month-on-air\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dublin super-pirate Q102 marks one month on air - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Irish-owned Q102 rocked the Dublin market when it came on the air on 23rd January 1985. 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