{"id":8073,"date":"2023-03-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2023-04-22T16:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:15:51","slug":"henry-owens-on-q102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/henry-owens-on-q102\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Owens on Q102"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8997\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8073-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Q102-942-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Q102-942-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Q102-942-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\/03\/Q102-942-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8073-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Q102-942-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Q102-942-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-744x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Owens on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-8077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-744x1024.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-768x1057.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-1116x1536.jpg 1116w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-1488x2048.jpg 1488w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Andy-Carter-1987-2-scaled.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Promo for the news service from 1985 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Owens (real name Henry Condon) was heard on various pirate stations in the 1980s, including Q102, Radio Nova and South Coast Radio in Cork, where he was known as Alan Reid. In this recording from 1986, he presents an afternoon show on Dublin super-pirate Q102. Along with plenty of agency adverts, there&#8217;s also a competition to win a trip across the skies of Dublin in the <em>Eye in the Sky<\/em> helicopter, from which Q102 delivered its traffic reports each morning. News is read by Anne Cassin at two minutes to the hour, an innovation allowing the station to claim that it was first to bring the news to Dublin listeners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/942-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Owens on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-8078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/942-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/942-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/942-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/942-rotated.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original label from Anoraks Ireland Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry went on to enjoy a long career on licensed radio in Ireland and UK up to his untimely death in 2013. Anne Cassin is now a presenter of <em>Nationwide<\/em> on RT\u00c9. This tape was recorded on Tuesday 11<sup>th<\/sup> March 1986 from 102.1 FM. Part 1 above runs from 1519 and Part 2 below from 1618.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Q102-942-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Owens (real name Henry Condon) was heard on various pirate stations in the 1980s, including Q102, Radio Nova and South Coast Radio in Cork, where he was known as Alan Reid. In this recording from 1986, he presents an afternoon show on Dublin super-pirate Q102. 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