{"id":836,"date":"2019-02-26T21:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T21:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=836"},"modified":"2022-10-23T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:27:16","slug":"abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7721\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-836-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=836-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ABC-Radio-26March1986-1715pmTony-Morell.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford\" class=\"wp-image-6715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Tony Murrell at ABC in 1986 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1988 from Waterford and was one of the southeast&#8217;s most popular pirates. From humble beginnings in a caravan in the seaside town of Tramore, it later moved into Waterford City and became one of the most successful local stations outside Dublin. ABC began broadcasting on 729 kHz and later moved to 1026 kHz, using a 1 kW transmitter. This recording was made from 1715-1749 on 26th March 1986 and recorded from AM. The presenter is Tony Murrell and the segment includes news, ad breaks and weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_tramore_abc_poster_b-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford\" class=\"wp-image-857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_tramore_abc_poster_b-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_tramore_abc_poster_b-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_tramore_abc_poster_b-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_tramore_abc_poster_b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of DX Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1988 from Waterford and was one of the southeast&#8217;s most popular pirates. From humble beginnings in a caravan in the seaside town of Tramore, it later moved into Waterford City and became one of the most successful local stations outside Dublin. ABC began broadcasting on 729 kHz and later &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[536,164,46,545,599,165],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-536","tag-abc-waterford","tag-am","tag-skywave-collection","tag-tony-murrell","tag-waterford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - 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\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ABC Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1988 from Waterford and was one of the southeast&#8217;s most popular pirates. From humble beginnings in a caravan in the seaside town of Tramore, it later moved into Waterford City and became one of the most successful local stations outside Dublin. ABC began broadcasting on 729 kHz and later &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-26T21:44:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-23T10:27:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"brian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"brian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\",\"name\":\"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-26T21:44:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-23T10:27:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/4a816085606879aca8f7b475343b9d82\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell.jpg\",\"width\":1652,\"height\":1105},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/\",\"name\":\"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\",\"description\":\"Open Free Radio Archive\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/4a816085606879aca8f7b475343b9d82\",\"name\":\"brian\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a650f097610be0e0e8ab193de22480bd?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a650f097610be0e0e8ab193de22480bd?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"brian\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/author\/brian\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","og_description":"ABC Radio broadcast from 1982 to 1988 from Waterford and was one of the southeast&#8217;s most popular pirates. From humble beginnings in a caravan in the seaside town of Tramore, it later moved into Waterford City and became one of the most successful local stations outside Dublin. ABC began broadcasting on 729 kHz and later &hellip; Continue reading \"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford\"","og_url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/","og_site_name":"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","article_published_time":"2019-02-26T21:44:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-23T10:27:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg"}],"author":"brian","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"brian","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/","name":"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell-1024x685.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-26T21:44:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-23T10:27:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/4a816085606879aca8f7b475343b9d82"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/andy_carter_1986_abc_tony_murell.jpg","width":1652,"height":1105},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/abc-radio-1026khz-26-03-1986-tony-morell\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tony Murrell on ABC Radio from Waterford"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/","name":"Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive","description":"Open Free Radio Archive","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/4a816085606879aca8f7b475343b9d82","name":"brian","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a650f097610be0e0e8ab193de22480bd?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a650f097610be0e0e8ab193de22480bd?s=96&r=g","caption":"brian"},"url":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/author\/brian\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7305,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/7305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}