{"id":8360,"date":"2023-04-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T16:08:18","slug":"radio-carousel-reports-on-bisto-soapbox-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-carousel-reports-on-bisto-soapbox-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4107\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8360-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8010AI-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8010AI-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8010AI-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\/04\/8010AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8360-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/8010AI-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8010AI-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby\" class=\"wp-image-8361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dunleer-Parish-undated-photo-soapbox.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Undated photo of Dunleer Soapbox Derby (source: Dunleer Parish on Facebook). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soapbox derby competitions began in the United States in the 1930s and were revived in Ireland in the 1980s where they are often known as go-karting. The All-Ireland Soapbox Derby was held in Dunleer, Co. Louth in 1982 and sponsored by gravy company Bisto. Dundalk pirate station Radio Carousel was at the event and broadcast a special half-hour programme in the <em>Carousel Tonight<\/em> slot on Monday 16<sup>th<\/sup> August. Presented by Kieran Murray, the programme consisted of interviews with organisers and participants at the event, including with local TD Bernard Markey and a representative of Bisto. As the pirates gained listeners during the 1980s, political parties attempted to prevent elected representatives from being interviewed on the pirates but politicians knew that they would gain publicity if heard on their local station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/carousel1.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/carousel1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/carousel1-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Kieran Murray in the Radio Carousel studio in Dundalk (courtesy of Kieran). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a studio copy of the programme provided by Kieran Murray. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. Watch an RT\u00c9 television report on the same event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/archives\/2017\/0810\/896436-dunleer-soap-box-derby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soapbox derby competitions began in the United States in the 1930s and were revived in Ireland in the 1980s where they are often known as go-karting. The All-Ireland Soapbox Derby was held in Dunleer, Co. Louth in 1982 and sponsored by gravy company Bisto. Dundalk pirate station Radio Carousel was at the event and broadcast &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/radio-carousel-reports-on-bisto-soapbox-derby\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby&#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":[498,564,243,154,116],"class_list":["post-8360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-498","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-kieran-murray","tag-louth","tag-radio-carousel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby - 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\/radio-carousel-reports-on-bisto-soapbox-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radio Carousel reports on Bisto Soapbox Derby - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Soapbox derby competitions began in the United States in the 1930s and were revived in Ireland in the 1980s where they are often known as go-karting. 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