{"id":8487,"date":"2023-05-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2023-05-11T21:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:32:57","slug":"sunshine-radio-breakfast-with-pat-courtenay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-breakfast-with-pat-courtenay\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Radio breakfast with Pat Courtenay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9631\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8487-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8080AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8080AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8080AI-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\/05\/8080AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8487-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8080AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8080AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pat-Courtenay-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU-932x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunshine Radio breakfast with Pat Courtenay\" class=\"wp-image-3934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pat-Courtenay-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU-932x1024.jpg 932w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pat-Courtenay-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pat-Courtenay-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU-768x844.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Pat-Courtenay-Sunshine-Review-1985-CU.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Pat Courtenay pictured in the Sunshine Review 1985 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pat Courtenay was a familiar voice on many 1980s pirates including the Portmarnock-based station Sunshine Radio. This recording from summer 1985 features him on Sunshine&#8217;s breakfast show. It&#8217;s a Monday morning but Pat promises to drag listeners into the working week with the usual blend of music and chat. News at the top of the hour is read by Bob Powell (the headlines at half-past are cut). There are the customary agency adverts and commercials for businesses around Dublin and a promo for a \u00a31,000 giveaway as part of the Sunshine Summer Lotto. Pat Courtenay continues to broadcast on radio in Dublin and Bob Powell went on to become a journalist with RT\u00c9.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 100.5 FM from 0657-0740 on 15<sup>th<\/sup> July 1985 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Courtenay was a familiar voice on many 1980s pirates including the Portmarnock-based station Sunshine Radio. 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News at the top of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/sunshine-radio-breakfast-with-pat-courtenay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunshine Radio breakfast with Pat Courtenay&#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":[488,564,153,485,47],"class_list":["post-8487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-pat-courtenay","tag-sunshine-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sunshine Radio breakfast with Pat Courtenay - 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\/sunshine-radio-breakfast-with-pat-courtenay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunshine Radio breakfast with Pat Courtenay - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pat Courtenay was a familiar voice on many 1980s pirates including the Portmarnock-based station Sunshine Radio. 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