{"id":853,"date":"2021-01-01T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=853"},"modified":"2023-12-31T12:30:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T12:30:24","slug":"bob-gallico-energy-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/bob-gallico-energy-103\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Gallico reading news on Energy 103"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2099\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-853-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-gallico-01-01-1988.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-gallico-01-01-1988.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-gallico-01-01-1988.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\/06\/bob-gallico-01-01-1988.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=853-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-gallico-01-01-1988.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"bob-gallico-01-01-1988.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Gallico reading news on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Sybil-Declan-Bob-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: Sybil Fennell, Declan Meehan and Bob Gallico at the Radio Nova closedown in 1983 (photo by Joe King). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a recording of veteran newscaster the late great Bob Gallico reading the lunchtime news on New Year&#8217;s Day 1988 on Dublin super-pirate Energy 103. Bob&#8217;s voice was one of the most familiar and iconic of the 1980s Dublin pirates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_dublin_energy_103_slip_b-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Gallico reading news on Energy 103\" class=\"wp-image-854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_dublin_energy_103_slip_b-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_dublin_energy_103_slip_b-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ireland_dublin_energy_103_slip_b-768x346.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy of dxarchive.com<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Energy 103 emerged from the ashes of\u00a0Radio Nova on 29<sup>th<\/sup> April 1986 and broadcast until 11<sup>th<\/sup> March 1988, when it closed suddenly. Within hours its frequencies were taken over by\u00a0Q102.\u00a0Bob Gallico died in 2013 at the age of 83 in Massachusetts. You can read tributes <a href=\"https:\/\/radiotoday.ie\/2013\/08\/tributes-paid-as-bob-gallico-dies-at-83\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of veteran newscaster the late great Bob Gallico reading the lunchtime news on New Year&#8217;s Day 1988 on Dublin super-pirate Energy 103. Bob&#8217;s voice was one of the most familiar and iconic of the 1980s Dublin pirates. 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