{"id":901,"date":"2019-07-11T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=901"},"modified":"2020-05-25T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:21:32","slug":"interview-declan-meehan-part-1-1970-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-meehan-part-1-1970-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Declan Meehan (part 1: 1970-1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2006\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-901-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-1-edit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-1-edit.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-1-edit.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\/07\/Declan-Meehan-1-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=901-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-1-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Declan-Meehan-1-edit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709_145505-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Declan Meehan (part 1: 1970-1982)\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709_145505-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709_145505-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709_145505-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Declan Meehan and John Walsh at the studios of East Coast FM in Bray, where Declan has worked since 1994. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We met one of Ireland&#8217;s most experienced broadcasters Declan Meehan recently to discuss his significant contribution to Irish pirate radio history and Irish radio in general over the past 50 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first part of a long interview, Declan discusses the early years of his involvement in the Dublin pirate scene spanning small stations such as Radio Vanessa and Radio Milinda and larger, more professional operations like ARD. He describes his unhappy move to the new RT\u00c9 Radio 2 in 1979 and how he went on to work for the first of the superpirates, Sunshine Radio, where he met Chris Cary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interview includes references to many of the best-known names in Irish radio over the past half-century.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We met one of Ireland&#8217;s most experienced broadcasters Declan Meehan recently to discuss his significant contribution to Irish pirate radio history and Irish radio in general over the past 50 years. 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