{"id":9029,"date":"2023-10-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2023-10-08T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T09:27:10","slug":"late-night-shows-on-dublins-super-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/late-night-shows-on-dublins-super-q\/","title":{"rendered":"Late night shows on Dublin&#8217;s Super Q"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2936\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9029-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SUPE0102.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SUPE0102.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SUPE0102.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\/10\/SUPE0102.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9029-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SUPE0102.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SUPE0102.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988-1024x668.jpg\" alt=\"Late night shows on Dublin&#039;s Super Q\" class=\"wp-image-9032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Andy-Carter-1988.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 studio shot in 1988 (courtesy Andy Carter). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dublin super-pirate Q102 was relaunched as &#8216;Super Q&#8217; in the summer of 1988, just a few months before the vast majority of pirates left the airwaves for good. The new format was introduced by US radio consultant Bill Cunningham, who had previously revamped Sunshine Radio as &#8216;Sunshine Hot Hits 101&#8217; in 1986. Following the closure of Energy 103 in March 1988, Q102 and Sunshine became the largest and most successful Dublin pirates, capitalising on advertising revenue before the radio sector was legalised. Q102 closed down on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is from the last autumn of Q102&#8217;s four-year stint and features a flavour of late-night programing. First up is Tom Brown ending his show before midnight. He is followed by Mike Duggan on the overnight slot until 0600. Given the time of night, there is little talk and no adverts, but arguably the sound is less engaging than Q102 before the rebranding, when the station had an iconic jingle package and friendly on-air style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape runs from 2345-0115 on 16<sup>th<\/sup> and 17<sup>th<\/sup> October 1988 and was made from 102 FM. Thanks to John Breslin for the donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin super-pirate Q102 was relaunched as &#8216;Super Q&#8217; in the summer of 1988, just a few months before the vast majority of pirates left the airwaves for good. The new format was introduced by US radio consultant Bill Cunningham, who had previously revamped Sunshine Radio as &#8216;Sunshine Hot Hits 101&#8217; in 1986. Following the closure &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/late-night-shows-on-dublins-super-q\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Late night shows on Dublin&#8217;s Super Q&#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":[487,153,673,31,674],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-dublin","tag-mike-duggan","tag-q102","tag-tom-brown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Late night shows on Dublin&#039;s Super Q - 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\/late-night-shows-on-dublins-super-q\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Late night shows on Dublin&#039;s Super Q - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dublin super-pirate Q102 was relaunched as &#8216;Super Q&#8217; in the summer of 1988, just a few months before the vast majority of pirates left the airwaves for good. 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