{"id":904,"date":"2019-07-12T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=904"},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T11:59:09","slug":"interview-declan-meehan-part-2-1982-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-meehan-part-2-1982-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Declan Meehan (part 2: 1982-1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4027\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-904-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-2-edit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-2-edit.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-2-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-2-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=904-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Declan-Meehan-2-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Declan-Meehan-2-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 2: 1982-1989)\" 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 East Coast FM in Bray where Declan has worked since 1994. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second part of our extended interview, long-time broadcaster Declan Meehan discusses his move from Sunshine to Radio Nova in 1982 which was by then the biggest station in Dublin. He tells us how Chris Cary copied the sound of KIIS FM in Los Angeles to bring a new broadcasting style to Ireland. Despite his love for Radio Nova, Declan left the station because of the bitter NUJ strike in 1984. Although he moved into licensed radio in the UK and Ireland after that, Declan&#8217;s involvement with the pirates didn&#8217;t quite end there. The interview concludes with Declan&#8217;s thoughts on the pirate legacy and his views on the state of radio today.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can hear the first part of this interview <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-meehan-part-1-1970-1982\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second part of our extended interview, long-time broadcaster Declan Meehan discusses his move from Sunshine to Radio Nova in 1982 which was by then the biggest station in Dublin. 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Despite &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-declan-meehan-part-2-1982-1989\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Interview: Declan Meehan (part 2: 1982-1989)&#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":[14],"tags":[46,196,167,197,85,198,11,199,181,200,201,183,110,202,38,13,203,204,10,189,191,205,47,206],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-am","tag-andy-archer","tag-bob-gallico","tag-brian-mckenzie","tag-bryan-dobson","tag-capital-radio-london","tag-chris-cary","tag-gareth-ocallaghan","tag-gerry-ryan","tag-hugh-obrien","tag-jason-maine","tag-john-clarke","tag-kelo","tag-ken-hammond","tag-ken-harley","tag-kiss-fm-102-7","tag-laser-558","tag-millennium-radio","tag-radio-nova","tag-raids","tag-robbie-robinson","tag-scott-williams","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-today-fm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interview: Declan Meehan (part 2: 1982-1989) - 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\/interview-declan-meehan-part-2-1982-1989\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interview: Declan Meehan (part 2: 1982-1989) - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the second part of our extended interview, long-time broadcaster Declan Meehan discusses his move from Sunshine to Radio Nova in 1982 which was by then the biggest station in Dublin. 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