{"id":9044,"date":"2023-10-18T17:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9044"},"modified":"2023-10-18T17:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T16:51:05","slug":"late-night-love-songs-on-heartbeat-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/late-night-love-songs-on-heartbeat-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-night love songs on Heartbeat FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3723\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9044-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.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\/19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9044-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19881011_Heartbeat_Ian_Turner_Maurice_Nevin_JB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker.jpg\" alt=\"Late-night love songs on Heartbeat FM\" class=\"wp-image-4645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker.jpg 575w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ireland_dublin_heartbeat_sticker-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption>Heartbeat FM sticker (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heartbeat FM was a popular 1980s Dublin station specialising in love songs. It was launched in November 1986 and was rebranded as Cara FM the following year, before reverting to Heartbeat because its audience preferred the original name. The station closed down at the end of 1988 to comply with new broadcasting legislation. The love song format proved highly popular and was used by some pirates that continued into the 1990s including Radio Dublin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made towards the end of the station&#8217;s run and features Ian Turner&#8217;s evening show with plenty of requests from loyal listeners and a remind that Heartbeat is the most listened to specialist station in Dublin according to the latest radio survey. Ian is followed by Maurice Nevin (RIP) with his Radio Late show until the early hours. The tape was made between 2135 and 2305 on 11<sup>th<\/sup> November 1988 from 95.5 FM and is courtesy of John Breslin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbeat FM was a popular 1980s Dublin station specialising in love songs. It was launched in November 1986 and was rebranded as Cara FM the following year, before reverting to Heartbeat because its audience preferred the original name. The station closed down at the end of 1988 to comply with new broadcasting legislation. The love &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/late-night-love-songs-on-heartbeat-fm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Late-night love songs on Heartbeat FM&#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":[487,153,72,270],"class_list":["post-9044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-487","tag-dublin","tag-heartbeat-fm","tag-maurice-nevin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Late-night love songs on Heartbeat FM - 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-love-songs-on-heartbeat-fm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Late-night love songs on Heartbeat FM - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heartbeat FM was a popular 1980s Dublin station specialising in love songs. 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