{"id":923,"date":"2019-09-17T20:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=923"},"modified":"2021-08-07T14:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:57:05","slug":"interview-ken-murray-lrd-boyneside-radio-radio-leinster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-ken-murray-lrd-boyneside-radio-radio-leinster\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Ken Murray (LRD, Boyneside Radio, Radio Leinster)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4927\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-923-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ken-Murray-edit.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ken-Murray-edit.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ken-Murray-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\/09\/Ken-Murray-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=923-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ken-Murray-edit.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ken-Murray-edit.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eric-ken-gavin-eddie-1981-1024x687.jpeg\" alt=\"Interview: Ken Murray (LRD, Boyneside Radio, Radio Leinster)\" class=\"wp-image-2666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eric-ken-gavin-eddie-1981-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eric-ken-gavin-eddie-1981-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eric-ken-gavin-eddie-1981-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eric-ken-gavin-eddie-1981.jpeg 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>L-R: Ken Murray, Eric Vaughan, Gavin Duffy &amp; Eddie Caffrey at Boyneside in 1981 (photo courtesy Eddie Caffrey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, journalist Ken Murray recalls his memories of pirate radio in Louth and Dublin in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, he began working with Local Radio Drogheda which evolved into Boyneside Radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in Drogheda, Ken set up &#8216;The Green Scene&#8217; which is now the longest running programme on Irish commercial radio, presented on LMFM by Eddie Caffrey. Ken then moved to the Dublin station Radio Leinster which closed down suddenly in 1983 during the period of raids against the larger stations Sunshine Radio and Radio Nova.  He went on to work as a journalist for RT\u00c9, LMFM and Independent Radio News and is now editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/ecradioireland.eu\/\">EC Radio Ireland<\/a>. Ken is interviewed by Mary Ryan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/boyneside-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Ken Murray (LRD, Boyneside Radio, Radio Leinster)\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/boyneside-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/boyneside-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/boyneside-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The former site of Boyneside Radio in Mill Lane, Drogheda<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Caffrey was himself a leading figure in the Louth pirates of the 1970s and 1980s. Listen <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/panel-the-louth-pirates\/\">here<\/a> to him in a panel about the Louth pirates and <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-eddie-caffrey\/\">here<\/a> to an individual interview about his involvement in shortwave pirates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview, journalist Ken Murray recalls his memories of pirate radio in Louth and Dublin in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1979, he began working with Local Radio Drogheda which evolved into Boyneside Radio. 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