{"id":9411,"date":"2024-01-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9411"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:11:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T21:11:53","slug":"gareth-ocallaghan-on-q102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/gareth-ocallaghan-on-q102\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan on Q102"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8781\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9411-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-192.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\/2024\/01\/8093AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9411-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8093AI-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/q102-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/q102-logo.jpg 797w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/q102-logo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/q102-logo-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Q102 logo from 1987 (Alan MacSimoin Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan broadcast on various 1980s pirates stations including Radio Nova, Energy 103 and Q102. In this recording, he is heard presenting the afternoon show on Q102 in the autumn of 1987. There&#8217;s the usual upbeat mixture of music, chat, comedy, a newspaper review and traffic news along with adverts for local businesses and larger companies or brands. The &#8217;10 in a row&#8217; feature consists of 10 songs without adverts from 1700-1730. News at half-past the hour is read by Anne Cassin, who would go on to work for RT\u00c9. Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan continues to broadcast today on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classichits.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Classic Hits Radio<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"Gareth O&#039;Callaghan on Q102\" class=\"wp-image-9415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8093AI-rotated.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original inset from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio quality on this tape is fair as there is distortion throughout, most likely due to an issue with the recording device as Q102 had a highly professional signal. The recording was made from 101.9 FM from 1620-1752 on Thursday 1<sup>st<\/sup> October 1987 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth O&#8217;Callaghan broadcast on various 1980s pirates stations including Radio Nova, Energy 103 and Q102. In this recording, he is heard presenting the afternoon show on Q102 in the autumn of 1987. 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