{"id":9793,"date":"2024-05-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9793"},"modified":"2024-05-17T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T06:22:43","slug":"tony-dixon-with-soul-songs-on-sunshine-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tony-dixon-with-soul-songs-on-sunshine-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9032\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9793-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AI320-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AI320-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AI320-A-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\/04\/AI320-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9793-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AI320-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI320-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu.jpg 758w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tony-Dixon-bcu-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picture of Tony Dixon from the Sunshine Review in 1985 (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This recording of a Saturday night in 1985 on Sunday super-pirate Sunshine Radio gives a flavour of the variety in the station\u2019s weekend schedule during this period. First up are soul and love songs with one of the station&#8217;s high-profile DJs, Tony Dixon (RIP). He is followed by Elliott John and <em>Sunshine Street Beat<\/em>. The usual high-level adverts for Dublin businesses and national brands are heard and there is a promo for a cash prize for listeners. Tony Dixon continued to broadcast on licensed radio until his untimely death in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio\" class=\"wp-image-9880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Original-Sands-logo-Maria-Ginty-768x729.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sands Hotel logo from the Sunshine time (courtesy Maria Ginty). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunshine Radio was based at the Sands Hotel in Portmarnock on the northside of Dublin during its eight-year existence. This tape was made from 101.5 FM from 2019-2104 on 12<sup>th<\/sup> October 1985 and is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of a Saturday night in 1985 on Sunday super-pirate Sunshine Radio gives a flavour of the variety in the station\u2019s weekend schedule during this period. First up are soul and love songs with one of the station&#8217;s high-profile DJs, Tony Dixon (RIP). He is followed by Elliott John and Sunshine Street Beat. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/tony-dixon-with-soul-songs-on-sunshine-radio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio&#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":[488,564,153,47,601],"class_list":["post-9793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-sunshine-radio","tag-tony-dixon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio - 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\/tony-dixon-with-soul-songs-on-sunshine-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tony Dixon with soul songs on Sunshine Radio - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This recording of a Saturday night in 1985 on Sunday super-pirate Sunshine Radio gives a flavour of the variety in the station\u2019s weekend schedule during this period. 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