{"id":9826,"date":"2024-05-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9826"},"modified":"2024-05-02T20:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:04:44","slug":"jessie-brandon-and-tony-allan-on-radio-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/jessie-brandon-and-tony-allan-on-radio-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1706\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9826-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-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\/05\/AI320-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9826-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI320-B-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jessie-Brandon-Laser-558.jpg\" alt=\"Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-9827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jessie-Brandon-Laser-558.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jessie-Brandon-Laser-558-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jessie-Brandon-Laser-558-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><em>Jessie Brandon on offshore pirate Laser 558 in 1984 (courtesy offshoreradio.co.uk \/ Offshore Echoes magazine).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova from 1985 features two of the station\u2019s best presenters during its six years on air. The DJ is the legendary Jessie Brandon, who moved from the US to offshore pirate Laser 558 in 1984, before coming to Radio Nova. Jessie was one of the few female DJs on commercial stations in Ireland at the time. Joining her on news duties is the equally renowned Tony Allan (RIP), whose voice is also heard on several adverts and promos. The chemistry is electric in studio, with both presenters clearly revelling in each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-1024x278.jpg\" alt=\"Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova\" class=\"wp-image-9828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-1024x278.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B-768x208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AI320-B.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette inlay from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 102.7 FM between 1730-1815 on Wednesday 16<sup>th<\/sup> October 1985. Radio Nova also broadcast on high power on 738 kHz AM during this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova from 1985 features two of the station\u2019s best presenters during its six years on air. The DJ is the legendary Jessie Brandon, who moved from the US to offshore pirate Laser 558 in 1984, before coming to Radio Nova. Jessie was one of the few female DJs on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/jessie-brandon-and-tony-allan-on-radio-nova\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova&#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":[488,564,153,233,10,26],"class_list":["post-9826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-488","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-jessie-brandon","tag-radio-nova","tag-tony-allan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova - 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\/jessie-brandon-and-tony-allan-on-radio-nova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jessie Brandon and Tony Allan on Radio Nova - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This recording of Dublin super-pirate Radio Nova from 1985 features two of the station\u2019s best presenters during its six years on air. 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