This is Pat Courtenay on Drive for Dublin station Sunshine 101FM. The recording starts just as the 5pm News with Cathy Cregan is coming to a finish. The date is July 4th 1986 – American Independence Day – which is too good of an opportunity for Pat’s comedic talent to ignore.
As broadcast
Recording is thanks to Gary Hogg at DX Archive
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From July 9th 1986 this is Pat Courtenay on Drivetime for Dublin station Sunshine 101FM. The recording starts just as the 5pm News with Justin McKenna is coming to a finish and you have a choice to listen to the broadcast either as it aired or with the music stripped out.
As broadcast
Music stripped out
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This is Dublin pirate Q102 from July 21st 1986. Al Dunne is on air from 2.31pm.
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This is a recording of Gareth O’Callaghan with The Energy Cruise on Energy 103 from July 21st 1986.
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002
This is an edition of Radio West’s Anorak Show from Sunday, July 27th 1986.
Seán Coyne is joined by guest presenter Bob Gallico for this edition in which they dissect all the radio industry stories of note.
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This is a recording of a test transmission from WABC, a station from the Paul Barrett stable which was based in the Dublin 1 area.
From July 27th 1986, this is Paul on air on 97.2MHz.