Dublin
The launch of Dublin pirate Q102 from January 23rd 1985. There are some test transmissions from the afternoon and evening time.
Then at 7pm Lawrence John introduces the station and Jason Maine spins the discs in his own inimitable style.
Later John Kenny was in the studio and we also have recordings from his show.
3.30pm Test
5.55pm Test
6.45pm Launch
8.20pm John Kenny
11pm The Q goes Quiet
These recordings are courtesy of Chris Ridley
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
From the very early hours of Q102’s first overnight broadcast, this is a recording of Roland Burke from shortly after midnight.
Roland Burke
This recording is courtesy of Chris Ridley
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This is a recording of Jason Maine on the Dublin pirate Q102 from April 2nd 1985. The recording starts at 11.40am.
Jason Maine
This recording is courtesy of Ian Biggar
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
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This is a recording of Greg Gaughran on Dublin pirate Q102 from October 16th 1985. We join the show at 5.10pm.
Gary Hamill reads the News (pictured).
Greg Gaughran
Thanks to Keith Lewis for donating this cassette recording and to Richie Wild for the photograph.
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002
From a Sunday in October 1985, this is an afternoon’s programming from Dublin superpirate Q102.
First, from approaching 1pm, it’s Greg Gaughran. He’s followed at 2pm by Derek Jones. And Gerry Stevens takes to the air at 5pm.
The whole recording can be listened to either as broadcast, or with the music stripped out.
Greg Gaughran
Derek Jones
Gerry Stevens
With the music stripped out
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From January 12th 1986 this is a recording of Q102, the Dublin superpirate, with Derek Jones on air in the afternoon.
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002
Q102 celebrates one year on air. This recording from January 23rd 1986 starts at 6.52pm with Gerry Stevens on air leading to the 7pm news with Anne Cassin (pictured).
After 7pm John Kenny takes to the airwaves.
This is Dublin pirate Q102 from July 21st 1986. Al Dunne is on air from 2.31pm.
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From the afternoon of September 14th 1986, this is a recording of John Lander’s Hit Music USA as aired on Dublin station Q102.
From December 17th 1986 this is Greg Gaughran, aided and abetted by Anne Cassin (right), on the Dublin pirate Q102. The recording starts at 5.30pm.
This recording, and image of Anne Cassin in the Q102 Newsroom, is courtesy of Richie Wild
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This is a recording of Jason Maine (pictured) from 7.45pm on February 26th 1987 on Q102, the Dublin superpirate.
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Photo is thanks to Richie Wild
Q102’s outside broadcast from Magnums in O’Connell Street in the heart of Dublin City to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in 1988.
Starting at 8.10pm on March 16th, this recording is off 101.9MHz and features Dave Kelly, Scott Williams, Greg Gaughran and Martin Block.
From May 9th 1988 this is Q102’s Star in the Sky breakfast show with Scott Williams and Mike Hogan.
Later that morning Gareth O’Callaghan took to the air and this is his show from 10.25am.
This is a recording of Jason Maine on Dublin superpirate Q102 from 12.15pm on May 17th 1988.
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This is a recording of the Dublin superpirate Super Q102 from 9.45pm on July 16th 1988.
Radio Retro – archiving Irish Radio broadcasts since 2002
Some output from Dublin superpirate Super Q off 102.1MHz from December 10th 1988. The first recording features Dave Kelly from 4.56pm…
…and the second recordiing has The Boy Wonder on evening duty from 7.07pm
Dave Kelly on air from 1.06am on Q102’s penultimate day of broadcasting on December 29th 1988. The station were due to switch off for good at 6pm the following day.
This is the final day of broadcasting from the Dublin superpirate Q102 in December 1988. We start at 8.45am and have the full day leading up to the station’s closedown at 6pm – necessitated by the introduction of new laws outlawing pirate radio.
These recordings are off both AM and FM and feature pretty much everyone who was ever involved with the station in a broadcast full of reminiscing.
You can listen on an hour to hour basis or in two large blocks…
8.45am – 2.15pm
2.15pm – Closedown
8.45am Tim Kelly
9am Boy Wonder
11am Tony Dixon
12pm Liam Coburn
1pm Aidan Leonard
2pm Al Dunne
3pm Dave Kelly
4pm Henry Owens
5pm Martin Block
After Q102’s official closedown, the station reverted to non-stop continuous music. On some frequencies it went blank for a few minutes, on others the closedown song faded straight into U2.