Today we bring you the
first two recordings in our media player from a donation by broadcaster John
Kenny. John worked on numerous pirate stations in Ireland including Big D
Radio, Q 102 and South Coast Radio in Cork. John continues to broadcast and is
widely regarded as the voice of motorsports in Ireland. The first recording is
from South Coast Radio’s 1983 Pantomime ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ which was
broadcast to their Cork listeners. The show was produced by Nick Richards. The
station did have issues over the Christmas period due to transmitter issues
(more on this can be read HERE on pirate.ie).
The cast of the Panto was
The Narrator…. Pete
O’Neill
Red Riding Hood… Siobhan
Walls
The Wolf…. Jim
Lockhart
Red Ridings Mother… Kathy Dillon
The Grandmother… Paul
Cassidy
Woodcutter…. Don
Stevens
Woodcutters Son…. Nick
Richards
The Squirrel…. Alan Reid
The Butterfly…. John Kenny
Burglars…. Steve Douglas
Luke Ward
Bus Passenger…. George Long
The second of today’s
recordings comes from John's time at Big D Radio in Dublin, which was at that time located
on Camden Street in the basement of 'Ricardos Pool Hall'. The show featured New
Wave music both Irish and International and looks back to the New
Wave music history of 1979. The show was broadcast 6-9pm on Saturday May 23rd 1981. The recording includes tracks from Irish bands
The Members, the Attrix and Dirty Looks.
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