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Declan Meehan | |
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| Born | Declan Jude Meehan |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Employer | East Coast FM Today FM |
| Known for | Pirate radio protests |
| Title | Mister |
Declan Meehan is an Irish radio presenter. Currently fronting The Morning Show with local radio station East Coast FM,[1] his career has incorporated involvement with multiple pirate radio stations (including Radio Milinda, the first to be raided and prosecuted) and, later, Radio 2 (where he was one of the pioneering station's original presenters). From there he moved to the superpirates of the 1980s, before a spell with legal radio in London, England. He is remembered for "presenting a cool and calm front"."[2] on the morning that Radio Nova was raided in May 1983. He had joined the station from Sunshine Radio.
When Radio Milinda was threatened with closure in December 1972,[3] Meehan declared on air in the week prior to the eventual raid, that they would "fight anybody who tried to close them down". Years later, he commented on the raid:
"We were fined £2, all the equipment was confiscated and it was great fun, a great adventure."[4]
Meehan's first broadcast was in September 1970 on Radio Vanessa transmitting from Tolka Cottages Finglas, Dublin. The transmitter was bought by Ernie Melia from Tony Boylan who ran Radio Galaxy from Santry Dublin Radio Vanessa broadcast on 1525 Khtz (196.7mtrs) on Medium Wave Band. The station was named by Meehan for Vanessa O'Callaghan of Santry.The first shows were pre recorded. Other dj's were owner Ernie Melia as Edward LeeRoy and Oliver Cummins as Hungry Herbie. Meehan used the name Aaron St. Jude. They were soon joined by Robbie Irwin as Bob Ruskin.Irwin is now a sports producer with RTE Radio 1. The station broadcast every Sunday and moved between their various homes. Meehan and Irwin started intermittent late night broadcasts from Meehan's home and on one occasion gave out the phone number of the Irish Press newspaper as the request line. They got a front page story the following morning. Meehan was renamed 'Arno' St. Jude by Don Hall son of RTE TV star Frank Hall having misheard 'Aaron' The name stuck. Sunday programmes went live from Meehan's house in 1971 using the roof tv aerial as the antenna.
The station closed as did all others active at the time after the Radio Milinda raid. Other stations around at the time were Radio Caroline Dublin from Dalkey, Radio Eamo from Glenageary, Channel 70 from Monkstown and Radio Dublin/Baile Atha Cliath from Drimnagh.
DECLAN MEEHAN'S LIST OF STATIONS with other well known names, some relevant to his history there at the same time.
Radio Vanessa 1970-1972 Robbie Irwin
Radio Milinda 1972
RTE Trinity Radio 1976 Temporary Licence Mark Story, Gerry Ryan
ARD 1976-1978 Mark Story, Davitt Kelly
Big D 1978 Mark Story,John Clarke,Greg Gaughran, Gerry Ryan, Dave Fanning, Marty Whelan Robbie Irwin
ARD 1979 Ian Dempsey,Mike Moloney Gerry Ryan, Robbie Irwin, Ronan Collins Davitt Kelly Steven Rhodes, Vincent Connell, Dave C
RTE Radio 2 1979-1980 Dave Fanning,Marty Whelan,Gerry Ryan,Ronan Collins, Robbie Irwin,Mark Story. Vincent Hanley, Jimmy Grealy, Mark Cagney, Larry Gogan. Jim O' Neill
Sunshine Radio 1981 Tom Hardy, Tony Fenton, Tony Allen, Chris Cary, Robbie Robinson,Peter Madison,Tony Dixon Don Allen Matin King
Radio Nova 1982 - 1984 Chris Cary, Greg Gaughran, Tom Hardy,John Clarke ,Mike Moloney,Garreth O'Callaghan,Jason Maine, Scott Williams,Tony Allen, Bob Gallico,Dave Harvey,Sybil Fennell,Bryan Dobson,Ann Casson Colm Hayes, Hugh O'Brien Ken Hammond
Capital Radio London 1984- 1988 Alan Freeman, Chris Tarrant, Mark Story, Kenny Everett, Richard Allinson, Matthew Bannister, David 'Kid' Jensen, Nicky Horne, Graeme Dean Richard Skinner, Jessie Brandon
RTE Millennium Radio 1988 Robbie Irwin, John Clarke, Scott Williams, Garreth O' Callaghan ,Jimmy Grealy Brian Jennings
Century Radio 1989 - 1991 Marty Whelan, Bob Gallico, Mark Story, Liam Quigley, Jim O' Neill Scott Williams , Greg Gaughran, Richard Crowley, David Harvey Robbie Irwin
FM 104 1992 - 1996 Colm Hayes, Scott Williams, Greg Gaughran, Joe Harrinton
East Coast FM 1994 - Bob Gallico, Greg Gaughran Joe Harrington. Meehan has had a series of female presenters/producers working on his Morning Show.,such as Collette Fitzpatrick (TV3) Claire Byrne (Newstalk) Jenny Kelly (Today FM) Sharon Tobin (RTE TV) Tracy Clifford (Spin) Lauren Kelly (Spin)
Radio Ireland/Today FM 1997 - Bob Gallico, Ian Dempsey, Tony Fenton Tom Hardy Matin King
References
- ^ "Declan Meehan". East Coast FM. And Sunday Mornings on Today FM Accessed 21 November 2008.
- ^ "Declan Meehan". RADIOWAVES. Accessed 21 November 2008.
- ^ "History of Irish Public Service Broadcasting - Timeline" (RTÉ). Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ "Radio Milinda". RADIOWAVES. Accessed 21 November 2008.