Declan Meehan (Irish: Déaglán Ó Míocháin) 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, RTE 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.
Declan Meehan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Employer(s) | East Coast FM, Today FM |
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]
List of stations worked with
edit- Radio Vanessa 1970–1972
- Radio Milinda 1972
- RTÉ Trinity Radio 1976 Temporary Licence
- ARD 1976–1978
- Big D 1978 (Declan Matthews)
- ARD 1979
- RTÉ Radio 2 1979–1980
- Sunshine Radio 1980–1982
- Radio Nova 1982–1984
- Capital Radio London 1984–1988
- RTÉ Millennium Radio 1988
- Century Radio 1989–1991
- FM 104 1992–1996
- East Coast FM 1994–present. He has presented the weekday mid-morning slot for many years,
- Radio Ireland/Today FM 1997–2016. "Sunday Breakfast with Declan Meehan" 7am - 10am every Sunday morning
References
edit- ^ "Declan Meehan" Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. East Coast FM. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ "Declan Meehan" Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ "History of Irish Public Service Broadcasting - Timeline" (RTÉ). RTÉ News. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ^ "Radio Milinda"[permanent dead link]. RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.