What you'll hear on abcthehotfm.com (if you listen long enough!):
hi-lights of the first programme from ABC Radio (2nd March 1982) featuring Andy Ellis, Stuart Clark, Clive Derek and Kevin Turner
Most of the last day of "ABC - The Hot FM" (29th December 1988) including the tour of the building, documentary history of ABC, and the emotional closedown
In between you'll hear (in no particular order):
ABC live from Burger Garden in Waterford in 1984 with Johnnie Lewis, Dave Hunt, Roddy Cleere and the ABC crew
Jarlath Judge presenting "ABC's Niteflite" in 1988
Timmy Ryan and Johnnie Lewis live in Dungarvan in 1985
Darragh Corcoran presenting the Breakfast Show in 1988
Jimmy Ryan on "Late Nite ABC" in 1988
Clive Derek presenting the Pop News in 1983 (including how you could now buy a CD player for only IR £2000!)
Stuart Clark (on Medium Wave) in 1983
Dave Hunt doing the "Lismore Travel Quiz" in 1985
Andy Ellis on AM and FM in 1983
Tony Murrell and Darragh Corcoran live from "Fat Sam's in Waterford" in 1988
Dave Windsor, Roddy Cleere, and Tony Garreth (on Medium Wave) from 1983
Clive Derek presenting "Solid Gold Sunday" in 1988
Neil Butler and Jimmy Ryan with their hilarious phone-in from Bros in 1988 (at first neither of them believed it really was the famous Matt Goss from Bros calling in live to the show!)
Shay Foley and Conor Halpin in 1985
ABC live from Cassidy's in Waterford for the station's birthday. There is a surprise for Dave Hunt when a recording of his Toyota test drive is played on-air (Dave crashed the car during the recording session!)
Richard Staines on the Breakfast Show in 1985
ABC Radio on 729 AM recorded in Kidwelly near Carmarthen in Wales
Timmy Ryan live on-air in 1986
Kevin McCarthy in 1988
Andy McCloskey presenting the Breakfast Show in 1987
The ABC/Music Chain "Sound Splashout" competition in 1985
The ABC/Ferguson Videostar promotion in 1984
John Sauvage on-air in 1984
A hello to listeners "around the world" when the station was on the 49 metre band shortwave in 1987 (for a couple of years ABC also broadcast on Shortwave)
Clive Derek live from Snages Niteclub (above Egans in Waterford) in 1988
Liam Quigley and Chris Carey on the "Nova Nite Network" (relayed live by satellite on ABC in Nov 1988)
Steven Dee's first show in 1986
Colm Dunphy on the station's final hour

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