Born 1986 - Died 1988
 Tony McKenzie in Energy103 1986. Pic courtesy of Sean Brady's website |
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"All of the professional broadcast equipment in use here at Radio Nova will be offered for sale at auction..." Sybil (Fennell's) "commanding and convincing" voice is heard here reading news with Gary Hamill. It seems the stations equipment was being sold. It was to be sold March 27th 1986. The station was ID-ing itself as Radio Nova at the time. |
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"squeal...!" okay, so this is no more than the sound of a call-tone coming on 103FM, but its important in that it was Energy's first ever broadcast. This preceeded a very successful radio station! |
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"Early
Energy" with John O'Hara and
Gary Hamill in 1986
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"The
Energy World Cup betline is now open..." Four clips of John O'Hara on the Early Energy show with Gary Hamill reading news, and inviting listeners to call in on the "betline". Listen! "Energy 103 rocks Dublin.. with the BIG hits...don't forget your clutter-free votes..." John O'Hara talks of the traffic in Dublin. A promo follows. The words "clutter-free" remind people that this used to be Radio Nova. Listen! "Oh yeah, give me my guitar...what are you giggling at?...my little giggler...! Gary Hamill giggling at John O'Hara. They made a good team together on Energy. Listen! |
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"We're cruising until 3.30 on Energy Power 103..." A clip of Tony MacKenzie on energy. Also some rather humorous ads. |
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"Tinas got news at ten, and you've got Crowded House..." George Long on a sunday morning on Energy, doing "The Gold Weekend". George Long was a newsreader, but sometimes they actually let him try his hand at being a jockstar! |
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"Thanks very much for having me back, its been a long time..." Gareth O'Callaghan returns home to Dublin after working on British radio for a couple of years. Dave "jingles" Johnson reads the news. Ahh, they were the days! |
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"Tony McKenzie keeps it right here!" The sound of Radio Nova! This must have confused the hell out of the listeners, with Energy103 shooting out Nova jingles. Gary Hamill reads the news headlines with racy music in the background. Bay area weather. |
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"They're still very much into the dress in London, Boy George..." Gary Hamill spinning the records (or more likely carts!) in the heady days of Energy103 |
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"Could you get that little tune?" Gerry Stevens has a chat. Then Gareth O'Callaghan is heard...Top of the hour jingle leading to News. |
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"Who's been jerking around with me this morning??!!" Gary Hamill is now doing the Top of the Hour jingle. Some weird sounding ads. Tony McKenzie is on the air and some music came out instead of the news, so "its a bowl of custard over the head" for them! |
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"Saturday evening Energy with Gary Hamill..." Some cool tunes here...This was at a time when both George and Gary would often do saturday evening presenter shifts, although they did news reading during the week. |
