Declan Meehan (radio presenter)

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
NationalityIrish
OccupationBroadcaster
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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Declan Meehan" Archived 6 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. East Coast FM. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Declan Meehan" Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. ^ "History of Irish Public Service Broadcasting - Timeline" (RTÉ). RTÉ News. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Radio Milinda"[permanent dead link]. RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.