Episode 24 - Declan Meehan

The 738am podcast - talking to people about stuff

Declan Meehan began his broadcasting career in a friend's wardrobe. Bitten by the pirate radio bug in his youth, his first station was Radio Vanessa in the early 1970s.Arrested and charged with being a pirate in 1972, he worked for BigD and ARD as the stations came back on air, before moving to Sunshine and then to Radio Nova where he formed a great breakfast show partnership with Bob Gallico.Since then he's worked for Capital Radio in London, Century Radio, FM104 Radio Ireland and Today FM, and presents a morning talk show on East Coast FM every day between 10am and 12. We chat about those early pirate days, the raids, the coups, the characters, Chris Cary, Robbie Robinson, going to LA to study KISS FM (what a chore!), discover a share broadcasting history from the same Dublin, and loads more. There are some great stories and it was a pleasure to sit down and talk to him about it.Follow Declan on Twitter @RadioDeclan