Declan Meehan (radio presenter)

Declan Meehan
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Broadcaster
Employer	East Coast FM, Today FM

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, 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.

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 work with

• 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- present. "Sunday Breakfast with Declan Meehan" 7am- 10am every Sunday morning.

References

1. "Declan Meehan". East Coast FM. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
2. "Declan Meehan". RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
3. "History of Irish Public Service Broadcasting - Timeline" (RTÉ). RTÉ News. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
4. "Radio Milinda". RADIOWAVES. Retrieved 21 November 2008.