Summertime usually brings repeats and this week's Anorak Hour is no exception - although this one was enforced!
The show runs a feature first broadcast in March 2000 to mark the 20th Anniversary of the sinking of Radio Caroline's Mi Amigo.
It finishes with this week's news.

This weeks' show starts with the recent launch of the country's first licensed regional service. Beat 102-103 covers the south-east area and first appeared on July 1st.

Next, samples of the national debuts of two ex-Phantom jocks now broadcasting to the nation on 2FM's frequencies. First there's Jenny Huston's debut on her weekday show, and this is followed by Cormac Battle's debut - both on the same evening back at the end of June.

Jason Maine recently and abruptly disappeared from FM104's schedules, but he's back on overnights on Lite FM. However, this sample of the man in action goes way back in time to 1982 featuring Nova Gold.

Where is Bob Conway? A question oft asked in recent times. the answer is he's on this week's Anorak Hour, sampled from a recent appearance on East Coast FM's Breakfast slot.

John Kenny is featured next on Chart Show duties for superpirate Q102 in 1986.

Bob Gallico returns to the radio to team up with Dave Harvey on Breakfast at Dublin's Country this week. They have appeared on Breakfast before, back in 1985 with Colm Hayes on Nova's Zoo Crew. It is sampled here, before this week's radio news finishes the show.

In this week's show, there's a follow-up to last week's Radio Nova Zoo Crew feature with a sample of the launch of the new Dublin's Country Breakfast Show featuring Dave Harvey and Bob Gallico, two of the presenters from the Nova version.

Next there's a recording of the satellite version of Radio Caroline featuring Sarah Miles from August 1999.

Then it's back locally to Dublin with the Oldies Show from Freedom 92FM, one of the stations who have failed to return following Black Tuesday.

The next recording features an old favourite of the airwaves, Simon Young, in his early days with Big D, followed by a later clip from July 1999 with his 2FM Oldies show.

Then it's back to 1988 when all the pirate stations closed and indulged in nostalgia, including Treble TR. This clip features Aidan Cooney on air with station owner Jim Smith.

Next there's another station who failed to reappear following the infamous ComReg raids in May. This recording samples The Deep End on Jazz FM.

Then we go across the Atlantic to New York with WQHT, Hot 97FM from 1989.

Final archive is an airing for the Big D song.

The show finishes with a look at this week's news.

This week's show starts with some well-known voices from Big D back in 1979.

Then forward to 1983 with Dublin chart station Radio Annabel.

Next, there's Tracy Evans plus an assortment of names from the final night of Heartbeat, the love-songs station back in 1988.

Then also from 1988, Radio Dublin's station manager Gerry Marsden talks to John May, owner of Class FM, about the upcoming pirate closures.

The show finishes with a look at this week's news.