{{distinguish|text=[[Echoes (magazine)|Black Echoes (magazine)]]}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox radio show | show_name = Black Echoes | image = Blackechoes-take7.png | imagesize = | caption = | runtime = 2 Hours | country = Ireland | language = English | home_station = [[Dublin city fm|103.2 Dublin City FM]] (since 2003) | television = | presenter = John Public | starring = | director = | record_location = East Wall Road, Dublin | first_aired = 12 December 1982 | last_aired = present | audio_format = [[Talk radio|Music]] | opentheme = | endtheme = | website = [http://www.blackechoes.net/ Black Echoes Online] }} '''''Black Echoes''''' is a [[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican music]] show which has been broadcasting on radio in Dublin, Ireland.<ref>[http://niceup.com/broadcast.html JAMMIN REGGAE ARCHIVES Broadcast Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The show airs a range of music, including [[reggae]], [[ska]], rock-steady and [[Dub music|dub]]. The show is presented and [[Radio producer|produced]] by John Public.<ref>[http://www.blackechoes.net Black Echoes Music Programme<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The show broadcasts on [[Dublin city fm|Dublin City FM]] every Saturday on 103.2 FM in Dublin, and via [[internet radio]]. The show used to broadcast [[nationally]] on a [[wikt:Monthly|monthly]] basis on [[RTÉ 2FM]].
==History== John Public has presented ''Black Echoes'' since late 1982. In the beginning the show centred on many forms of black music but by 1984 it had concentrated solely on [[reggae]] music. The show was broadcast on numerous pirate stations based in South Dublin (and one in Bray, Co. Wickow) during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, until he got a slot on [[Dublin City FM]]. The last pirate station John Public presented for was [[Jazz FM (UK)|Jazz FM]] in 2003.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}<!--Jazz FM was a pirate? We need some sort of verification.-->
Miss Pat joined the programme as [[Radio producer|producer]] in 1985, having moved from London, where she grew up listening to all styles of Jamaican music. Since then the programme has incorporated sub-genres including [[ska]], [[Melbourne shuffle|shuffle]], [[rock steady]], early reggae, [[Mento]], as well as [[Deejay (Jamaican)|Deejay]], [[Dub music|dub]], [[dub poetry]] and [[ragga]].
In 2008, the show moved its slot from 8–9 pm to 9–10 pm due to schedule changes which include [[Underground Garage|Little Steven's ''Underground Garage'']] a syndicated show broadcast on various radio stations across the world. In July 2009 the show changed its time slot again to 7:30–9:00 pm, changing again from 7.00 to 9.00 pm in October 2015. It subsequently moved again to the later timeslot of 10pm to midnight.
== Interviews == The show has seen interviews with: [[Desmond Dekker]], [[Toots Hibbert]], [[Sly and Robbie]], [[Derrick Morgan]], [[Dennis Alcapone]], Brigadier Jerry, Ranking Joe, [[Half Pint]], [[Tony Rebel]], [[Mikey Dread]] Campbell, [[Edi Fitzroy]], Terry Ganzie, Winston Grennan, Denzil Dennis, [[Winston Francis]], Aj Franklin, [[Jah Woosh]], [[B.B. Seaton]], Ranking Miss P. George 'Peckings' Price, Lukes Morgan of [[Morgan Heritage]], L.M.S. Bobby 'Massive B.'Konders, [[Jah Warrior]], Scientist, Tony 'Downbeat' Screw, Tony Chin, [[Ini Kamoze]], Lester Sterling, [[Vin Gordon|Vin 'Don. D.Jnr' Gordon]], Lehbanchuleh, Brian And Tony Gold, Winston 'Flames' Jarrett, [[Susan Cadogan]], Robert 'Dandy' Thompson, [[Glen Adams]], [[Peter Hunningale]], [[Stranger Cole|Stranger 'Strangejah' Cole]], Delroy Williams, [[Jimmy James (singer)|Jimmy James]].
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.dublincityfm.ie/ Dublin City FM Online] * [http://www.blackechoes.net/ Official Website]
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