Andy McKenna takes listeners on a late night journey through the greatest decade in pop history every first Saturday of the month at 10pm, with the synths, the anthems, and the unmistakable energy of Saturday Night 80's on Dundalk FM 97.7.
Saturday Night 80’s is a late night celebration of one of the most beloved decades in popular music history, broadcast on the first Saturday of the month at 10pm on Dundalk FM 97.7 and presented by Andy McKenna. It is everything a great Saturday night 80s show should be, energetic, nostalgic, and packed with the kind of music that instantly takes you back to a very specific feeling.
The 1980s was an extraordinary decade for pop music. It gave the world synth-pop and new wave, hair metal and indie, the Britpop predecessors and the New Romantics, the dancefloor anthems of the early house era and the glossy production of mainstream pop at its most polished and powerful. From Duran Duran and Depeche Mode to Madonna and Michael Jackson, from The Smiths and New Order to Wham! and Whitney Houston, the decade produced a staggering wealth of music that has never lost its hold on the people who grew up with it.
Andy McKenna is a presenter who genuinely loves this music and brings that love to every episode. His enthusiasm for the era is infectious, and his knowledge of the decade’s music is evident in the way the show moves, building energy and delivering moments that remind listeners exactly why these songs still sound so good. Saturday night at 10pm is the perfect slot for this kind of show, and Saturday Night 80’s makes full use of it.
Saturday Night 80’s airs on the first Saturday of the month at 10pm on
Dundalk FM 97.7. Follow the show via the
Saturday Night 80’s (Facebook) page.
