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Radio Star Country is one of the longest running pirate stations in Ireland, broadcasting from 1988 to the present day. It was one of a handful of stations to defy the new broadcasting legislation that came into effect at the beginning of 1989 and was supposed to silence the pirates for good. Based in Co. Monaghan, Radio Star Country gained listeners and advertisers over a wide area on both sides of the border, and its diet of country music and sponsored religious programming proved highly popular.
Radio Star Country has always been predominantly an AM station, but this is a rare recording of it from FM, presumably a low-powered relay to link the studio with the main transmitter on 981 kHz. Presenter Gerry Callan has plenty of anouncements about community and social events ranging from a donkey derby to a gig by fellow DJ Patsy Jordan (RIP) and his band in Co. Cavan. There is a the usual large number of adverts, many of them voiced by station manager Gerry Byrne, featuring businesses in Counties Tyrone, Derry and Fermanagh. An advertising promo gives out an Armagh number while a Monaghan number is used for requests.
The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made from 105 FM between 1325-1410 on Sunday 21st July 1991.