{"id":10302,"date":"2024-11-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10302"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:32:40","slug":"border-series-wabc-gold-from-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-wabc-gold-from-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: WABC Gold from 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3743\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10302-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IB2004.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IB2004.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IB2004.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IB2004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10302-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IB2004.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB2004.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_greencastle_wabc_gold_sticker_b.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: WABC Gold from 1990\" class=\"wp-image-10303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_greencastle_wabc_gold_sticker_b.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_greencastle_wabc_gold_sticker_b-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ireland_greencastle_wabc_gold_sticker_b-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sticker for the WABC Gold service (courtesy DX Archive) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Continuing our series on Donegal border pirate WABC, we take up the story in mid-1990 by which time the station had expanded into two separate services. The following text is courtesy of Ian Biggar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WABC continued pretty much unhindered for the remainder of 1989, but by my next visit in May 1990 significant change had happened. Two stations were now operating from the attic of Paul\u2019s family home in Greencastle and both were running live programmes. The original 101.7 transmitter was operating as WABC Hot Hits with the second station being WABC Gold on 101.2 MHz. The transmitters were located fairly close to each other at Stroove. Both were aimed at Coleraine and beyond and were gaining a loyal following and a fairly healthy advertising log. However by August both transmitters were carrying the programmes of WABC Gold. \u00a0In November 1990 <\/em>Free Radio News from Ireland<em> reported that WABC Gold had installed a new aerial system for the 101.2 MHz transmissions resulting in increased signal strength in the area of Coleraine. It also reported the resumption of transmissions from WABC Hot Hits on 101.7 MHz. Staff shortages was given as the reason for the delay in getting the Hot Hits station back on air.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is of WABC Gold with a lunchtime show presented competently by Krissi Bentley (Carpenter), who was married to station founder Paul Bentley (Paul Barnett, RIP). There are plenty of adverts for businesses in Counties Derry and Antrim and the programme itself is sponsored by a carpet shop in Coleraine. Krissi reads news headlines at the top of the hour and the show also includes a laid-back <em>Coffee Time<\/em> slot and a <em>Beg, Steal or Borrow<\/em> section. There is also a listeners&#8217; competition and promos for the two WABC stations. The recording was made between 1125-1300 from 101.2 FM on 6<sup>th<\/sup> June 1990 and is courtesy of Ian Biggar. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on Donegal border pirate WABC, we take up the story in mid-1990 by which time the station had expanded into two separate services. The following text is courtesy of Ian Biggar. WABC continued pretty much unhindered for the remainder of 1989, but by my next visit in May 1990 significant change had &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-wabc-gold-from-1990\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: WABC Gold from 1990&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[630,260,459,732,676],"class_list":["post-10302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-630","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-krissi-carpenter","tag-wabc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: WABC Gold from 1990 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-wabc-gold-from-1990\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: WABC Gold from 1990 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Continuing our series on Donegal border pirate WABC, we take up the story in mid-1990 by which time the station had expanded into two separate services. 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