{"id":10345,"date":"2024-12-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10345"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:01:52","slug":"border-series-mid-morning-on-wabc-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-mid-morning-on-wabc-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: mid-morning on WABC Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7273\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10345-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IB0097.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IB0097.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IB0097.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\/12\/IB0097.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10345-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IB0097.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0097.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: mid-morning on WABC Gold\" class=\"wp-image-10346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Paul-and-Andy-Craig-Riverside-101.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Barnett (left) and Andy Craig of Riverside 101 in 1990 (courtesy Ian Biggar)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By August 1990, both transmitters of Donegal pirate WABC were carrying the oldies station WABC Gold. Earlier that year, WABC had split into two parallel stations, Hot Hits and Gold, but due to staff shortages it was decided to concentrate on the oldies service only for a while. This recording from autumn 1990 features Paul Bentley (Paul Barnett, RIP) and his then wife Krissi Carpenter, who formed the backbone of WABC Gold. First up is Paul with the end of the breakfast show, including a What&#8217;s On Guide for the station&#8217;s main listening area in Portstewart (Co. Derry) and Portrush (Co. Antrim). There are also adverts from both towns and surrounding areas. News at 1100 is read by Paul and is followed by Krissi with the lunchtime show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 1015-1115 on Thursday 6<sup>th<\/sup> September 1990 from 101.2 FM and is courtesy of Ian Biggar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By August 1990, both transmitters of Donegal pirate WABC were carrying the oldies station WABC Gold. 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This recording from autumn 1990 features Paul &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-mid-morning-on-wabc-gold\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: mid-morning on WABC Gold&#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":[630,260,459,732,675,676],"class_list":["post-10345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-630","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-krissi-carpenter","tag-paul-barnett","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: mid-morning on WABC Gold - 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-mid-morning-on-wabc-gold\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: mid-morning on WABC Gold - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By August 1990, both transmitters of Donegal pirate WABC were carrying the oldies station WABC Gold. 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