{"id":10835,"date":"2025-07-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10835"},"modified":"2025-07-02T16:45:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:45:44","slug":"border-series-plenty-of-requests-and-adverts-on-radio-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-plenty-of-requests-and-adverts-on-radio-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: plenty of requests and adverts on Radio North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3473\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10835-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IB0095.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IB0095.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IB0095.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\/2025\/06\/IB0095.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10835-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IB0095.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0095.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_long_stickerb-1024x207.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: plenty of requests and adverts on Radio North\" class=\"wp-image-10499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_long_stickerb-1024x207.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_long_stickerb-300x61.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_long_stickerb-768x155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ireland_carndonagh_radio_north_long_stickerb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio North car sticker from the 1990s (courtesy DX Archive). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By 1997, Radio North was still broadcasting from Inishowen in east Donegal, aiming its diet of country and Irish music at Northern listeners. This tape from summer that year begins with the final part of a show presented by Connie Cooper (RIP), followed by Big Bad Jon (Jon Knox) with more music despite problems with a temperamental CD player. There&#8217;s plenty of chat between Jon and another DJ in studio, ranging from hair dye to turkeys! Despite the passage of almost a decade since the new broadcasting legislation, there is no sign of a lack of advertising on Radio North. Copious adverts are heard, mostly from the North, as well as requests from both sides of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made from 846 kHz AM on 18<sup>th<\/sup> May 1997 from 1850-2020 and is courtesy of Ian Biggar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 1997, Radio North was still broadcasting from Inishowen in east Donegal, aiming its diet of country and Irish music at Northern listeners. 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