{"id":10951,"date":"2025-08-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2025-08-19T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:30:09","slug":"border-series-oldies-show-on-radio-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-oldies-show-on-radio-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Oldies show on Radio North"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2382\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10951-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IB0031.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IB0031.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IB0031.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\/08\/IB0031.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=10951-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IB0031.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0031.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1732\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Oldies show on Radio North\" class=\"wp-image-10965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-scaled.jpg 1732w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/country-gold-via-IB-1386x2048.jpg 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio North flyer from 2001 including Paul&#8217;s oldies show (courtesy Ian Biggar).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This recording of Donegal pirate Radio North features an oldies show rather than the usual conutry and Irish music long associated with the station. Former station manager Paul Barnett (RIP) is at the helm on a bright but chilly New Year&#8217;s Eve, and the professional presentation is reminiscent of his early 1990s station WABC Gold, also based on the Inishowen peninsula. Adverts for Northern businesses only are voiced by Paul and the absence of advertising from Donegal is likely due to a clampdown in the Republic at the time on the pirates and on businesses buying commercials on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording was made in Ayrshire on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 2001 from 846 kHz AM between 1000-1130 and is kindly donated by Ian Biggar. Audio quality is generally good with some interference, as would be expected during daytime DX reception at the time of year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recording of Donegal pirate Radio North features an oldies show rather than the usual conutry and Irish music long associated with the station. Former station manager Paul Barnett (RIP) is at the helm on a bright but chilly New Year&#8217;s Eve, and the professional presentation is reminiscent of his early 1990s station WABC Gold, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/border-series-oldies-show-on-radio-north\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Oldies show on Radio North&#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":[642,46,260,459,89,675,69],"class_list":["post-10951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-642","tag-am","tag-border","tag-donegal","tag-dx","tag-paul-barnett","tag-radio-north"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Oldies show on Radio North - 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-oldies-show-on-radio-north\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Oldies show on Radio North - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This recording of Donegal pirate Radio North features an oldies show rather than the usual conutry and Irish music long associated with the station. 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