{"id":8151,"date":"2023-03-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2023-05-17T21:24:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:24:37","slug":"country-girl-claire-on-radio-star-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/country-girl-claire-on-radio-star-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: Country Girl Claire on Radio Star Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_647\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8151-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IB0093-A.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IB0093-A.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IB0093-A.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\/2023\/03\/IB0093-A.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8151-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IB0093-A.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0093-A.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-714x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: Country Girl Claire on Radio Star Country\" class=\"wp-image-8152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-768x1102.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-1070x1536.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-1427x2048.jpg 1427w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_2557-scaled.jpg 1784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption>2002 reception report from Country Girl Claire to Ian Biggar. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There is relatively little coverage of Radio Star Country in local press in Co. Monaghan after the initial warnings and raids in the early 1990s. One bone of contention locally was the relationship between the small number of pirates that remained on the air and the new licensed local station. The licence for Counties Cavan and Monaghan was awarded to Northern Sound Radio, and there are occasional reports about the perceived threat posed by the pirates to the new independent station. The <em>Northern Standard<\/em> on 7<sup>th<\/sup> January 1993 reported a claim that the pirates were damaging Northern Sound\u2019s revenue. On 28<sup>th<\/sup> January, the paper carried a report that a meeting of the County Council was told that there were still two pirates on air in Co. Monaghan. However, the <em>Standard<\/em> itself carried an advertisement for Radio Star Country\u2019s religious programme, \u2018Showers of Blessings\u2019, on 6<sup>th<\/sup> May 1993, the first of many over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been sporadic references over the years in local press to Radio Star Country, often in relation to the station\u2019s involvement in local events, awards or concerts or in the form of advertisements for the growing number of religious programmes. On 17<sup>th<\/sup> July 1997, the <em>Anglo-Celt<\/em> newspaper in Co. Cavan reported that Radio Star Country was presenting the Ulster Line Dancing Championships, reflecting a popular musical trend at the time. In March 1998, the <em>Northern Standard<\/em> reported that Radio Star DJs appeared at heats of the Blackwater Talent Contest in northern Monaghan. On 13<sup>th<\/sup> May 1999, the <em>Standard<\/em> carried an advert for another Christian programme on Radio Star Country and exactly a year later on 13<sup>th<\/sup> May 2000, another advert referred to station DJs at the Cookstown Gala Night in Co. Armagh. Similarly, the <em>Standard<\/em> of 13<sup>th<\/sup> March 2003 reported that Radio Star Country would provide live coverage of a Special Olympics World Games benefit night from the Lakeside Hotel, Monaghan. On 7<sup>th<\/sup> February 2008, there was a report in the <em>Standard<\/em> that the Radio Star Music Award would be presented to local musician Tony Cannon at a concert in the Kelly\u2019s Inn Hotel in Omagh. From 2014, the <em>Northern Standard<\/em> reported an annual live broadcast by Radio Star Country from a vintage rally in Clontibret, Co. Monaghan. On 10<sup>th<\/sup> September 2015, the newspaper reported that Monaghan Vintage Club thanked Radio Star Country, Northern Sound and the <em>Standard<\/em> for promoting their event \u2013 the ironic equivalence between the different types of local media apparently unnoticed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording of Radio Star Country was made on 11<sup>th<\/sup> May 1999, more than a decade after the Monaghan station first defied the new broadcasting laws that were supposed to silence the pirates. On air is Country Girl Claire, who continues to broadcast on the station to this day. News on the hour is from INN in Britain and the recording also includes a Radio Star Country noticeboard. Part 1 of the tape above runs from 1003 and Part 2 below from 1048.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IB0093-B.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 from 1048.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape was made by Rodney Neill from 981 kHz AM. Many thanks to Ian Biggar for the donation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is relatively little coverage of Radio Star Country in local press in Co. Monaghan after the initial warnings and raids in the early 1990s. One bone of contention locally was the relationship between the small number of pirates that remained on the air and the new licensed local station. The licence for Counties Cavan &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/country-girl-claire-on-radio-star-country\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: Country Girl Claire on Radio Star Country&#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":[641,46,260,648,282,259,477],"class_list":["post-8151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-641","tag-am","tag-border","tag-country-girl-claire","tag-country-music","tag-monaghan","tag-radio-star-country"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: Country Girl Claire on Radio Star Country - 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\/country-girl-claire-on-radio-star-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Border series: Country Girl Claire on Radio Star Country - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is relatively little coverage of Radio Star Country in local press in Co. 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