{"id":8270,"date":"2023-04-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8270"},"modified":"2023-05-17T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:23:21","slug":"religious-shows-on-radio-star-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/religious-shows-on-radio-star-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: religious shows on Radio Star Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8984\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8270-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IB0006-B.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IB0006-B.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IB0006-B.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\/04\/IB0006-B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8270-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IB0006-B.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"IB0006-B.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Let-Bible-Speak-1999-856x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Border series: religious shows on Radio Star Country\" class=\"wp-image-8275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Let-Bible-Speak-1999-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Let-Bible-Speak-1999-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Let-Bible-Speak-1999-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Let-Bible-Speak-1999.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Advert for Let the Bible Speak in the Northern Standard, 13.05.1999. Note the wrong frequency given! <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Star Country is distinctive from the few pirates that venture on air these days in Ireland. As well as its longevity, it stands out for its musical style \u2013 Irish and American country and gospel music \u2013 and its daily religious content. The station was sold on by Gerry Byrne in 1992 and after three further changes of ownership was taken over by Dr Albert Chambers from Portadown in Co. Armagh, founder and director of religious organisation World Vision for Christ. A letter from WVFC to a Swedish DXer in 2006 referred to Radio Star Country as \u2018our radio station in Ireland\u2019 and said that, as well as playing country and gospel music, \u2018the major programmes are the Christian broadcast messages given by pastors of various denominations\u2019. Dr Chambers himself was listed as presenting programmes on Monday and Thursday evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Radio Star Country <a href=\"http:\/\/radiostarcountry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> lists daily religious programmes including <em>Showers of Blessing<\/em>, <em>Let the Bible Speak<\/em>, <em>New Life in Christ<\/em> and <em>Foundations of Faith<\/em>, the latter presented by Albert Chambers. World Vision for Christ is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, whose website states that its \u2018aim is to promote Biblical Christianity\u2019 by a number of means, including radio ministry. Its income increased from \u00a357,000 in 2017 to \u00a3114,000 in 2021. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording begins with the 15-minute religious programme <em>Let the Bible Speak<\/em> presented by an evangelical minister from Co. Tyrone. It is followed by a music show with Patsy Jordan (McDonald, RIP) who reads out requests from over a wide area including Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Meath, Monaghan, Fermanagh and Tyrone. Long adverts for businesses in Monaghan, Armagh and Fermanagh are also heard. The tape was made in Troon in Scotland from 981 kHz from 1002-1048 on Monday 16<sup>th<\/sup> May 2005. Thanks to Ian Biggar for the donation and for background information.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Star Country is distinctive from the few pirates that venture on air these days in Ireland. As well as its longevity, it stands out for its musical style \u2013 Irish and American country and gospel music \u2013 and its daily religious content. The station was sold on by Gerry Byrne in 1992 and after &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/religious-shows-on-radio-star-country\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Border series: religious shows 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":[651,46,260,282,259,634,477,170],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-651","tag-am","tag-border","tag-country-music","tag-monaghan","tag-patsy-jordan","tag-radio-star-country","tag-religious"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Border series: religious shows 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\/religious-shows-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: religious shows on Radio Star Country - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Star Country is distinctive from the few pirates that venture on air these days in Ireland. 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