{"id":8708,"date":"2023-07-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8708"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:13:41","slug":"continuous-music-on-radio-star-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/continuous-music-on-radio-star-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Border series: continuous music on Radio Star Country as heard in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5786\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8708-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SM05.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SM05.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SM05.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\/06\/SM05.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8708-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/SM05.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SM05.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imm070_N40-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Border series: continuous music on Radio Star Country as heard in Norway\" class=\"wp-image-8710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imm070_N40-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imm070_N40-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imm070_N40-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/imm070_N40.jpeg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The listening station was located in this house in western Norway (courtesy Svenn Martinsen). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1994, Radio Star Country marked six years on air, five of them since the strict new broadcasting regime that was supposed to silence the pirates came into effect. This recording from that year features continuous country music interspersed with station idents. One promo describes Radio Star Country as &#8216;Your own 24 hour a day country music station from Monaghan to wherever you are&#8217; and indeed thanks to the properties of AM radio propagation, the signal at times travelled well beyond the core listening area along the border and Northern Ireland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our recording was made at an unknown time on 14<sup>th<\/sup> February 1994 from 981 kHz in Solsvik on the coast of western Norway. The receiver was a Drake SPR-4 with a 200-metre antenna facing southwest. Audio quality is fair at first with fading and co-channel interference later. The recording is kindly donated by Svenn Martinsen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1994, Radio Star Country marked six years on air, five of them since the strict new broadcasting regime that was supposed to silence the pirates came into effect. 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