(Birmingham Evening Mail Friday November, 26th 1982)

Pop pirates chart a hit

Birmingham pirate reggae music station Radio Star is aiming to get into the hit parade in its efforts to become legalised.    Radio Star disc jockey Papa Stone (pictured) has just released his own single - and say's he will donate all royalties to the campaign to get Edgbaston and Handsworth-based radio station back on the air.    The single "Sweet Reggae Music" has been issued on a new independent record label, "Roots Music," which is owned by Rising Star. Licence The song is a rapping version of a track by Junior Brown called "Reggae Melody" which also on  the 10-inch  version. So far 1,500 copies of the single have been pressed and it is doing "very well" according to promoter Cecil Morris, who was recently fined £100 by Birmingham magistrates for illegal broadcasting. Mr Morris said Radio Star will be back on the air as soon as possible home: pcrlfm.co.uk