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| Celtic Radio Community > General Discussion > How'd you find highlander radio? |
| Posted by: MDF3530 16-May-2003, 04:43 PM |
| Just wondering how everyone found Highlander Radio... Myself, did a search on Yahoo! under "Celtic radio stations" and the link came up. |
| Posted by: Keltic 16-May-2003, 06:32 PM |
| I was searching for some sites while updating the link section on our website and came across it in a search that was unrelated. Some of the best things in life come when you aren't looking for them!! |
| Posted by: MDF3530 16-May-2003, 06:39 PM |
| Strange, ain't it ? |
| Posted by: CelticAingeal 17-May-2003, 12:52 AM |
... for m'self I was doing a search for some Kate Crossan music. When I found Highlander Radio the look upon m'face was similar to  ......yep, one happy Celtic camper here. |
| Posted by: scottish2 17-May-2003, 05:18 AM |
In my case the word of mouth came from Paul as we were both on the same website list and h contacted me about a link exchange.  |
| Posted by: free2Bme 17-May-2003, 06:04 AM |
| I forget now what I was looking for , something of a Scottish nature I am sure (maybe celtic knotwork?), but the link to this site came up in that search for something else. It was a most happy accident the day I found "the music!" Then the music led me to this forum, and my first conversation regarding my Scottish roots and my Uncle Joe (BTW, do you still have the cute graphic that you made of my Uncle Joe, Dave?) That was many postings ago... |
| Posted by: scottish2 17-May-2003, 07:44 AM |
| I'll see. most likely I do just have to find him on the Bermuda Triangle called my computer LOL OK I found him. Here for your enjoyment free2Bme's Uncle Joe 
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| Posted by: baldpiper 17-May-2003, 10:30 AM |
As for me I found the site through a link on my clan web site. Glad I chose to see what this was all about.  |
| Posted by: Gaelic Bread 17-May-2003, 03:29 PM |
| I was playing around with the Celtic music links folder in my favorite places, and adding a few spots. There was (apparently) a link from some other page. Now, this IS the place to be! |
| Posted by: aklassie 17-May-2003, 08:03 PM |
| Gosh it's been so long ago. I joined the foum first looking for clan information back in Oct 2001. I started listening to the radio soon after. Back then I was the 19th member to join. When I look at how many members there are now. WOW!! |
| Posted by: tartangal 18-May-2003, 05:25 AM |
| My sister told me when I first got my computer that there was this great site that played our kind of music.I clicked on and the rest is history......... Jules |
| Posted by: FloweroftheWest 19-May-2003, 11:54 AM |
| It was a half heeded comment in the chatroom or message board on the site of a certain group lol . I find it intercontinental supergalactic that "my lads" are played such a lot here. I just wish the "normal" Radio Stations, like BBC 2 or BBC Radio Scotland would play them as much. To do them the honours - Rčidio nan Gŕidheal plays them rather a lot in comparison But these guys are the only one , sigh. When will they ever learn what they' ve done for Scottish music, culture and language over the last 30 (!) years? |
| Posted by: Macfive 19-May-2003, 03:52 PM |
| Wow! This is a really nice thread for me to read over and think that people do like this site! Thanks for everyone's nice comments here. I just wish I had the time to get the forum back up to snuff, but soon enough it will happen. Well, the whole reason I started this site was because I had been to my first Highland Game and wanted to listen to music I heard, but could not really find any. So hence was born Highlander Radio..... |
| Posted by: Aon_Daonna 21-May-2003, 08:32 AM |
| huhu =) Well it's some time ago.. when did I join the forum? On the same day I as I found this station.. I was browsing through Live365 or the Shoutcast pages and found it and thought i'd join in... |
| Posted by: scottish2 21-May-2003, 10:05 AM |
| Hi Aon Long time no see or hear. As for when you joined here is the exact moment you became a member of this fine community April 06 2002,5:48 |
| Posted by: MDF3530 21-May-2003, 04:55 PM | ||
Welcome back, Aon!!! |
| Posted by: aklassie 21-May-2003, 08:28 PM |
| Welcome back we've Aon we've missed you!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: Crebain 25-May-2003, 05:07 AM |
| Don't remember exactly but I think I first heard about the Highlander Radio was when someone wrote about it in the Celtic Cafe mailing list. |
| Posted by: brettzky42 01-Jun-2003, 08:50 AM |
| Gaelic Bread was telling me about it for months. I finally got the chance to check it out and now I'm addicted: Hello, my name's Brett and I'm a Celtaholic.... |
| Posted by: scottish2 01-Jun-2003, 11:43 AM |
Well welcome to our little family of Celtic lovers brettzky42  |
| Posted by: Macfive 01-Jun-2003, 03:33 PM |
| Wow, this is great information to know and very interesting to read. You might ask, what exactly inspired Paul to create Highlander Radio in the first place? I went to a Highland Game in September 1999 (Loon Mountain, NH) and I was so taken away with it all that when I got home I wanted to listen to some Celtic music, like at the Games, on the internet. Well, didn't find too much at the time. Well, I finally located some great music at mp3.com and since I had kids I became particularly interested in some of the beautiful Scottish ballads like "Come by the Hills" and "Ar hyd y nos". One in particular was a little 11 year old girl from N.H. that was a wonderful singer that really got me interested in some of the Gaelic songs. Kinda sad part of the story as my daughter and I use to follow her website until she passed away February 4, 2000. So in the Spring of 2000 I was trying to think of a website project that would combine my musical interests (I play the keyboard), programming interests, my newly found Interest in my heritiage, and the beautiful Celtic musicians and music that I had discovered. Hence was born "The Scottish Highlander" website with a total of 5 listener slots streaming at 8kps on my newly setup computer server which had been running as game server. I think the best thing about running the website and station is all of the nice people I have met here in the forum and in the emails I receive. Well, just thought I would share a little background on the site and station!  |
| Posted by: MDF3530 01-Jun-2003, 11:15 PM |
| I really discovered the beauty of Celtic music when my sister was getting married. The song that she and my brother-in-law had for their first dance was Irish Wedding Song by the Irish Rovers. |
| Posted by: Knightly Knight 01-Jun-2003, 11:20 PM |
| I[COLOR=blue] found Highlander Radio over a yr ago doing a search on any thing Scottish or Celtic and found the Station. As you may see in another post my sound card is sick (shhhhhh} Its actually dead. Im not sure if it knows. On a really bad day I crank up Hilander Radio, sometims make a request and let the music "wash" my cares away. Thats my prescription for what ails ya. PS since finding Highlander Ive learned several Celtic tunes to add to my repertorie. I sing, play guitar, and write songs. All of the Celtic tunes are done in flatpicking style to add the charm and authenticityof the original pieces |