The radio station began broadcasting on FM in July 1997 supported by the Foundation Hirondelle.
[2] In January 1998, the Charles Taylor led government removed the station from the airwaves for a week.
[3] In 1998, reporter Vinicius Hodges won first prize for radio in CNN's African Journalist of the Year Competition.
[5] The ban was lifted on November 3, 2003, after the Taylor regime was deposed, and STAR resumed broadcasting on May 25, 2005.
[8] In September 2008, the station received praise for their coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from the Liberia Media Center.