Jamm FM – Portsmouth
Jamm FM started broadcasting in April 1992 on 105.5 FM. The station was originally started as a way to get soul music on the airwaves in Portsmouth. There were only two of us Djing on it originally,...
View ArticleWest Midlands Misc Station Audio
To download, right click and ‘Save Target As’ Please Note Downloads May Take A Few Seconds To Start After Clicking 102 FM – Paul Warren – Test – 25/5/92 62 mins 105.6 FM Stereo – Dave Kilner – Test –...
View ArticleRadio City – London
Radio City operated on Sundays from 12 – 4pm between 1978 and 1983, and was the UK’s only 1950’s Rock and Roll Radio Station. There were a few radio stations in London at the time, but Radio City was...
View ArticlePassion FM – Bristol
Passion FM first appeared on 106.2FM across Bristol at the end of 1994. At first it catered greatly for Jungle, as well as Reggae and Soul. Over the first Christmas period, it featured an overnight...
View ArticleRagga FM – Bristol
By April 1993, Wile-up’s Magnum Radio had come to an end. Move on a year, around Easter 1994 and a powerful signal hit 105 MHz as Wile-up returned to the airwaves with Ragga FM. The audio was never...
View ArticleCentreforce Radio – London
Centreforce Radio started life in May 1989 broadcasting from East London on 88.3 FM. The station was setup with the help of Andy Swallow and a few other people from Echo’s, which was a small night club...
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Globe FM – Nottingham
One of the biggest ever pirates in the East Midlands, indeed at the time probably one of the biggest pirates outside London, was Globe FM. The station started in October 1991 on 101 FM. When Classic FM...
View ArticleHeatwave Radio – Nottingham
There had been a long history of pirate radio in the East Midlands, but little to do with serving the areas’ black community. This was to change with the start of Heatwave Community Radio (HCR). They...
View ArticleNorth West Misc Station Audio
To download, right click and ‘Save Target As’ Please Note Downloads May Take A Few Seconds To Start After Clicking Anglesey Community Radio – 1530kHz – Mr T – 21/10/84 46 mins Buzz FM – 88.0 –...
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Solar Radio – London
In the summer of 1984 London pirate Horizon Radio suffered a revolt which led to 11 DJ’s, lead by Tony Monson, leaving to set up a new station. This station was Sound Of London Alternative Radio –...
View ArticleHorizon Radio – London
Horizon Radio was part of a new wave of pirate radio stations that took to the airwaves of the capital in the early 1980s. In the 70s, you would only hear pirates for a few hours on Sundays or bank...
View ArticleMetro FM – Birmingham
Metro FM were first heard with test transmissions in early December 1988 with full programmes following shortly afterwards. They were initially a weekend station, but soon became daily and eventually a...
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PCRL – Birmingham
In the early 80s Cecil Morris was running Rising Star Records and Management from a shop at 151 Dudley Road Birmingham. He also branched out in to running a venue (The Elite) and a magazine (Rasta...
View ArticlePow-wah FM – Birmingham
One of the bigger Birmingham stations of the early 1990s was Pow-wah FM. They were first heard in late 1990 and were essentially another Black station. They broadcast the usual diet of...
View ArticleSweet FM – Birmingham
Whilst many of the big pirate stations were 7 dayers, there were many others that only operated at weekends. One of these was Sweet FM. They started on 101 FM and were first heard in February of 1990....
View ArticleSweet 106.8 FM – Birmingham
Justin Steele had been running Kool FM in London, and between 1996 and 2002 Kool FM in Birmingham. As if this wasn’t enough, in 2001 and 2002 he was also running Sweet 106.8 FM with Timothy St. Prix....
View ArticleSecond City Radio / Fresh FM – Birmingham
In 1987, DJ Frenchie left/was sacked from PCRL, so decided to start his own station. So on the 1st May 1987 Second City Radio (SCR) was born on 93 FM. SCR was a lot mellower than PCRL playing more soul...
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Groove FM – Dudley
Groove FM was the second pirate radio station to be brought on air by Scott Davis, the founder of Exile FM. From the very start Groove had many of the old Exile presenters on board, which were joined...
View ArticleLiverpool Broadcasting Company
The Liverpool Broadcasting Company, or LBC as it was usually called on air, was another station in which Bert Williams was involved. The station was heard in late 1982 into early 1983. They could...
View ArticlePremier 107
There has been a number of radio stations in the West Midlands called Premier through the years, mostly having nothing to do with each other… So…..which version of Premier is this one then? This is the...
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