Achims Free Radio Desaster

Dear FRS Friend,

Last week saw the final of the 3-in-a-row Summer Splash broadcasts.
However: that broadcast took place on 7700//5790 but not on 6185.
Just like in week 1 & 2 (July 23rd/ 30th) 6185 should have go out but unforeseen circumstances prevented this.

Sunday August 13th 6185 will go out making up for last week.
Programmes from Peter Verbruggen and Jan van Dijk will go out between 21:00- 23:00 CEST.

Have a good weekend!

73s, Peter V. on behalf of the FRS staf.

On This Day.
August 12th
12 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
12 Aug. 1973
+ GBR. London. 1133 kHz MW. Radio Kaleidoscope is on air Sundays from 10:00-16:00
+ GBR. 6215 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air today
12 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
12 Aug 1982 GBR. West London. 90.2 FM. Paul James and Dave Birdman. Mentioning Free the Airwaves, a listener picnic and a phantom phonebox
12 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
12 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Merseyside. 1179 kHz MW. Radio Merseywaves is noted today with a Paul Jaye evening show
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ BEL. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Delmare repeats FRSH’s 15 July broadcast today, but the conditions are still poor
12 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
12 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
12 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Camborne. 1602 kHz MW. A short broadcast of Radio Argus Cornwall is made today with James Halstead explaining what had happened. This uses the former SW rig that had been discontinued and that Simon was converting to MW
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air today, up to the start of Radio Free London [RFL] when FM is turned off and MW relays RFL
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM Radio Free London [RFL] is on air this evening
And that is all. As usual, please keep the logs coming in and any additions or corrections, please let me know
Regards to all
Bert

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On This Day.
August 11th
11 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
11 Aug. 1974
+ NED. 6235 kHz SW. Time Radio International is on air today
+ IRL. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today
11 Aug. 1979 GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London today carries programmes by Jerry James, Mike Burnett, Mark Ashton and Ken Myers.
11 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
11 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
11 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
11 Aug. 1985
+ GBR. NW London. 1125 kHz MW and 91.0 FM, Radio Gemma closes down at 16:00 and after a few minutes, Radio Duck takes over
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
11 Aug. 1986.
+ GBR. London. 1125 kHz MW and 91.0 FM. Radio Gemma closes down at 16:00 today. After a few minutes the rigs are turned back on and Radio Duck starts broadcasts
11 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
11 Aug. 1988
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
+ IRL. 6220 kHz SW. Radio Fax is on air today
11 Aug. 1989 GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
Thanks for reading this, and good night.
Bert

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On This Day.
August 10th.
10 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
10 Aug. 1972 GBR. 228m MW [1315 kHz]. Radio Revolution is noted at 09:10
10 Aug. 1980 GBR. London. 1404 kHz MW. Phoenix Radio is on air today
10 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
10 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
10 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
10 Aug. 1985 GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
10 Aug. 1986
+ GBR. London. 6300 kHz SW. WFRL is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. St Ives. 103.0 FM. Radio Argus starts summer broadcasts at 09:00, FM with the Pete Davis show. DJs are Pete Davis, Ginny Wilson, Frank Simons, Vince Jefferson, Bert Bridges, Jane Nelson and James Halstead.
+ GBR. London. RFM rig repaired, builder agrees to deliver it to Twyford house on eve of broadcast.
10 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
10 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
10 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. The mob led by Pete Davis go round the Argus sites, one by one, smashing up rigs and tearing down aerials. They end up at the Camborne studios where Simon was and attack him and smash up anything resembling a rig [including the 103.1 FM rig]. He later dies in hospital of a heart attack. The mob is arrested but charges are later dropped. DJs had been trying to catch the gang as they took the rigs off one by one and were too late when they realised they were actually going for Simon’s place, something several of them found it hard to forgive themselves for. By 13:00 Radio Argus Cornwall is off the air.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening.
Simon was a good guy, he had joined back in 1985 having heard the first broadcast and told us he had been an engineer with the IBA. He certainly knew his way around rigs. With his passing things never really recovered in Cornwall as there was nobody with the know-how or experience although there was a determination to continue for several years and a few London rigs ended up going down on the train to help out.
RIP Simon.
As ever, Thanks for reading this, additions and corrections are always welcome.

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On This Day.
August 8.
08 Aug. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 and 14:00-15:00 Radio Free City is on air today
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 12:00-20:00 Radio Caroline South is on air today
+ GBR. London. 1492 kHz MW. 10:00-13:00 Radio Nelson is on air today
08 Aug. 1976
+ NED. 1345 kHz MW. Radio Napoleon International is on air today
+ IRL. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today, its programmes are Sundays 09:00-12:00 with Derek Jones and Mike Anderson
08 Aug 1980 GBR. The Sun Newspaper publishes an article about London free stations. Radio Jackie and Radio Free London get the main part of the article, On Jackie, the programmes are recorded in a garden shed, while on RFL they are recorded in Ken Meyers’ bedroom. The paper describes how an instal up a tower block takes place, and how two car batteries are used to run both the reel-to-reel player and the 92.0 FM rig. John Dawson features in the picture. Other stations mentioned are Radio Utopia, Radio Woodstock and Radio Invicta.
08 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
08 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
08 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
08 Aug. 1986 GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
08 Aug. 1987
+ GBR. Camborne. Simon Myres stops building rigs for any station. Radio Argus Cornwall is to continue, on 1503 kHz MW, 7 days a week. Radio Argus Leicester continues on 103.8 mHz FM at weekends and some weekday nights. [Little has been recorded about this station – Does anyone have details of when they heard it?]
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
08 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
08 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
As always, any additions and corrections will be gratefully received. In particular when Radio Jackie started FM broadcasts, [I think someone may have given a date but cannot find it, sorry]
The 1984 stations would have been experiencing some raids from the start of the new broadcasting act, but I have no details at this time, so any of those dates would also be helpful.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Bert

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On This Day.
August 9th.
09 Aug. 1970 GBR. West London. 1507 kHz MW. Radio Nelson is on air today
09 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
09 Aug. 1975 GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Sun Radio is on air today with Chris Trent 20:00-21:00, Mike Knight 21:00-21:30, Ken Myers 21:30-22:00 and Alan Ford 22:00-23:00
09 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
09 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
09 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
09 Aug. 1985 GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
09 Aug. 1986
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. London. RFM test the new 150-watt transmitter. [It blows up…]
09 Aug. 1987
+ GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
09 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
09 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
And that is it for today. Additions? Corrections? please get in touch.
Regards
Bert

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PRESS RELEASE
DJ’s line up for a celebration of offshore Pirate Radio
Radio Mi Amigo will be joining up with Carillon Wellbeing Radio to return to the airwaves on Saturday and Sunday this week.
The two-day pirate radio event will take place on Harwich Quay and has attracted a host of DJs who are coming from near and far to transmit from the restored Lightvessel LV18 as a tribute to the 60’s offshore radio stations.
This year’s on-air team, headed by programme director and trustee Garry Lee, will bring back the popular sound of the offshore pirate stations that broadcast from just off the coast and were served from the Ha’penny Pier, which is now the LV18s permanent berth.
Joining the crew will be two DJs from America and music connoisseurs, former pirate radio and Radio 1 DJ Keith Skues and former BBC Suffolk presenter and current Radio Caroline DJ Stephen ‘Foz’ Foster.
The broadcast will run 24 hours a day, from midnight on Friday night until midnight on Sunday night, the 12th and 13th August.
This tribute to the offshore pirate radio stations will celebrate the likes of Radio Caroline, Radio London and several others that appeared off the coast of Harwich in the 1960s, bringing about a revolution in radio broadcasting.
Following the previous pirate radio broadcasts from LV18, which attracted thousands of visitors to the area, Radio Mi Amigo will celebrate the watery wireless days from the new studio, located on the bridge of the lightvessel.
Further to previous year’s events, LV18 will broadcast from her permanent berth by the Ha’penny Pier, Harwich, enabling members of the public to not only visit the classic vessel on Sunday, but to meet the DJ’s.
The classic heritage vessel LV18 featured in the film The Boat that Rocked and now hosts a pirate radio exhibition, with new interactive audiovisual systems and interpretation signage.
TUNE IN @ 1476khz AM if you are in the listening area.
OR : Listen Online @ https://carillonradio.com/
(Player at bottom of the page).

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On This Day.
August 7th.
07 Aug. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 23:00-01:00 Radio Caroline South is on air tonight
07 Aug. 1972 GBR. London. 230m MW, [1300 kHz]. West London Radio is noted at 10:40
07 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
07 Aug. 1982 GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 20:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant
07 Aug. 1983
+ GBR. Dublin. 819 kHz MW. Radio Nova moves here after deliberate interference to its 828 kHz service appears.
+ GBR. London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today. Tim Allen, Woody Woodpecker and Bob Williams are noted
+ GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
07 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
07 Aug. 1987
+ GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
07 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-22:00
07 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
As usual, any corrections and additions, please let me know.
Regards,
Bert

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On This Day.
August 6th.
06 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
06 Aug. 1972
+ GBR. London. 230m MW, [1304 kHz]. Radio Concord is on air every Sunday 11:00-15:00
+ GBR. 228m MW. [1315 kHz]. Radio Columbia is noted at 13:20
+ GBR. London. 227m MW. [1321 kHz]. Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. London. 222m MW. [1321kHz]. Radio Porridge is on air today
+ GBR. 235m MW. [1276 kHz] Radio Odyssey is noted at 14:20
+ GBR. Middx. 200m [1500 kHz] MW, Radio Titania is noted at 18:45 with a strong signal
+ IRL. Dublin. 1525 kHz MW. Radio Valleri is on air today
+ GBR. 7500 kHz SW. Skyport Radio is on air 11:00-13:00
06 Aug. 1976 NED. 1327 kHz MW. Radio Black Shadow is on air today
06 Aug. 1978
+ GBR. North London. 1358 kHz MW. Radio AMY is on air today 11:00-14:00 every Sunday
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London is on air today
+ GBR. London. 92.4 FM. Invicta Radio is on air this Sunday
06 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
06 Aug. 1983
+ GBR. London. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Sovereign is noted with shows by John Kenning, Nick Piercy and Crispian St John today
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 17:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant, in this month Jenny Kelly leaves Phoenix Radio
06 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 93.9 FM. On a different frequency to its former 103.8 mHz, DBC is noted today with a show by Lepke
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
06 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
06 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-23:00
06 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW Radio Argus London relays Rock FM [RFM] for much of today
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Rock FM [RFM] is on air today
And that’s it for me today. I have transcribed about half of the Merseyside stations, and a surprise addition of another station’s details have boosted the document to 344 pages, all in small font Arial narrow!
I hope your weekends were good, I have a medical appointmant tomorrow but have the rest of the day to myself so will ‘crack on’ with more Merseyside details.
As always if you have any additions, please get in touch, ideally the order needs to be if possible…
Date: Location [as vague as you want it – just a country will do]: Frequency: station name and any other details.
It is thanks to a lot of responders that this document is growing as fast as it is.
Thanks friends.
Bert Bridges

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On This Day.
August 5th…
05 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
05 Aug. 1972
+ GBR. London. 231m MW [1298 kHz]. Southern Broadcasting London is on air with its last broadcast today, noted 11:15. Another station, on 240m MW (Independent Broadcasting London) is soon to start broadcasting
+ GBR. 225m MW [1333 kHz], North Surrey Radio is noted at 14:05
05 Aug. 1973 GBR. London. 1133 kHz MW. By now Radio Kaleidoscope is on air Sundays from 10:00-16:00, and has an outside broadcast unit manned by Colin Weston. Programmes are: 10:00-11:00 Denny Tewson, 11:00-12:00 Dave Owen, 12:00-13:00 Pat Edison, 13:00-14:00 Phil Hazelton, 14:00-15:00 Toni Rocket and 15:00-16:00 Dickie Allen, who is to go on to DJ on Radio Caroline after two years, then return to land and Radio Jackie
05 Aug. 1978 [frequency needed] GBR. London. Trans London Radio is on air with Kenny Myers, Steve Ford, Kid Johnson and Michael Martin’s Hawkwind half hour
05 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
05 Aug. 1983
* NED. Peter Verbruggen is fined 500 Guilders today for broadcasting FRSH, this relates to the raid back in January.
+ GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
05 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ BEL. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Delmare repeats FRSH’s 15 July broadcast today, but the conditions are still poor,
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
05 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
05 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
05 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne – the link still won’t reach Newquay]. The stolen Radio Argus Cornwall transmitters are back in their correct locations. Simon has changed the link frequency, as it is believed Pete still has a link rig on the old channel.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this morning, and relays Radio Free London [RFL] on 1611 MW from 92.0 FM when they are on air. Argus’ own FM rig being off, of course, while this happens.
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM Radio Free London [RFL] is on air this evening
Any additions and corrections? Please get in touch.
Regards,
Bert

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