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On This Day.
August 4th
04 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
04 Aug. 1974 GBR. London. 6230 kHz. Radio Kristel is on air today running 7 watts into a 50-foot-long wire antenna
04 Aug. 1979 GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London is on air again with programmes from Mark Ashton, Ken Myers, Jerry James, Mike Burnett and Steve Ego.
04 Aug. 1980 IRL. Glenfarne. 1260 kHz 237m MW. Radio Glenfarne. The final broadcast from the local Glenfarne Festival goes out today.
04 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
04 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
04 Aug. 1984
+ GBR. Merseyside. 936 kHz MW. Radio Atlantis is noted today with a Rick Dane show.
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Merseyside. 1323 kHz MW. Central Radio is noted today with a Mark Evans show
+ 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
04 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
04 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
04 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives] and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
+ GBR. London. 98.6 FM Fantasy FM is on air with DJ Tricks
I plan to ‘get stuck in’ again on Sunday, and hopefully cover most of the Merseyside stations, plus any other odds and ends that I may have missed in the replies to these posts – I hope I have caught them all but will check nonetheless.
If you have any additions to add, please feel free to message me or reply to this post. Messaging tends to be easier to follow up, as it is just the one person, and not buried in replies to replies 🙂
If you are off for the weekend, I hope its a good one!
Bert.

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Radio Pamela will be on air this Sunday on 6940 khz from 10.00 to 14.00 hours BST (British Summer Time ) this is a UK station that runs only 10 watts.

On This Day.
August 3rd
03 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
03 Aug. 1972
+ GBR. 270m MW [1111 kHz]. Sunk Head Radio. Radio Noordzee International’s 49mb SW service is being relayed here today
+ GBR. 266m MW [1127 kHz]. Telstar Radio is noted testing today 11:00-12:00
03 Aug. 1975 FIN. 6237kHz SW Radio Urbino moves channel today
03 Aug. 1980
+ GBR. London. 1404 kHz MW. Phoenix Radio is on air today
+ GBR London. 90.2 FM. Celebration Radio starts FM broadcasting, however the station does not last long on this band
03 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
03 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
03 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
03 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
03 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
03 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives] and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today, Simon Myres and Jane Brown cover for James Halstead’s show as he is ‘indisposed’
+ GBR. Helston. After keeping watch for a few days, Radio Argus Cornwall DJs James Halstead, Sid Jackall and Vince Jefferson raid Pete Davis’ site while Pete and his friends are out, and take back their rigs.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening

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On This Day.
August 2nd…
02 Aug. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
02 Aug. 1975 GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Sun Radio today is on air with Ken Myers 20:00-21:00, Tony Randall 21:00-21:30, Mike Burnett 21:30-22:00 and Wheels Mason 22:00-23:00, the competition on the phonelines is for whoever can name four DJs on the station
02 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
02 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
02 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
02 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
02 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
02 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives] and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
Any additions and corrections will be gratefully received and credited, I have quite a bit of bumph to get through but it will all end up included at some stage 🙂
Regards to all
Bert

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The Jolly Roger is great on the Cork scene, ditto Radio Blaa Blaa on the Waterford stations. Eddie Bohan’s A Century of Irish Radio 1900 -2000 is an absolute beast of a book. All three should still be available…

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On This Day.
August 1st.
01 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
01 Aug. 1981
+ GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 on air 7 days a week
+ GBR London. SLR is on air, John Dawson programme is noted. *Frequency required*
01 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
01 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
01 Aug. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
01 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
01 Aug. 1989.
+ GBR. Helston. 1602 kHz MW and 103.1 FM. What is to be the last of the Pete Davis’ broadcasts ends the early hours of today, the house is being watched by Radio Argus Cornwall staff, waiting for the best time to recover their rigs.
I hope we all have an enjoyable August. And if you are off on holidays, that the weather improves somewhat.
If you can add to these posts, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Bert 🙂

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Welcome to August!
Below are some August items that I have no exact dates for between 1970 and 1989. If someone could put more precise dates it would be appreciated. But if not, I hope this proves of interest
Aug. 1971
* GBR London. 201m MW, [1492 kHz]. Radio Nelson by now is using a 50-60 watt rig with the 160 watt rig in reserve; the Sunday rundown now is: – 10:00-11:00 Libby Caroline [the 2nd], 11:00-12:00 Allan Ross, 12:00-13:00 Henry Morgan [the 2nd].
Aug. 1975
* FIN. The Free Radio League cancels the membership of Radio Back Woods and another station, Radio Universal for having Nazi sympathies. This is confirmed in November, when a letter from Radio Universal ends in the words ‘Heil Hitler!’
Aug. 1978
* NED. Noted this month on SW by Peter Verbruggen who is to go on to start Free Radio Service Holland [FRSH] in 1980: –
Radio Viking
Sunshine Radio
Radio Corsair,
Skyport Radio
ABC Europe
European Music Radio, which puts out a good signal with only 10 watts
Aug. 1979
* NED. Peter Verbruggen, joins European Music Radio [EMR], and presents their Dutch service this month, before going on to set up Free Radio Service Holland [FRSH].
* GBR. West Midlands. Radio Active starts broadcasting on MW in this month. Another station on 227 m run by Steve Merrick, also starts, replaying old Radio Jackie tapes. The two eventually merge, and on 1248 kHz a joint station emerges with 100 watts called Radio 242.
Aug. 1983
* GBR London. 1188 kHz MW. South East Sound is raided in this month; the station has previously been called Radio 220 and Southern Radio and presenters include Ian Johnston, Ray Adams, Geoff Rogers, formerly on Radio Jackie, Keith Archer and Benny James, formerly on Voice of Peace.
Aug. 1984
* GBR. Wolverhampton. 103.5 FM. Mad Mike Harris joins UK Radio.
* GBR. Liverpool. Radio Atlantis disappears from the air for a while
Aug. 1985
* GBR. Wolverhampton. In this month, Paul Johnson is tipped off as to where the dti official who raided UK Radio lives. Paul finds out his phone number from Directory Enquiries, and phones him up, threatening revenge. Then he orders a skip of manure to be dumped in his front garden… Over the next 5 months, Paul is to send taxis and fire engines to this official’s address.
* GBR. West Midlands. Sounds Alternative closes this month, and some of the DJs re-join County Radio
* NED. By now, Radio Torenvalk is broadcasting on several frequencies, including 1094, 1323, 1327, 1508, 1566 and 1625 kHz. With operators Hans and Uncle Jan., the station works together with Radio Orang Utang, Radio Blackhunter and Radio Arena.
* GBR. NW London. 1125 kHz MW. Three Boroughs Radio starts broadcasts this month, formed of former Radio Floss staff. The hours of broadcast are usually Sundays 10:00-16:00, with Tim Allen, Bob Williams and Dave Scott presenting
* GBR. Surrey.1188 kHz MW. In this month South East Sound is raided. Eric Gotts is involved.
* GBR. Colchester. The Hit Zone transmitter catches fire! The station then disappears.
Aug. 1986
* GBR. Wolverhampton. UK Radio appears again, in Aug. Bank Holiday, meantime, Radio Orion has grown to 7 DJs, Mike Wilson [also the manager], Paul Johnson [also the engineer], Alan Davies [presents the French and German programmes], Mike Harris, David Jarvis, Rod Lucas and Andy Scott.
* GBR. London. London Greek Radio, which has already been raided 100 times, scores a legal precedent this month, when the landlord of their broadcast site is busted and fined £1250. This means that the station has to find a new transmitter site.
* GBR. London. 93.0 FM. Alices Restaurant is noted this month
Aug. 1987
* NED. Superclan Radio agrees to relay FRSH, which had been without a relay since Radio Delmare’s raid
End Aug. 1987
* GBR. Liverpool. Radio Atlantis suffers another raid; it disappears for about a month
Aug. 1988
* GBR. Essex. The Galactic Overflow the amalgamation between Radio Galaxy in Chelmsford, and Radio Overflow in Colchester re-appears this month and in September, sometimes on 90.7 FM in Chelmsford, and at other times, on 91.0 or 93.9 FM in Colchester.
Aug. 1989.
* GBR. Birmingham. After being unsuccessful in its bid for a licence, PCRL returns to the air as a pirate station.
The above are the details I have that occured within the month of August, I am working through a lot of websites etc., but if someone can put more precise dates it would be very much appreciated.
Regards
Bert

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On This Day.
July 31st
31 Jul. 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
31 Jul. 1972 GBR. London. 226m MW [1327 kHz]. Radio London is noted at 09:30
31 Jul. 1976 NED. 1376 kHz MW. Rocky Mountain Radio is on air today
31 Jul. 1977 GBR. London. 6260 kHz SW. Skyport Radio is on air today 10:00-13:00
31 Jul. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
31 Jul. 1983
+ GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
+ IRL. Dublin. 1557 kHz MW. Metro Radio appears today, it is to prove to be a short lived operation.
31 Jul. 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
31 Jul. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
31 Jul. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-22:00
31 Jul. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives] and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Helston. 1602 kHz and 103.1 FM. Pete Davis and his friends fire up this evening with a rather drunken session. The content is getting worse, and fearing complaints will lead to the dti raiding them and then discovering Argus, James Halstead and Bill Lyons agree that it must be taken off air.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
Any additions and corrections? Please let me know.
Bert Bridges

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Hi all.
Sorry about yesterday, the laptop had a funny turn. I think its working now.
so July 29th
29 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
29 Jul. 1972 GBR. London. 231m MW [1300 kHz]. Southern Broadcasting London is noted at 09:50 and 13:45 with with a test transmission at 14:45
29 Jul. 1980 GBR. London, the Evening News publishes a feature on Free Radio stations in London, (concentrating on Radio Free London’s Nigel Grant, photographed on the roof of a tower block) on Sundays; the following stations are noted: –
1287 kHz MW Radio Edge City 11:00-15:00, new wave music, Heard mainly in North Surrey.
1315 kHz MW Radio Floss, 11:00-16:00, not on air recently,
1321 kHz MW Radio Jackie, 08:00-17:00, SW London’s local radio station, Top 40, local news
1401 kHz MW Radio Rhapsody, 10:00-14:00, Punk
6125 kHz SW European Music Radio [EMR], Last Sunday in the month, 70’s Rock, plus charity appeals, including UNICEF.
8125 kHz SW Radio Weird, Occasional programmes when the mood takes them.
90.2 FM Thamesside, 19:00-22:00, local news and Top 40 / New wave, two miles around Thamesmead
90.4 FM Lea Valley Broadcasting, 15:00-18:00, Irregular programming
90.8 FM Radio Liberty, 10:00-18:00, First Sun in month, Disco, new wave and Gay, covers all London
92.0 FM Radio Free London, 11:00–midnight, Rock, covers all London
92.4 FM Radio Invicta, 12:00-15:00, Soul, covers all London
92.8 FM South London Radio, afternoons, erratic programming
92.8 FM Telstar South, Oldies, covers all London; Post Office alleges it jams a telephone exchange
92.8 FM Radio North Kent, 20:00-22:00, Beckenham based, student–run, irregular programming due to exams or even a good film!
94.0 FM Bromley Sounds, 14:00-20:00, Biggin Hill Based, covers Bromley only
29 Jul. 1981
+ GBR. Surrey. DDP Radio is on air today for the Royal Wedding
+ GBR. Surrey. 1413 kHz MW. Southern Radio is also on air today for the Royal Wedding
+ GBR. Radio Free Atlantis is on air today
+ GBR London. 90.2 FM. Thameside Radio is on air today for the Royal Wedding, Birdman and Debbie the phoneline girl occupying the phone box.
+ GBR. Birmingham. EST-FM is on air today with an alternative to the Royal Wedding
+ GBR. London. Alices Restaurant is on air today, but the programme is interrupted by an unusual car with aerials mounted is seen near the site. After it disappears the programmes resume. It later turns out this car was from another station!
29 Jul. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
29 Jul. 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
29 Jul. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
29 Jul. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
29 Jul. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives]and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Helston 1602 kHz MW and 102.8 FM. Pete Davis’ station is on air,
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this morning and until Radio Free London start, when the FM is turned off and the MW relays RFL. After RFL closes down, the FM is fired back up and an Argus through the night service goes out until Rock FM [RFM] starts Sunday morning
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM Radio Free London [RFL] is on air this evening
As a side note…
I have had some people asking what Pete Davis’ station was called. I am not prepared to say here; it used the name of a station that was no longer involved with free radio, and it would be wrong to use that name here, or anywhere else.
Suffice it to say that Pete had become increasingly unstable and after I had received a letter from that station after replaying one show, when RFM were raided, while getting Argus staff in to cover the otherwise ‘dead air’, asking me not to do so again as they were trying to be ‘legal’.
I only had the one tape so it was no problem, but passed the letter on to the Cornish station as I knew Pete had lots of tapes of that station.
Whether this was a contributory factor in what followed I am not sure, but it was top of the list for the Cornish station to get him off the air and not just to recover their stolen rigs.
Regards to all,
Bert Bridges

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On This Day. (getting up to date while the laptop is behaving) 🙂
July 30th. The anniversary of the 1949 WT Act.
30 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
30 Jul. 1972
+ GBR. London. 230m MW [1304 kHz]. Southern Broadcasting London is noted today at 10:20
+ GBR. London. 227m MW [1321 kHz]. Radio Jackie is noted today
+ GBR. 223m MW [1345 kHz]. Radio Anonymous is noted today
+ GBR. London. 7500 kHz SW. Skyport Radio is on air today 11:00-13:00
30 Jul. 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
30 Jul. 1983
+ GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 17:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant
30 Jul. 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
30 Jul. 1987 GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
30 Jul. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-23:00
30 Jul. 1989
+ GBR Cornwall. 1503 kHz [St Ives] and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today.
+ GBR. Helston. 1602 kHz MW and 103.1 FM. Pete Davis’ station is on air today, some of the Cornish DJs have today tracked it down.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air through the night until the start of Rock FM [RFM] when 92.0 FM drops carrier and 1611 kHz MW relays them from 92.0 FM.
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Rock FM [RFM] is on air today
and thats it for today, as usual, any corrections and additions? please let me know.
Thanks, Bert

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