Month: March 2023

On this day… March 21

On this day…
March 21
21 Mar. 1982 NED. The 48mb rig of FRSH develops problems, and the station continues only on 41 metres.
21 Mar. 1993 GBR. Camberwell. 104.4 FM. Using a halo aerial which gets out surprisingly well clamped to a ladder clamped to a fire escape, Radio Argus London is on air from ‘Hithlum’ studio 12:00-20:00, with Bert Bridges, Martin Stevens and Diane Turner

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43 years ago tonight

At this moment 43 years ago tonight, the good ship Mi Amigo (Radio Caroline) was slipping beneath the waves and the crew were leaving on the Sheerness lifeboat. By the morning she was below the waves but the mast stood defiantly for over six years. she gave do many of us our first break into radio – thank you Mi Amigo. RIP. 📻
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On this day. March 20.

On this day. March 20.
20 Mar. 1980
+ Offshore. The 59-year-old Mi Amigo, home of Radio Caroline, sinks. The crew are rescued by the Sheerness lifeboat in a force ten gale. It is to be three long years before Radio Caroline is heard again, as no immediate successor can be found, the Mebo 2 is still in the Mediterranean off Libya and the Cheeta 2 has sunk of Gambia after being used as a floating restaurant. The Galaxy has by now rotted away in a German backwater at Keil.
+ GBR. Leicester. When George hears of the sinking of the Mi Amigo, he decides to set up his own pirate station, to be called Radio Alice, playing Alice’s favourite music, rock. He advertises for a rig and DJs, using postcards in local shop windows.
20 Mar. 1987 Leicester. After Pete Davis raised arguments not fully explained, Jane Nelson’s station starts as Radio Alice, not Argus. Jane many times is on air on her own.

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Historic Logs 19 March

1989 03 19 6225 09 30 Radio Galaxy G 45444

1989 03 19 6552 10 25 Radio Brigitte 33333

1989 03 19 7315 11 00 Radio Black Power 44444

1989 03 19 7375 10 05 Radio Luce International pop 33333

1995 03 19 3913 11 17 Radio Delta Bravo D PO 1732 48578 ID QSO Transatlantic Moonlight 35343

1995 03 19 6200 11 21 Ozone International E pop ID 23433

1995 03 19 6260 10 59 Starshine Radio E ID 24443

1995 03 19 6260 11 02 Radio Benelux G Jens Martin 23433

1995 03 19 6260 12 21 Greenvox E ID Pit 45444

1995 03 19 6263 12 10 CWR E ID 33443

1995 03 19 6263 12 11 Radio Benelux G ID 23433

1995 03 19 6267 12 07 Transatlantic Radio E ID 33443

1995 03 19 6273 12 08 Radio Flying Dutchman E ID 43443

1995 03 19 6281 11 00 Radio Brigitte G ID 23443

1995 03 19 6299 11 01 Radio Black Beard E ID 33443

On this day 19 March

on this day… [using a different browser so hopefully it’ll work better]
19 Mar. 1978
+ FIN. 6237 kHz SW. Radio Piratinga returns to the air. It plays some country and western music, but mainly features Latin American tangos, with a Colombian DJ, the main language is Spanish with station ids in English, Finnish, Swedish and German.
+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM Radio Telstar South is noted with Kid Johnson and Horace Cracksman shows
19 Mar. 1984 GBR SW London. 1323 kHz MW. Radio Jackie celebrates 15 years today, Ron Brown and Phil Kennedy are noted
19 Mar. 1986 GBR. Shepherds Bush, London. RFM meeting with Alice’s Restaurant at Wellington Arms pub.
That seems to work better 🙂
Hope some folks were tuned in today to a few SW stations? 5880 Radio Rock Revolution, 6980 Radio Pamela (still going after all these years) and 7520 GTMR (Good Time Music Radio) were all on and getting out well.

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Historic Logs 18 March

1990 03 18 6206 09 07 Radio Orang Utan E 45444

1990 03 18 6224 09 26 Radio Pamela E Oldie adr 24333

1990 03 18 6240 09 10 Rainbow Radio Germany E 34433

1990 03 18 6314 10 07 Starclub Radio G 25343

1990 03 18 6320 09 28 RWI E 25333

1990 03 18 7307 09 29 FRS Holland E 45444

1990 03 18 7489 09 29 Radio Atlantis International G PO 6105 5190 Stolberg 35444

1990 03 18 7557 09 49 VO Europe E 35433

Historic Logs 17 March

1991 03 17 6208 08 30 Midlands Music Radio E Oldie ID 23333

1991 03 17 6232 10 40 Radio 49 International E pop ID 24433

1991 03 17 6272 05 25 NISRS E pop ID 34433

1991 03 17 6272 11 01 WNKR E tapes 24433

1991 03 17 6290 12 49 Radio Orion E rock ID 24322

1991 03 17 6317 13 19 Radio Delta E ID 1321 s/off 24433

1991 03 17 7290 10 00 FRS Holland E Oldie ID 24433

1991 03 17 7292 08 08 Radio Europe Ital pop ann 24322

1991 03 17 7386 12 04 Radio Mi Amigo E pop ID 24433

1991 03 17 7425 10 10 Radio Mi Amigo E pop ID 24433

1991 03 17 7490 09 21 Radio Atlantis G pop ID 106.4 24433

1991 03 17 11393 07 47 Radio Stella International E pop adr 24433

1996 03 17 6240 10 52 Sunshine Radio German Simple Minds ID 25443

1996 03 17 6240 11 14 Radio Pandora E rock ID 24433

1996 03 17 6295 09 22 IMR E Yves ID 24322

On this day 16 March 17 March

There was only one entry for yesterday’s On This Day
GBR. London. 103.8 FM. After an hour on air Our Radio is raided again.
On this day 17 March
1973. GBR London. 94.8 FM. Radio Free London trappers, from a vicarage
As ever, any help in increasing these lists (and I want to thank Mark Dezzani for the Radio Zodiac – 49 and International – details and help), please get in touch.
Bert

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Historic Logs 16 March

1997 03 16 3920 11 09 unid dutch D QSO also unid 3915 25242

1997 03 16 3945 07 18 Radio Free London E ID 43443

1997 03 16 5804 07 18 Radio Free London test S=8 no fading / QRM 35444

1997 03 16 6200 08 59 UCB E religious 33443

1997 03 16 6206 09 44 Radio Bremen adr 43443

1997 03 16 6214 08 25 Radio Brigitte E ID 24433

1997 03 16 6219 08 29 Laser Hot Hits E jingle 33443

1997 03 16 6250 12 05 unid irish E ann 1210 f/out 24333

1997 03 16 6252 10 05 unid Genesis rock nonstop 35433

1997 03 16 6266 10 38 UK Radio (tent) E pop ann 24333

1997 03 16 6274 09 06 RMGP Ital/E ID 24433

1997 03 16 6277 11 27 Radio Brigitte D ID 24433

1997 03 16 6287 10 54 Radio Noname QSL-letter Wuppertal 35433

1997 03 16 6289 11 49 SBS Studio Blue Sky (tent) E child voice 23433

1997 03 16 6294 10 59 unid polka 45444

1997 03 16 6400 07 17 Radio Free London E ID // 6400 43443

1997 03 16 6939 11 54 ABC Dublin E ID ABC 94FM 24442

1997 03 16 7306 08 31 Europe Music Radio Ital pop ID USB 24433

1997 03 16 7500 11 29 Radio Internationale (tent) house pop 33443

Historic Logs 15 March

1997 03 15 3909 22 45 Radio Driland G folk ID 33433

1997 03 15 3927 22 46 Radio Korak D folk ID 45444

1997 03 15 3945 23 37 Radio Free London E not heard on 5806 24433

1998 03 15 5805 09 53 RFL E ID 25443

1998 03 15 6210 10 35 Radio Pamela E mx rock ID 23433

1998 03 15 6219 10 36 Laser Hot Hits (tent) E pop 24333

1998 03 15 6245 09 52 Laser Hot Hits E ID 24322

1998 03 15 6255 11 15 unid instr mx s/off 23443

1998 03 15 6266 11 15 UK Radio E talk ID 23433

1998 03 15 6270 09 33 unid dutch E talk pop 0937 s/off 24433

1998 03 15 6280 10 10 Laser Hot Hits E pop ID 24322

1998 03 15 6286 09 38 unid dutch D/E pop ann PO Box 11 34433

1998 03 15 6300 09 32 Farmers of Holland D ann 44444

1998 03 15 11515 10 17 CWR G ID USB 24333

1998 03 15 15025 11 01 CWR G ID USB 25322