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another On This Day twinspin 🙂
July 15th
15 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
15 Jul. 1979 GBR. London. 6265 and 7325 kHz SW. European Music Radio [EMR] is on air today
15 Jul. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
15 Jul. 1984
* The Broadcasting Act of 1984 becomes law. Several Free and Pirate stations close down today; these include LWR, Radio Shoestring and London Greek Radio [LGR]
+ 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 and launches a petition for it to be given a licence, as the new Broadcasting Act becomes law, it is to remain on air in the meantime.
+ BEL. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Delmare has a new rig. It can go to 1.3 kilowatts, but this does not happen at once. Today’s relay of Free Radio Service Holland is to have been the first in a few months, but conditions on SW are poor; Delmare is to repeat this broadcast several times, but the conditions remain poor.
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today
+ GBR London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio launches its own campaign, pointing out to its listeners when they are gone, so will the music be
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM also launches its own campaign
15 Jul. 1987 GBR. Penzance. 90.4 FM. Impact Radio returns, and is promptly ‘raided’ by Radio Argus Cornwall staff, posing as dti officials! Punk DJ Sid Jackall (who had only joined the day before!) was one of the ‘officials’ wearing a suit bought for the occasion from Oxfam.
15 Jul. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
15 Jul. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis 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 morning, when Radio Free London fires up, the FM turns off and the MW relays RFL on 1611 kHz WW
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM Radio Free London [RFL] is on air this evening
+ GBR. Newquay. 103.1 FM. Radio Argus Atlantic Coast Service is on air this evening
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July 16th
16 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
16 Jul. 1978
+ GBR. London. 6265 kHz SW. European Music Radio [EMR] is on air today
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London is on air today
16 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
16 Jul. 1987
+ GBR. St Ives, Cornwall. Impact DJs throw stones at Argus’ hotel studio windows. The police are called as some stones hit other windows. Argus staff get out before they arrive and the hotel is somehow kept unaware of the station being based there. Impact had tried to inform on Argus to the hotel management but the management could not find the aerial when they looked, and the studio had been packed away into a wardrobe and locked as a precaution.
16 Jul. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-23:00
16 Jul. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW Radio Argus London relays Rock FM [RFM] for most of today. FM is used early morning before RFM fires up, the intention being to provide coverage in the area all day Saturday and Sunday, with Argus operation when RFL and RFM are off air, and the MW relaying them when they are.
+ NED 7490 kHz SW. Radio Brigitte is noted today
+ GBR. London. 94.3 FM. Rock FM [RFM] is on air today
+ GBR. Newquay. 103.1 FM. Radio Argus Atlantic Coast Service is on air this evening
And that’s the lot, unless anyone can add to this?
Regards to all
Bert
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