Day: November 1, 2023

Gringo Radio was active on 6176 Khz today. Nice music and some jingles. OP gace this emial address in the chat: gringoradio@protonmail.me

Update: This turns out to be a fake email, emails are returned.

Hi all.
Before November starts, here are some details that happened in November but for which I have incomplete details, such as dates etc., if anyone can help ‘filling in the gaps’ I would be very grateful… [my queries are in square brackets]
Nov. 1970
* IRL Dublin. 1484 kHz MW. Saor-Raidio Chonamara returns to the air for the Oireachtas nan Gael festival, to protest the moving of the festival outside of the Gaeltacht area. This station, with its adherence to the Irish language, is to eventually influence the Irish Government to introduce RTE, which eventually appeared in 1972
[What dates did this broadcast take place please?]
Nov. 1973
* GBR. London. Kenny Myers is busted in the second hour of broadcasts while guarding Radio Free London’s rig this month
[What date, was it the usual frequency, and what dates preceded this bust please?]
Nov. 1976
* FIN. Another station to join the Night Gallery Network is Radio Flamingo.
[if someone could give more info in Finnish stations, of any year, it would be appreciated, the 19th edition of ‘Pirate Connection’ I was sent some years ago is really the most info I have on these stations and newer websites tend to muddle up free/pirate broadcasts with licensed stuff]
Nov. 1978
* GBR. London. In this month Radio Jackie is to try out 1331khz, as its 1323 kHz channel suffers after night from continental stations signals.
* GBR. Wolverhampton. Late this month UK Radio is simulcasting on 1332 kHz MW and 104.0 FM as tests on FM are getting out marginally better than MW, especially at night, exact dates are not available at this time, so the FM details will not be included in this month until they are.
[this is just a case of ‘what dates?’ for both Radio Jackie and UK Radio, December’s logs have the UK Radio FM service, but to be safe, they are only mentioned here until I get the exact date]
Nov. 1981
* GBR. Liverpool. on 999 kHz MW, 299m Radio Alpine starts broadcasts, 12:00-14:00 Monday to Friday, DJs heard are Paul Kaye, John James, Mike Stand and Andy Davis
[Can someone give me the date this started please? There are a lot of logs that can go in with a Mon-Fri station, and I would need to know when they ceased as well for completeness]
Nov. 1984
* GBR. Colchester. Soulstar 106 makes four broadcasts this month, featuring Garry Lee and Al, until the power supply polarity is reversed by accident, causing the rig to blow up!
* BEL. Radio Delmare increases its power
* In this month, licensed Radio Mercury, incapable of putting out better programmes than Radio Jackie and losing listeners as a result, takes out an injunction against Radio Jackie, and the station owner, Tony Collis, who goes into hiding as a result. The station stays on air, while a new owner is sought
[dates, dates, dates… I plan to research Radio Jackie more fully as a stand-alone project, but for all these, if someone can help, I would be grateful. A book is published in this month, with a long list of stations, that I plan to post as a seperate post as it is rather long]
Nov. 1986
* GBR. Wolverhampton. 6280 kHz SW. Radio Orion moves here Mondays to Saturdays, the Sunday service remains on 6266 kHz. The tropical band service is still on, but due to low listenership, being considered for closure.
[another date request here… if someone can help?]
Nov. 1987
* GBR. East Midlands. Radio Blackbeard starts broadcasts, the staff rundown is to grow to include Ian Lawrence, Mark Perry, Paul Stewart, and Dave Norris. The station appears on several SW channels, and some MW and ‘Dutch Band’ ones.
* GBR. Bickley. Radio Free London [RFL] is linked from Bickley, using the same site as LWR.
[I need dates and frequencies here please, LWR at the time had not yet passed to the new management that caused so many problems to RFL and others.]
Nov. 1988
* GBR. Bromley. Bert Bridges becomes increasingly annoyed with the tenant in the flat upstairs, and his loud radio, which he will not turn down, so he buys a Tandy 160 – in -one project kit, and builds the MW radio project, to try and jam Capital Gold on 1548 kHz in the upstairs flat. It is successful, and creates horrible warbles and heterodyne shrieks, which (with some ‘advice’ from Bert), convinces the tenant that his radio is faulty due to having being played too loudly!
* GBR. Wolverhampton 1413 kHz MW. UK Radio returns, although Paul Johnson is still very ill. The new band and frequency are now in use, and the station is to appear here several Sundays in November and December.
* GBR. West Midlands. PCRL hosts its own Children in Need show for disadvantaged children in Birmingham
[First of all, proof that I am not always good at dates! 🙂 I think I bought the Tandy kit on a Saturday – no idea which one – and taped the aerial wire to the ceiling below his music centre on the Sunday.
As for the rest, again, any dates would be appreciated please]
Thanks for reading all this. I hope it is interesting, and if you can help with a few details, I would be very grateful.
Thanks
Bert Bridges

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Hi All.
In November of 1984 a book was published ‘Pirate Radio then and now’ that was the basis for the ‘Flashback’ programme that went out on RFM.
Anyway, this is a list of the stations noted taken from that book, and I hope it is of interest and people can add comments if it triggers some memories.
The book ‘Pirate Radio Then and Now’ by Stuart Henry and Mike von Joel lists the following UK (and one French) stations as operating in this month, organised in frequency order for this document: –
Merseyside. 945 kHz MW. Radio Jackie North, weekends 12:00-20:00, rock
Offshore. Thames Estuary. 963 kHz MW. Radio Caroline, 07:00-14:00 daily, album rock
Leominster. 1017 kHz MW and 94.2 FM. Sunshine Radio, daily 06:00-20:00, pop, own news
Wiltshire. 1132 kHz MW, Radio Earwig, Sundays 15:00-15:45 only, local info
Merseyside. 1137 kHz MW and 92.5 FM. Merseyland Alternative Radio Saturday and Sunday daytimes pop/rock
Merseyside. 1139 kHz MW. Merseyland Free Radio, Sundays 11:00-19:00, rock/top 40
Manchester. 1179 kHz MW. Radio Eleven, hours not known, continuous music
Birmingham. 1179 kHz MW. Sounds Alternative, Alternate Sunday afternoons, rock / reggae
SE London. 1242 kHz MW. South East Sound, Sundays 12:00-16:00, rock etc
Birkenhead. 1296 kHz MW, Storeton Community Radio, daily, daytimes, oldies
Derby. 1305 kHz MW, 92.2 and 97.6 FM, Radio Nova, Sundays 19:00 onwards
SW London. 1323 kHz MW. Radio Jackie, 23 hrs 7 days, commercial
Edenbridge. 1323 kHz MW and 94.2 FM. County Radio, Sundays and Bank Holidays, top 40 and album music
London WC1. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss, Sundays 10:00-16:00, heavy metal
Merseyside. 1359 kHz MW. Radio Nemesis International, Fridays 11:00-20:00, pop/rock
Woodford Green. 1386 kHz MW. Comsat Radio, Sundays 12:00-midnight, new wave music
Merseyside. 1395 kHz MW and 104.0 FM. Central Radio, Saturdays 12:00-19:00, Sundays 10:00 to late, pop / rock
Leicester. 1404 kHz MW. Radio King, Bank Holidays, Rock
Basildon. 1404 kHz MW and 94.2 FM. Alternative Community Radio, Sunday daytimes
Wood Green. 1404 kHz MW. Radio Amanda, weekend afternoons, rock / oldies
Telford. 1404 kHz MW and 94.2 FM. Shropshire Sound
Cheshire.1408 kHz MW. Weaver Sound Radio, some Sundays 10:00-17:00, pop / rock
Merseyside. 1413 kHz MW. Station M International, Sundays 11:00-20:00, rock
Merseyside. 1413 kHz MW. Radio Veronica, Mondays 06:00-midnight, unusual rock, etc
S London. 1413 kHz MW. Skyline Radio, 24/7, pop
Merseyside. 1413 kHz MW. Radio Elenore, weekends 09:00-21:00, pop / rock
Brandon, Suffolk. 1415 kHz MW. Abbey Radio, Weekdays 09:00-midnight, Saturdays 21:00- Sundays 03:30
Hitchin. 1485 and 1566 kHz MW. Radio Fiona, hours not known, rock music
Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. Radio Sovereign, 07:00-midnight daily, oldies
Surrey. 1602 kHz MW and 90.1 FM. Radio Ditt, irregular hours
Croydon. 1612 kHz MW, Radio Contact, hours not known
Chesterfield. 87.5 FM. Open Asylum, irregular hours
London. 90.0 FM. Home Brew Radio, Sundays 19:00-22:00
London. 90.2 FM. Forestside Radio. Fridays
Twickenham. 90.2 FM. Border Radio, late night, irregular hours
West and Central London. 90.2 FM. Radio Alpha, Mondays, and Thursdays 22:00-23:00
Hertfordshire. 90.2 FM. Radio Lion, Sundays 19:00-22:00
Salisbury. 90.2 FM. UKGM [UK Good Music], Tuesdays 19:00-22:00, Jazz, Blues
West London. 90.2 FM. Radio Orion, Sundays 13:00-17:00
Gravesend. 90.3 FM. Radio City, Wednesdays 20:00-midnight, soft rock
Woodford Green. 90.4 FM. Alices Restaurant. Saturdays 23:00- Sunday 03:00. Sixties rock
Essex/NE London. 90.4 FM. Phoenix Radio, Saturdays 17:00-23:00, rock/new wave
London W5. 90.4 FM. Thameside Radio, Sundays 19:00-23:00, top 40 / album music
Surrey. 90.9 FM. Bookham Radio, irregular hours
Chertsey. 91.8 FM. Radio Spectrum, 18:00 Saturdays – 02:00 Sundays,
Croydon. 91.9 FM. Radio Suburbia, Saturdays 19:30pm-midnight
Chessington. 91.9 FM. Surrey Broadcasting Service
London. 92.0 FM. City Sounds, Mondays 19:00-22:00, soul / rock / futurist
London. 92.0 and 92.5 FM. Flashback Radio, Sundays 18:00-21:00, jazz/funk
London. 92.4 FM. Radio Infinity, Friday evenings, soul/funk
W London. 92.4 FM. West London Radio, Wednesday evenings
S London. 92.4 FM. Radio Invicta, Sundays 09:00-Mon 03:00, soul / jazz / gospel
West Wickham. 92.5 FM. Radio Aquarius
South London. 92.5 FM. Radio Atlantis Medway, Sundays 13:00-16:00
South Norwood. 92.5 FM. Radio Telstar, Sundays 19:00-21:00
S London. 92.5 FM. South London Radio, Saturdays 18:00-Sundays 03:00
London. 92.6 FM. Liberation Radio, Tuesdays 19:00-23:00
Sutton. 92.6 FM. London Weekend Radio, Saturdays 08:00 – Sundays 13:00, pop, top 40
London. 93.0 FM. Rebel Radio, Sundays 13:00-17:00
London. 93.0 FM. Radio Activity, Sundays 15:00-18:00, rock
London. 93.1 FM. Alpha International, Alternate Sundays 15:00-19:00
Wiltshire. 93.7 FM. Castle Radio, Sundays 19:00-22:00
Wolverhampton. 94.0 FM. UK Radio, Alternate Sunday evenings
Wilmslow. 94.1 FM. KFM, 6 hours a day planned, pop/rock
Birmingham. 94.1 FM. Electronic Sound Transmission, Sundays 11:00-14:00, rock / comedy
Telford. 94.2 FM. Wrekin City Radio, Alternate Sundays 12:00-14:00
London. 94.2 FM. Radio Gamma, Thursdays 20:00-22:00
SW London. 94.2 and 103.7 FM. JFM, planned 24-hour, jazz/funk
West Midlands. 94.2 FM. Radio Star, Sunday evenings
SE London. 94.4 FM. Horizon FM, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, various hours, jazz/funk
London. 94.4 FM. London Music Radio, Saturdays 18:00-midnight, rock/comedy
Wolverhampton. 94.4 FM. Radio Phoenix, alternate Sundays
Nottingham. 94.4 FM. Robin Hood Radio, testing
Chertsey. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio, Sundays 19:00-21:00
London. 94.4 FM. Radio Zodiac, Sundays 12:00-19:00
Edinburgh. 95.7 FM. Radio Freedom International, Sundays 09:00-12:00, oldies
Sussex. 96.3 FM. Radio Albatross, Sundays 19:00-21:00
Sussex. 96.3 FM. Radio Liberty, Sundays 19:00-22:00
Sussex. 96.3 FM. Radio Zeta, Sundays 21:00-22:00 only
Cambridge. 96.6 FM. Cambridge Community Radio, currently inactive
Stoke on Trent. 97.5 FM. Radio North Staffs
Brighton. 98.0 FM. Sunshine Radio, Sundays 10:00-22:00, Rock etc
Merseyside. 98.0 FM. Eagle Radio, Thursdays and Sundays, pop / rock
Wigan. 102.5 FM. Douglas Valley Community Radio, Sundays 07:00-midnight, local info, varied music
Tollerton Notts. 103.0 FM. Radio Terrapin, hours not known, pop music
London. 103.2 FM. Epsilon, Friday evenings, magazine programme
Manchester. 103.5 FM. Andromeda Independent Radio, Wednesdays 20:30-22:30, album rock / community news
Boulogne France. 103.7 FM. Radio Boulogne Littoral, Mondays 20:30pm-Tuesdays 05:00, English, Magazine programme
London. 103.8 FM. DBC/Rebel Radio, Fridays 18:00-midnight, Reggae
London. 103.8 FM Open Access Radio, Wednesdays 19:00-23:00
London. 103.8 FM Our Radio, 17:00-midnight, open access
S London. 103.8 FM. South West Radio, Sundays 11:00-15:00
Leeds. 104.0 FM [frequency varies]. Radio Funky, Sundays 19:00-19:50 only
Manchester. 104.0 FM. Manchester Alternative Radio, Saturdays 19:00-22:00 Rock/pop
Anglesey. 105.0 FM. Shoreline 105, Testing
Does this trigger some memories? I hope it’s useful and of interest
Bert

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