In This Year and On This Day
PART 2, 1980-1989
As per the earlier post, The Year lists are stations where no distinct start [or end] dates are known. can you help please?
1980
* GBR. Liverpool. 1181 and 1299 kHz MW. Late this year, Radio Elenore starts broadcasts. The signals, although off channel, get to Leeds once Radio Sweden closes down for the night
* NED. 1647 kHz. 13-year-old Willem starts broadcasts with a 25-watt rig, of Radio Korak.
* GBR. Warwickshire. 6200 kHz SW. Radio Enoch appears this year on MW and SW claiming to be running 1kW, it is related to the earlier Two Spires Radio, is named after Enoch Powell and is politically right wing. Like Two Spires Radio, its programmes are deliberately short. The operators come close to being caught, and the station closes by the early part of the decade.
* NED. Gelderland. A 16-year-old, Gertie, starts broadcasts of a station calling itself ’Free Radio’. This person is to go on to run Radio Delta and Radio Internos.
* FIN. By summer this year, Radio Mustang has closed down.
* Back to NED again, and this year, following a raid Radio Bandonica moves from MW to FM
* GBR. London. In this year Brian Anthony formerly on Radio Jackie, sets up soul station JFM Radio. Initially on Sundays and Bank Holidays
* FIN. Radio Meteor starts broadcasts this year, the rig is 60 watts SW and uses a full loop aerial. The station puts out between 5 and 10 broadcasts a year
Jan. 1980
* GBR. West Midlands. 1242 kHz MW and 97.5 FM. In this month Radio Free Birmingham [RFB] is raided, Steve Merrick is to be later fined £300
* GBR. West Midlands. 1323 kHz MW. Following the raid Radio Free Birmingham [RFB] returns on this frequency.
* GBR. Wolverhampton.1332 kHz MW. A new 1/4 wave aerial wire is erected, and UK Radio starts test broadcasts on its old channel. These tests show that the increased power has brought about an improvement; the signal now can be heard in Longbridge.
* FIN. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Bambino is featured in soft porn magazine ‘Ratto’, and includes a photo of the operator sitting in his studio, with the 15-watt rig in clear view.
01 Jan. 1980
+ GBR. Edmonton N. London. 1368 kHz MW. Live from Gary Stevens’ flat, Radio Veronica is on air through into New Years day
+ GBR. London. 92.5 FM. Radio Liberty is on air today, Programmes by Roger Tate and Bob Adams are noted
1981
* GBR. Liverpool. 1296 kHz MW. Early this year, Radio Elenore moves channel, and broadcasts from midnight to 9am Fridays and Saturdays. Later in the year, this changes, and the station moves to 1125kHz 266m and broadcasts on weekdays 6pm to midnight.
* GBR. London. 1404 kHz MW. Rebel Radio, soon to become DBC [Dread Broadcasting Corp.] starts broadcasts early this year on Sundays, the station is to later move to 103.8 FM, it is the first Reggae station and later expands its musical styles to other genres.
* NED. 1508 kHz MW. This year, Radio Torenvalk moves from 1323 and 1332 kHz MW, due to increasing interference from official stations.
* GBR. Surrey. 6290 kHz SW. Radio Kristel starts SW broadcasts this year, using a rig built originally for South East Sound but never used.
* GBR. Colchester. 92.8 FM. In this year Independant Radio Colchester, which had been broadcasting since the late 1970’s, with DJs Ray Best and Alec Hilton, closes down.
* GBR. West Midlands. 94.0 FM Another station on air this year is EST.
* GBR. Ludlow. Sunshine Radio starts broadcasting, mainly on Bank Holidays.
* GBR. On SW, Caroline Shortwave starts broadcasting, featuring Freddy Archer, Toni Rossi, Dave Cain, and others. The broadcasts go out on 48 metres, from a 30-watt rig. These broadcasts run until 1982.
* GBR. London. Alice’s Restaurant starts broadcasts this year, the station plays rock, and between this year and 1987 is to mainly broadcast Saturdays, using 90.2 FM, 90.4 FM or 93.0 FM
* GBR. West Midlands. 94.2 FM. Radio Free Birmingham [RFB] is on air on Sundays this year, with 1323 kHz MW also on Bank Holidays.
* GBR. London. Radio Telstar South continues with its 1-hour broadcasts
* GBR London. Early this year, Radio Free London [RFL] loses the more pop-orientated staff, who are to form South London Radio [SLR], John Dawson being one of those people
01 Jan. 1981
+ GBR. London. 1386 kHz MW. Radio Comsat makes its first Broadcast today. The station is to broadcast on Sundays from midday.
1982
* NED. 1094 kHz MW. Radio Torenvalk moves channel, from 1508 kHz, as the old area of the band is becoming overcrowded with free radio stations.
* GBR. Coventry. 1305 kHz MW. Midland Weekend Radio closes this summer. It has been run by a couple of DJs from the [licensed] Mercia Sound station, as an alternative to the sport on Saturday afternoons. The rig is 100 watts, and installed in a cabinet on the roof of a tower block. The rig is turned on by the stereo pilot tone on the licenced FM station. Although vfo controlled, the transmitter is very stable, and the signal can be heard in Leeds. The station closed after the DJs voices are recognised and they are threatened with the sack. The transmitter is sold to KGW in Liverpool.
* GBR. Wirral. 1386 kHz MW. Station M International appears early this year on 1386 initially, before moving to 1413 kHz, covering Merseyside and much of the North West.
* NED. Nijmegen. Following the raid, Herbie teams up with Radio Atlantis, and from the top floor of a tower block, broadcasts of Delta 90 begin. Its coverage is enormous. Following several raids, Delta 90, and another station, Kaizerstaad Radio agree to help each other out with rigs and sites.
* GBR. London. 92.8 FM Radio Telstar South moves to a derelict building in Crystal Palace, improving its signal across London, still broadcasting for one hour.
* GBR. Birmingham. 94.2 FM In this year Radio Free Birmingham [RFB] becomes County Radio.
* GBR. West Midlands. 94.2 FM. Radio Star starts broadcasts run by Cecil Morris, this station is to continue despite several raids and court appearances until 1985, when it becomes PCRL. It is also to have Jacko Diamond on its team, formerly of Radio Jolly Roger and Sounds Alternative
+ GBR. Telford. 94.2 FM Wrekin City starts broadcasts in this year on Sunday afternoons
* GBR. Wolverhampton. 94.4 FM. In this year, Phoenix Radio starts broadcasts, on alternate Sundays, using the studios of UK Radio on the Sundays they are off air. However, once the novelty wears off, Phoenix returns to ashes.
* GBR. West London. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio starts suffering with raids this year, in addition Horizon Radio starts using their frequency, and threaten to visit Uptown with a shotgun when Uptown point out they had been on 94.4 since 1978
* NED. Evenhaar. 97.9 FM. Herbie the fish sets up a new FM station, called Radio Invicta. The studio is in an old school building, and the 50-metre mast is erected using a crane! The rig is 1 kilowatt, and with the gain of the aerial, an ERP of 5 KW is achieved! The station is raided after three weeks.
* GBR. Wrekin area. 103 FM. Another Radio Mi Amigo starts broadcasts early this year on Sunday afternoons using pre-recorded shows and a battery-powered rig with 3 watts; the rig costs £15 and covers about 4 miles, this is later increased in power with a 15-watt rig that covers 20 miles until a raid occurs…
* GBR. Spalding, Lincolnshire. Colin FM is heard a few times this year, on Tuesday evenings, its programming is unique, including tapes of humming and whistling, Philip the fisherman, and the Voice of Colin, a late-night phone-in and slander show that attracts all sorts, including drunks! Sadly, the rig is blown out of a tree in a gale and smashed.
Jan. 1982
* GBR. London. Alices Restaurant splits into two stations this month. Alices Restaurant remains the rock station, while Phoenix Radio becomes the more ‘alternative’ station.
01 Jan. 1982
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 94.2 FM. UK Radio sees in the New Year
1983
* NED. Radio Scotland International is raided again by the Dutch PTT.
* IRL. ABC Radio is again joined by Richard Staines. The station is to flourish, from its South East Ireland base, for the next few years.
* In this year Radio Sovereign and Our Radio appear on a London TV news item.
* GBR. Merseyside. 945, 977 and 1017 kHz MW. Radio Jackie North is heard this year for the last time; it is to close down this year.
* GBR. Liverpool. Radio Free Liverpool by now is on 963 kHz and 1395 kHz MW, but later on in the year is to close for good, Rick Dane goes on to form Radio Atlantis.
* GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. Radio Sunshine begins all week operation, with 500 watts power.
* GBR. London.1323 kHz MW. Following a lawyer finding a loophole in the 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act, Radio Jackie goes 24 hours. This loophole (Which pointed out that under the original terms of the 1949 WT Act, the GPO could do nothing more than inspect a rig) leads to many other stations starting broadcasts. Around the same time Eric Gotts of the GPO is to be prosecuted by Radio Jackie staff for assault.
* GBR. Liverpool. 1413 and 1449 kHz MW. Radio Elenore starts using these channels this year. they are shared with other stations to an agreed schedule.
* USA. 6995 kHz SW. Far right Voice of Tomorrow is on air this year and up to 1991, it follows no usual pattern of broadcasts, some are the third Saturday of the month, but often there are large gaps in transmissions.
* GBR London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London [RFL] closes for a few years this year after two raids in which Nigel Grant is caught on both occasions minding the rig. He is to leave the station for a while, leaving only Kenny Meyers and Mark Ashton, which is felt not to be enough to keep the station going
* GBR. London. 92.3 FM Thursday evenings. London Rock, run by Mike Burnett, starts broadcasts with 120 watts, initially using a UHF link, but after a raid using a band III link, the TX site is moved to a derelict house on Sydenham Hill.
* GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Radio Telstar South is still going this year, but the huge increase in stations all playing similar disco type music means they are suffering from interference, Telstar is still only on for one hour, while the other stations are on for a lot longer.
* GBR. Wrekin area. 94.2 FM. By now Radio Mi Amigo has merged with another station and is called WR ‘The Hot FM,’ programmes continue for the next 9 years although the frequency is to change a few times due to new licensed stations appearing.
* GBR. West London. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio closes down this year, as a result of repeated raids and the antics of Horizon Radio
* GBR. London. 103.8 FM. Following a broadcast this year in which Sinn Fein member Danny Morrison is interviewed, the authorities bust Our Radio on a weekly basis. Other stations apparently pass information on its sites to the authorities to distance themselves from this station.
Jan. 1983
* GBR. Wolverhampton. Wulfrun Sound on MW and FM becomes established, broadcasting fortnightly Sunday afternoons, after UK Radio’s SW service had closed. [UK Radio’s local service went out Saturday evenings.]
* GBR. Colchester. 92.8 FM. Radio East returns to the air with a new 5-watt rig on their new regular frequency.
* GBR. The same team behind Radio Caroline Short Wave, forms Radio 48, featuring Toni Rossi, Dave Scott, Mark Stafford and Ian Scott, the broadcasts go out on a two-monthly basis, and the station experiments with several different aerials. Radio 48 runs until 1985
* GBR. Beccles, Suffolk. On 97.6 FM GMR [Good Music Radio] starts broadcasts. Mike Davis is the only presenter to start with.
01 Jan. 1983
+ GBR. Birmingham. 1179 kHz MW. Sounds Alternative is on air early this morning after seeing in the New Year
+ GBR. Epsom Downs. 90.0 FM. Surrey Sounds is on air today with its monthly broadcast
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM. Phoenix Radio and Alices Restaurant are 24 hours over the Christmas / New Year period, these programmes end today
1984
* GBR. London. This year sees new legislation brought in to suppress the free radio stations that have been flourishing, following Radio Jackie’s discovery of the legal loophole in the 1949 Act. This means the authorities can confiscate [steal] equipment, whereas before they could only inspect it. They also have a right to know the names of presenters and other staff on the stations, which they did not have before.
* GBR. Glastonbury. At another Peace festival, Radio Avalon reappears this year
* GBR. London. Another station appears this year, called Voice of the Immigrants; it is a direct rival to London Greek Radio.
* GBR. Liverpool. 1170 kHz MW Radio Elenore by now has moved here
* GBR. London. 1278 kHz MW, Andromeda starts broadcasting this year, it is to be a short-lived station, only noted until 1985
* GBR. Edinburgh. 1332 kHz MW. Radio Telstar International broadcasts this year
* GBR. London. 1404 kHz MW. Renegade Radio starts this year, formed of a break away from Alices Restaurant, which had changed its output to a more general rock orientated one from metal. It is formed by Paul Chamberlain who led the break away from Alices.
* GBR. London. 92.0 FM. In this year LWR changes frequency from 92.5. It shows no concern for stations already on this channel, and threats against those stations already on the channel is sadly to become symptomatic of this station and copied by others.
* GBR. London. 92.8 FM. After experiencing growing problems with other stations hijacking their frequency, Radio Telstar South is to close down early in this year.
* GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours a day in this year
* GBR. London. Early this year, 102.8 FM. JFM Radio is to go 24 hours with a transmitter based (as were a lot of other stations) at Crystal Palace
* GBR. Leicester. 103.8 FM In this year, Radio Alice is to lose all its rigs, bar one, as thefts from the block occur. The last one drifts and its output transistor is repeatedly blowing after only a few hours. George does his best to repair the rig, but towards the end of the year, it is generally blowing up after only 2 or 3 hours.
Jan. 1984
* GBR. Wolverhampton. On 103.5 FM, test broadcasts start at the end of this month, of UK Radio. There are teething problems with the new rig, so it is decided to iron these out, and re-start on Easter Sunday.
* GBR. Beccles, Suffolk. 105.6 FM. Good Music Radio [GMR] changes channel and increases power to 150 watts. Very good coverage is noted for 50 miles around the broadcast site, however, just as things start to look good for the station, the DJs start leaving. Some join the new licensed station, ‘The Beach,’ while others simply move on. By the end of the year, only Mike Davis is left on the station.
* BEL. The Radio Delmare 1 Kilowatt relays of FRSH are proving so successful, that the programme rundown is altered, to run 10:00-16:00 with both music and free radio programmes
01 Jan. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Birmingham. 1179 kHz MW. Sounds Alternative is noted today with a Norman Nelson show
+ GBR. London 1332 kHz MW. Radio Telstar is heard today with Martin Davis on air
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today
+ GBR. South London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. on air 7 days a week, Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. Radio Sovereign is on air for its last 24 hours today
+ GBR. London. 94.0 FM. JFM is on air 24 hours a day
+ GBR. Telford. 94.2 FM. Wrekin City Radio is on air this afternoon
+ GBR. London. 104.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours a day
1985
* GBR. London. In this year the dti claims to have carried out 230 raids on 86 stations nationwide
* GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. In the spring of this year Radio Floss is to close as the raids intensify. It returns as Celebration Radio
* GBR. Radio 48 re-launches itself, with rock music and DX programmes.
* NED. 6200 kHz SW. Radio Torenvalk moves from MW to SW this year, to get away from the BBC station near the old MW channel. The station plays mainly traditional Dutch music, and a few other styles.
* NED. Nijmegen. This year Delta 90 closes down, only to reappear towards the end of the year
* GBR. London. 92.6 FM. Bert’s Hotdog stand, a spoof of Alice’s Restaurant, is noted this year
* GBR. West Midlands. 94.4 FM. County Radio is on air this year, also using 104.8 FM.
* GBR. Liverpool. 102.85 FM. Early this year Kiss FM appears on the old Atlantis channel. It also has Atlantis DJs and uses the same mailing address
* GBR. London. After a major raid, JFM Radio ceases broadcasting
* GBR. Stafford. 103.5 FM. In this year Radio WX is noted, broadcasts come from the Reynolds building, DJs include Chris Lavelle, General Dogsbody and Dave Scott. The station is ultimately to be raided and taken off air.
* GBR. Suffolk. 105.0 FM. Good Music Radio [GMR], by now with only Mike Davis, moves channel, from 105.6 FM
01 Jan. 1985
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. West Midlands. 1179 kHz MW. Sounds Alternative is on air 10:00-19:00 today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
+ GBR. West Midlands. [Wolverhampton].103:5 FM with 20 watts and [Birmingham] 102.5 FM to avoid interference to County Radio. UK Radio is on air today
1986
* GBR. Ludlow. In this year, Sunshine Radio finally closes down.
* NED. Herbie the fish starts another station up, called Superclan Radio this year. It is to make 10 broadcasts in all, on either 6258 or 7558 kHz SW.
* GBR. Westerham, Kent. Radio Free London [RFL] is on air for much of this year in its fourth incarnation, from an old barn at Westerham. A huge aerial was erected, but the FM signal was poor in SE London, but was getting into North London. The site was convenient to use, but too far back on level ground (although very high in itself) so that much of South London was in shadow. Other problems were frequent wet mists that used to make the tapes snag. Some live programmes come from this site, and even a small MW experiment.
* BEL. Radio Delmare ceases much of its operations early this year, due to security problems.
* GBR. Wirral. 104.8 FM. Radio Julie starts broadcasts
* GBR. Middlesex. 105.8 FM and other frequencies. Middlesex Music Radio is on air this year, using various sites including North Hayes / Northwood Hills / Harrow on the Hill and a Tower Block in Heston
* GBR. London. Radio Duck, which has been broadcasting since 1979, closes down this year, some members are involved with Hospital Radio
* NED. Radio Northeastpolder starts broadcasts today, one of its founders is Dick Offringa
* GBR. London. In this year a rig builder stops building rigs for anyone after one station owner turned up at his house with a knife, threatening to kill him after he built a higher-powered rig for a rival station. The advent of commercialism in pirate [as opposed to free] radio is causing a toxic environment, some stations are involved with nightclubs and the sale of drugs and make large sums from these.
* Early this year, Raiders FM starts broadcasts, run by Mike Summers, it is a rock-based station. Broadcasts usually run from Friday evenings through to Sunday evenings.
Jan. 1986
* GBR. Wolverhampton. Paul Johnson’s final act of revenge on the dti official responsible for UK Radio’s raid occurs this month, when he sends the undertakers round to his house!
* BEL. The Radio Delmare transmitter has developed a fault, and its own programmes as well as the relayed FRSH ones are suspended indefinitely
01 Jan. 1986
+ GBR. London. 93.0 FM Alice’s Restaurant is on air with a live party, including Steve Price, Colin Noble, Dave Lane, Brian Marshal, and Phil Thomas, all in ‘varying states of merriness’
+ GBR. Penzance. On 103.0 FM, Cornish Soul Radio [CSR] starts broadcasts on the Argus frequency. The Radio Argus rig is used to jam them, playing heavy metal. The rig being moved for the purpose to a hill outside Newlyn, and beamed into Penzance using a Yagi antenna! This is to be the start of a lot of ill-feeling between the Argus (mainly rock) personnel and the CSR/Impact (mainly soul) personnel
1987
* Offshore. Thames Estuary. 963 kHz MW. Caroline Overdrive closes this year, although other services from the Ross Revenge continue.
* GBR. Liverpool. On 1413 kHz MW, Anfield Community Radio is noted.
* Offshore. Off James Beach. 1620 kHz. Radio New York International starts broadcasts this year from international waters.
* NED. In this year, most of the Dutch MW stations start migrating to the ‘X – Band’ or ‘Dutch Band,’ a group of frequencies off the normal MW band, between 1605 and 1660 kHz.
* GBR. Bickley. LWR is broadcasting from studios in Bickley this year. John Dawson and Johnny Haywood are the main operators
* GBR. Birmingham. 103.7 FM. People’s Community Radio Line [PCRL] is on air this year, having by now already suffered two raids. By the end of this year PCRL has been raided 103 times since its start in 1985, however it is to continue despite this.
* GBR. London. The owner and builder of Radio Horizon, Chris Stewart, destroys the last rigs, wanting nothing to do with radio again. Things have become too toxic for him, plus there were injunctions against him for broadcasting and heavy fines outstanding.
* GBR. London. Plans for this year include a group of three local stations starting in April, known as London Squatters Pirates. Although nothing is heard of these stations by April, an allied station, Radio Interference is on air this year on Fridays on 106.0 FM
Jan. 1987
* GBR. Wolverhampton. Radio Orion continues, 7 days a week.
* GBR. Wolverhampton. 105.0 FM UK Radio returns on Sunday evenings.
01 Jan. 1987
* GBR. Leicester. Jane Nelson buys a rig, and starts chasing up DJs for her planned station, due to start in March.
+ GBR. London. 88.7 FM. A new station starts broadcasts today, London Rock, run by ‘Dennis,’ with Mark Anthony and Lucien also featuring. The station plays rock, its first track is ‘New Year’s Day’ by U2. This is a different London Rock to the one that broadcast in 1983 on Thursday evenings.
+ GBR. Penzance. 90.4 FM. A new soul station, Impact Radio, starts broadcasts; many of its staff are from the ill-fated Cornish Soul Radio, and feel they have a grudge against Radio Argus.
+ GBR. Colchester. 93.9 FM. Freedom Overflow moves channel, which is to become a regular frequency until it closes in March, when 90.9 is used. Programmes generally go out Wednesday nights.
+ GBR. St Ives. 103.0 FM. Radio Argus sees the New Year in and finally closes at 04:00
1988
* GBR. Colchester. Early this year Freedom Overflow puts out several programmes sending up BBC Radio 4, including six episodes of the Archers, starring several new characters missed out by the BBC, such as Zippy the Hippy, George, and various DJs, using many awful BBC sound effects. Listener reaction is huge
* NED. Radio Scotland International, by now on SW, is again raided by the Dutch PTT.
* IRL. Following the passing of the revised 1988 Irish Wireless Telegraphy Act, ABC Radio closes down again.
* FIN. This year, only two stations have been recorded to date: both on 95.9 FM, Right Wing Radio, and Galaxy FM
* Offshore, 1620kHz. This is the last year Radio New York International is noted
* IRL. Going against the stream of closures, in this year Radio FAX starts broadcasts on three different Short-Wave frequencies. These are recorded in the UK for broadcast from Ireland.
* GBR. Birmingham. PCRL, which also has its own shop and sells merchandise, appears in court several times this year, accused as usual of unlicensed broadcasting. However, in one case, the lawyers successfully argue that Cecil Morris was running the gift shop and not the radio station
* GBR London. Raiders FM starts getting raids early this year, but is to return each time.
01 Jan. 1988
+ GBR. London. 88.7 FM London Rock is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. Colchester. 93.9 FM. Freedom Overflow’s first broadcast of the year, featuring several hung-over DJs!
+ GBR. London. 94.3 FM RFM is on air today.
+ GBR. SE London. WNKR is on air this bank holiday
+ GBR. Paul Hill, Newlyn. 102.5 FM. A joint ‘Happy New Year’ programme is broadcast between Radio Argus Cornwall and Impact Radio, from the hill outside the town, both stations doing their own programmes on their own AM channels. Radio Argus on 1503 kHz MW in Camborne and Impact on 1575 kHz MW in Penzance.
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 105.0 FM. UK Radio is on air today
1989
* IRL. Dublin. A new Broadcasting Law aimed at the free and pirate stations operating becomes law today, with potential fines of up to £1000 and / or 3 months imprisonment on summary conviction and up to 20,000 and / or 2 years imprisonment on conviction of indictment, plus equipment will be confiscated [stolen].
* GBR. Liverpool. 1197 kHz MW simulcast with 99.4 FM. Radio Atlantis starts putting out higher powered FM broadcasts.
* IRL. 6280 kHz SW. Prince Terry changes the name and frequency of his station, Westside Radio to Radio Ozone International, and his on-air name to Mr. Ozone.
* GBR, Surrey. 6290 kHz SW. Radio Kristel International ceases broadcasts on SW this year. It is to eventually move to MW
* GBR. West Midlands. Last year and this year an increase in free radio stations has occurred, the following stations have either already appeared by this year, or will be doing so: –
Rise FM,
Powerhouse Radio,
Freedom FM,
Supreme FM,
WKS
Birmingham Weekend Radio.
* GBR. Essex. In this year Radio Confusion starts broadcasts, mainly on SW.
* GBR. Erith, SE London. Martin Richards instals an FM rig up a tower block, puts out a broadcast of his station KAOS, then takes the rig down. The following week he goes back, and the block has gone! It has been demolished! This has to be the first time ever that a free radio station has lost a block but kept the rig!
* GBR. Paisley. 103.5 FM. K-OSS broadcasts this year from an empty High Rise flat in Paisley
Jan 1989
* GBR. Birmingham. PCRL closes down to try for an incremental licence, however it is to be unsuccessful.
01. Jan. 1989
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall launches 24-hour service, planned to be year-round, not just summertime.
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW. Radio Argus re starts in London. Shows include two kids from a few doors away, and a psychotic, Mike Marshal, who smashes up the brand-new mixer before disappearing. The two kids, Jay and Jacko put out the ‘JJ kids show.’
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR SE London. 91.8 FM. WNKR is on air this Bank Holiday weekend
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