On This Day… July 5th.
05 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
05 Jul. 1980 GBR. Leicester. 103.8 FM. Radio Alice is believed to have been raided today; programmes return after about a week.
05 Jul. 1981 GBR Scotland. 1413 kHz MW. Radio Kay is on air with 500 watts today, it is opposing the opening of the Torness Nuclear Power Station.
05 Jul. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
05 Jul. 1984
+ 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. 92.5 FM. On air 7 days a week, LWR is on air today
+ 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
05 Jul. 1987
+ GBR. Cornwall. A caller to a BBC Radio Cornwall phone in announces the Radio Argus Cornwall transmitter site. This person was later found to be an Impact Radio DJ. This was to prove the start of a prolonged battle between Argus and Impact.
05 Jul. 1989
+ GBR Saltash. 1494 kHz MW. Radio Argus Plymouth is on air with tapes shows 06:00-10:00 and 15:00-19:00
+ GBR Cornwall. 1602 kHz MW rig fails today, Radio Argus Cornwall continues on 1503 kHz [St Ives and 102.8 FM [St Agnes]. It is found that someone had cut the aerial at St Dennis causing the rig to fail. To avoid confusion, the 103.1 FM service at Newquay is to start calling itself the Radio Argus Atlantic Coast Service from today, its hours are to be clarified as weekday evenings and as many hours as possible at weekends.
+ GBR. Bromley. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
And that’s it for today. As ever, if anyone can add to or correct these posts please do!
Regards,
Bert
Info via Bert Bridges on Facebook