Hi all. I hope your weekend went well.
To limit the posts clogging up people’s feed here is another two-in-one On This Day.
09 Jul.
09 Jul. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
09 Jul. 1978
+ NOR. 1326 kHz MW. Radio Nolan relays Independent Radio Authority with 1.5 kilowatts of power today.
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London is on air today
09 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
09 Jul. 1984
+ 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
+ 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
09 Jul. 1985
+ GBR. Ilford. 104.7 FM. 8 pm to midnight. The first broadcast of Radio Argus takes place; DJs are James Halstead, Bill Lyons, Pete Davis and Bert Bridges, from whose room the broadcast takes place. The name has been decided after reading a book that states that while Mercury was the messenger of the gods, he had a ‘journalist’ with a thousand eyes, called Argus. In view of the way the licensed Radio Mercury treated the free station, Radio Jackie, which has only recently been forced to close down due to actions by Mercury and their dti friends, Radio Argus seems the most fitting name. Mercury would thus be deprived of the source of all his information, and have nothing to tell the gods, if Argus went on strike! The rig drifts in frequency, gets very hot, and makes strange noises. Possibly because the aerial is formed from a copper pipe on the outside of the building, cut through top and bottom and held in place with plastic sections to make a hidden dipole in plain sight. It is decided to suspend broadcasts until an engineer can be found.
09 Jul. 1986 GBR. Camborne. 103.0 FM. Alterations take place to Radio Argus’ programming. Weekday night broadcasts are cut back and weekend broadcasts are extended, 19:00-02:00.
09 Jul. 1989 GBR. Bromley. Unaware of problems in Cornwall, Radio Argus London celebrates its fourth birthday, with a simulcast. The builder has turned up with a rig on 92.0 FM. It’s only about a few watts, but for the rest of the day, the celebrations go on, on both 1611kHz MW and 92.0 FM. [And the SW sprog!] RFM is not relayed today
GBR. London. 94.3 FM. RFM is on air today
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10 Jul.
10 Jul. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 23:00-01:00 Radio Caroline South is on air tonight
10 Jul. 1982 GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 20:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant
10 Jul. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1503 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
10 Jul. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Merseyside. 1197 kHz MW and on FM, Radio Merseywaves is on air with John Freeman, Tony Reeve and Paul Jay, the station is sharing the MW channel with Radio Elenore, but many of Elenore’s DJs have moved over to Merseywaves
+ 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
10 Jul. 1987 GBR. St Ives. 103.0 FM. Radio Argus Cornwall goes 24 hours for the summer, planning a return to evenings and weekends in September.
10 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, in an attempt to improve the late evening service, continuous music and jingles go out 11:00-14:00, the DJ thus displaced [Sid Jackall] gets the ‘graveyard shift’, something he rather enjoys!
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
+ GBR. Newquay. 103.1 FM. Radio Argus Atlantic Coast Service is on air this evening
…and breathe… 🙂
I hope this is of interest to some; as ever, any additions and corrections will be gratefully received and credited in the document this is copied and pasted from.
Regards,
Bert
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