On This Day.
August 8.
08 Aug. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 and 14:00-15:00 Radio Free City is on air today
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 12:00-20:00 Radio Caroline South is on air today
+ GBR. London. 1492 kHz MW. 10:00-13:00 Radio Nelson is on air today
08 Aug. 1976
+ NED. 1345 kHz MW. Radio Napoleon International is on air today
+ IRL. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today, its programmes are Sundays 09:00-12:00 with Derek Jones and Mike Anderson
08 Aug 1980 GBR. The Sun Newspaper publishes an article about London free stations. Radio Jackie and Radio Free London get the main part of the article, On Jackie, the programmes are recorded in a garden shed, while on RFL they are recorded in Ken Meyers’ bedroom. The paper describes how an instal up a tower block takes place, and how two car batteries are used to run both the reel-to-reel player and the 92.0 FM rig. John Dawson features in the picture. Other stations mentioned are Radio Utopia, Radio Woodstock and Radio Invicta.
08 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
08 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
08 Aug. 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. 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
08 Aug. 1986 GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
08 Aug. 1987
+ GBR. Camborne. Simon Myres stops building rigs for any station. Radio Argus Cornwall is to continue, on 1503 kHz MW, 7 days a week. Radio Argus Leicester continues on 103.8 mHz FM at weekends and some weekday nights. [Little has been recorded about this station – Does anyone have details of when they heard it?]
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
08 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
08 Aug. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
As always, any additions and corrections will be gratefully received. In particular when Radio Jackie started FM broadcasts, [I think someone may have given a date but cannot find it, sorry]
The 1984 stations would have been experiencing some raids from the start of the new broadcasting act, but I have no details at this time, so any of those dates would also be helpful.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Bert
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