On This Day.
August 14.
14 Aug. 1970 GBR. Enfield. 1440 kHz MW. Radio Telstar starts broadcasts today, 10:00-14:00
14 Aug. 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
14 Aug. 1977
+ GBR. IOW. Rowridge BBC transmitter is taken over by a station calling itself KSAT Radio for a while.
+ GBR. London. 1327 kHz [‘226m’] MW. Backstreet Radio is noted today
+ GBR. SW London.1331 kHz MW. Radio Jackie is noted today with shows by Phil Hazelton and Tony Bond
14 Aug. 1981 GBR Merseyside 1107kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
14 Aug. 1982
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 20:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant
+ GBR. London. 94.4 FM. A test broadcast of Horizon Radio takes place today
14 Aug. 1983 GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
14 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 MW and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ BEL. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Delmare repeats FRSH’s 15 July broadcast today, and the conditions are starting to improve
+ 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
14 Aug. 1986 GBR. London. RFM tests on 89.7 FM, horizontal polarisation.
14 Aug. 1987
+ GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Merseyside. 1242 kHz MW. Radio Merseywaves is raided today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
14 Aug. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-22:00
14 Aug. 1989 GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening
This group is not about offshore or 1960s stations so does not cover the day Radios Caroline and Veronica continued when the others closed, but a lot of land-based stations were to use the date to ‘get on the air’ to show that ‘middle finger’ to the authorities, including after the 1980s.
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Bert Bridges
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