On this Day…
November 4th.
[and going outside the two decades with something that may be not widely known]
04 Nov. 1956 HUN. Budapest. 05:20 Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary, appears on Free Radio Budapest, to announce that at daybreak Soviet forces had started an attack on Hungary, and to notify the world of this. The Hungarian National Anthem – not the communist one – is then played. A few hours later, at 08:10 the final broadcast is heard ‘Help Hungary… Help, Help, Help’ before going off the air. Many of those involved in this and other broadcasts such as Radio Free Petofi and Radio Free Gyor are to be executed by the Soviets over the next few months.
04 Nov. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
04 Nov. 1972 GBR. 6215 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air with a test transmission today
04 Nov. 1973
+ GBR. London. 1133 kHz MW. Radio Kaleidoscope is on air Sundays from 10:00-16:00
+ GBR. 6215 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air today
+ IRL. 6317 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today
04 Nov. 1978
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
+ GBR. London. 92.5 FM Radio Alpha puts out a special broadcast this evening 22:00-01:00.
04 Nov. 1979.
+ GBR. London. 1260 kHz 238m MW. Radio City is on air 12:00-16:00
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. Radio Jackie is on air 09:00-17:00
+ GBR. London. 1404 kHz MW. Phoenix Radio starts broadcasting today, it is a Sunday station, rock based
+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Radio Telstar South is on air this evening
+ GBR. West London. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio is on air this evening
04 Nov. 1981
+ GBR. Merseyside. 999 kHz MW. Radio Alpine is on air 12:00-14:00
+ GBR. Merseyside 1107 kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
04 Nov. 1983
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. South London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
04 Nov. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Merseyside.1179 kHz MW. Radio Merseywaves is on air today with Mister T and Tony Reeve
+ GBR. SW London. 1323 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. Telford. 96.1 FM. Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-18:00
+ GBR, London. 102.4 FM. Solar [Sounds Of London’s Alternative Radio] starts broadcasting, formed from a lot of old Horizon staff
04 Nov. 1987 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today 07:00-23:00
04 Nov. 1988
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
04 Nov. 1989
+ GBR. Camborne. 1602 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today, the programme rundown is changed to Ginny Wilson [07:00-10:00], James Halstead [10:00-13:00], James Griggs [13:00-16:00] Jane Brown [16:00-19:00] and Ray Trevone [19:00-22:00]
+ GBR. 6282 kHz SW. Radio Pythagoras is on air today. However, as 6282 kHz is discovered to be a Morse Code channel, the station moves to what is to become its permanent SW frequency of 6200 kHz
+ GBR. Bromley. 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air today, closing down when RFL fires up
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London [RFL] is on air this evening
And that’s all I have for this day. As ever, my thanks to those who have helped and please send in any additions or corrections. Let’s try to get as many of these memories recorded and not lost.
Regards to all
Bert Bridges
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