On This Day…
November 16th
16 Nov. 1971 GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
16 Nov. 1974 GBR. Hayes, Kent, four members of Radio Free London [RFL] are busted. The decision is taken to close the station down for a while.
16 Nov. 1975 IRL. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today, around this time the station changes frequency to 6265 kHz
16 Nov. 1978
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
+ GBR. 6250 kHz SW. Radio Corsair is on air today, noted 09:00
+ GBR. London. 6260 kHz SW. Skyport Radio is on air today, noted 10:05
16 Nov. 1980
+ GBR. Birmingham. 1323 kHz MW. Radio Free Birmingham [RFB] is on air this afternoon
+ GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today
+ GBR. 6310 and 6850 kHz SW. Radio Caroline Short Wave [RCSW] is on air this morning. The transmission sites vary between Thetford Forest and the Malvern Hills, usually running 50 watts
+ 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
16 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
16 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. on air 7 days a week, 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
16 Nov. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1323 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
16 Nov. 1985
+ FRA. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Liberty Sound is noted today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
16 Nov.1986
+ BEL. 6205 kHz SW. Radio Delmare relays Free Service Holland [FRSH] today with 1kw power into a half wave dipole
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM. RFM is now on air, vertically polarised, four hours, DJs are Claire, Dave, Brian, and Dana.
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. St Ives. 103.0 FM. Radio Argus is on air 07:00 Sunday – 01:00 Monday
16 Nov. 1987 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today 07:00-23:00
16 Nov. 1988 GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
16 Nov. 1989
+ GBR. Camborne. 1602 kHz MW. The aerial has been reinstalled and a second earth spike banged in, improving the signal. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air today
Thanks for reading this, as usual, any additions and corrections (including outside of the 1970s and 1980s), please let me know,
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Bert Bridges
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