On This Day…
January 16th.
16 Jan. 1970
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16 Jan. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 23:00-01:00 Radio Caroline South is on air tonight
16 Jan. 1972
+ GBR. Edinburgh. Radio Caroline South is on air 23:00-01:00
+ GBR. London. 1492 kHz MW. 10:00-13:00 Radio Nelson is on air today
16 Jan. 1973
+ GBR. 6215 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air today, [Tuesday] it says it will be on air every Sunday
16 Jan. 1974
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16 Jan. 1975
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16 Jan. 1976
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16 Jan. 1977
+ IRL. 6202 or 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today, its programmes are Sundays 09:00-12:00 with Derek Jones and Mike Anderson
+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Radio Telstar South is on air this evening
16 Jan. 1978
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16 Jan. 1979
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 104.0 FM. UK Radio is on air this evening
16 Jan. 1980
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16 Jan. 1981
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16 Jan. 1982
+ GBR. Merseyside. 1395 kHz MW. Radio Jackie North is on air today after being off air for some 6 weeks. There are power issues in the studio.
16 Jan. 1983
+ GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today
* NED. 14:05 hrs. Free Radio Service Holland [FRSH] is raided after the end of the day’s broadcast. Joop ter Zee is caught. This is a joint effort between the Dutch RCD and the German Bundespost. FRSH is to lose four transmitters in this raid, including two brand new ones that have never been used. Besides losing the rigs, two car batteries and six inverters are also confiscated (stolen)
+ 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. Telford. 94.2 FM. Wrekin City Radio is on air this afternoon
16 Jan. 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. on air 7 days a week, Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 94.0 FM. JFM is on air 24 hours a day
+ GBR. London. 104.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours a day
16 Jan. 1985
* GBR. London. The RIS of the dti states they have carried out 60 raids on over 26 stations since last July
+ 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 Jan. 1986
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16 Jan. 1987
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
16 Jan. 1988
+ GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today 07:00-23:00
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
16 Jan. 1989
+ IRL. Co Donegal. 846 kHz MW and 97.9 FM. Radio North is on air today
+ IRL. Monaghan. 891 kHz MW. Radio Star Country is on air today
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW and 103.0 FM. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
And that’s all I have for today, apart from a brief comment to say that today Radio Pamela was on SW and Radio Argus is on MW, thanks to Radio Blackbeard. Not sure when both stations were last on air on the same weekday, that’s one for the timeline!
Bert Bridges
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