On This Day.
April 1st.
01 Apr. 1970
+ IRL. Connemara. 1494 kHz MW. Saor Radio Chonamara is on air today
01 Apr. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
01 Apr. 1972
+ GBR. Putney. 1321 kHz MW. 10:00-16:00 Radio Star International is on air today
01 Apr. 1973
+ GBR. 6215 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air today
01 Apr. 1976
* GBR. Rowridge. Isle of Wight. The BBC Radio 1 transmitter gets pirate attention, when the remote transmitter’s programmes are hijacked and banned records are played. To this day, no one has claimed responsibility although the Rowridge rig was repeating the signal from Wrotham, so it would have been a simple case to have jammed the Wrotham signal locally and Rowridge simply repeat what the jamming signal was broadcasting
01 Apr. 1978
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
01 Apr. 1979
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. Radio Jackie is on air 09:00-17:00
+ FIN. 6225 kHz SW. Radio Sound of Finland starts broadcasts, with 15 watts, Sunday mornings. Some programmes are mobile, and others relayed on 1332 kHz from the Nederlands. Most of the shows are dance music with DJ Roger. The station is to later get a 100-watt rig.
+ GBR. Scotland. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Mercury International is on air today
+ 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
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 104.0 FM. UK Radio is on air this evening
01 Apr. 1980
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening 19:00-22:00 with Paul Johnson and David Jarvis
* GBR. Merseyside. The Liverpool Echo carries a feature of the free stations in the area, MAR and Radio Jackie North get a mention
01 Apr. 1982
+ IRL. Tramore. 729 kHz MW ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
01 Apr. 1983
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM. An Easter 24-hour service is on air. Phoenix Radio is on air 17:00-02:00, and Alices Restaurant 02:00-17:00, Dave Lane is noted
01 Apr. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. Birmingham. 1179 kHz MW. Sounds Alternative is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 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. 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. Telford. 94.2 FM. Wrekin City Radio is on air this afternoon
+ GBR. London. 90.4 FM. Alices Restaurant is on air today
+ GBR. London. 92.5 FM. On air 7 days a week, LWR is on air today, Martin James show is noted
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM? Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours a day
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 24 hours a day
01 Apr. 1985
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
01 Apr. 1986
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
01 Apr. 1988
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-00:00, Good Friday, Charles Fuller has recorded a show for today 14:00-16:00. This pushes the other shows back by 2 hours
+ IRL. 1611 kHz MW and 6220 kHz SW. Radio Fax is on air today, the beginning of an Easter broadcast that runs through to the 4th of April
+ GBR. Ealing. 89.5 FM. London Irish Community Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. SE London. 91.8 FM. WNKR is on air this Easter weekend
01 Apr. 1989
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 MW [Camborne], 1602 MW [St. Dennis], 102.8 FM [St. Agnes], and 103.1 FM [St. Ives]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW. Radio Argus London is on air today
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