Hi all.
\nBefore November starts, here are some details that happened in November but for which I have incomplete details, such as dates etc., if anyone can help ‘filling in the gaps’ I would be very grateful… [my queries are in square brackets]
\nNov. 1970
\n* IRL Dublin. 1484 kHz MW. Saor-Raidio Chonamara returns to the air for the Oireachtas nan Gael festival, to protest the moving of the festival outside of the Gaeltacht area. This station, with its adherence to the Irish language, is to eventually influence the Irish Government to introduce RTE, which eventually appeared in 1972
\n[What dates did this broadcast take place please?]
\nNov. 1973
\n* GBR. London. Kenny Myers is busted in the second hour of broadcasts while guarding Radio Free London\u2019s rig this month
\n[What date, was it the usual frequency, and what dates preceded this bust please?]
\nNov. 1976
\n* FIN. Another station to join the Night Gallery Network is Radio Flamingo.
\n[if someone could give more info in Finnish stations, of any year, it would be appreciated, the 19th edition of ‘Pirate Connection’ I was sent some years ago is really the most info I have on these stations and newer websites tend to muddle up free\/pirate broadcasts with licensed stuff]
\nNov. 1978
\n* GBR. London. In this month Radio Jackie is to try out 1331khz, as its 1323 kHz channel suffers after night from continental stations signals.
\n* GBR. Wolverhampton. Late this month UK Radio is simulcasting on 1332 kHz MW and 104.0 FM as tests on FM are getting out marginally better than MW, especially at night, exact dates are not available at this time, so the FM details will not be included in this month until they are.
\n[this is just a case of ‘what dates?’ for both Radio Jackie and UK Radio, December’s logs have the UK Radio FM service, but to be safe, they are only mentioned here until I get the exact date]
\nNov. 1981
\n* GBR. Liverpool. on 999 kHz MW, 299m Radio Alpine starts broadcasts, 12:00-14:00 Monday to Friday, DJs heard are Paul Kaye, John James, Mike Stand and Andy Davis
\n[Can someone give me the date this started please? There are a lot of logs that can go in with a Mon-Fri station, and I would need to know when they ceased as well for completeness]
\nNov. 1984
\n* GBR. Colchester. Soulstar 106 makes four broadcasts this month, featuring Garry Lee and Al, until the power supply polarity is reversed by accident, causing the rig to blow up!
\n* BEL. Radio Delmare increases its power
\n* In this month, licensed Radio Mercury, incapable of putting out better programmes than Radio Jackie and losing listeners as a result, takes out an injunction against Radio Jackie, and the station owner, Tony Collis, who goes into hiding as a result. The station stays on air, while a new owner is sought
\n[dates, dates, dates… I plan to research Radio Jackie more fully as a stand-alone project, but for all these, if someone can help, I would be grateful. A book is published in this month, with a long list of stations, that I plan to post as a seperate post as it is rather long]
\nNov. 1986
\n* GBR. Wolverhampton. 6280 kHz SW. Radio Orion moves here Mondays to Saturdays, the Sunday service remains on 6266 kHz. The tropical band service is still on, but due to low listenership, being considered for closure.
\n[another date request here… if someone can help?]
\nNov. 1987
\n* GBR. East Midlands. Radio Blackbeard starts broadcasts, the staff rundown is to grow to include Ian Lawrence, Mark Perry, Paul Stewart, and Dave Norris. The station appears on several SW channels, and some MW and ‘Dutch Band’ ones.
\n* GBR. Bickley. Radio Free London [RFL] is linked from Bickley, using the same site as LWR.
\n[I need dates and frequencies here please, LWR at the time had not yet passed to the new management that caused so many problems to RFL and others.]
\nNov. 1988
\n* GBR. Bromley. Bert Bridges becomes increasingly annoyed with the tenant in the flat upstairs, and his loud radio, which he will not turn down, so he buys a Tandy 160 – in -one project kit, and builds the MW radio project, to try and jam Capital Gold on 1548 kHz in the upstairs flat. It is successful, and creates horrible warbles and heterodyne shrieks, which (with some \u2018advice\u2019 from Bert), convinces the tenant that his radio is faulty due to having being played too loudly!
\n* GBR. Wolverhampton 1413 kHz MW. UK Radio returns, although Paul Johnson is still very ill. The new band and frequency are now in use, and the station is to appear here several Sundays in November and December.
\n* GBR. West Midlands. PCRL hosts its own Children in Need show for disadvantaged children in Birmingham
\n[First of all, proof that I am not always good at dates! \ud83d\ude42 I think I bought the Tandy kit on a Saturday – no idea which one – and taped the aerial wire to the ceiling below his music centre on the Sunday.
\nAs for the rest, again, any dates would be appreciated please]
\nThanks for reading all this. I hope it is interesting, and if you can help with a few details, I would be very grateful.
\nThanks
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