{"id":473525,"date":"2024-08-09T12:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=473525"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:46:41","slug":"on-this-day-august-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achimbrueckner.de\/freeradio\/php\/wordpress\/?p=473525","title":{"rendered":"On This Day… August 8th."},"content":{"rendered":"

On This Day…
\nAugust 8th.
\n08 Aug. 1970 [Saturday]
\n+ GBR. Somercotes. 1320 kHz MW and occasionally on 6230 kHz SW. Radio UK International is on air today
\n08 Aug. 1971 [Sunday]
\n+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 and 14:00-15:00 Radio Free City is on air today
\n+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. Radio Caroline South is on air 12:00-20:00
\n+ GBR. London. 1492 kHz MW. 10:00-13:00 Radio Nelson is on air today
\n08 Aug. 1972 [Tuesday]
\nno details yet
\n08 Aug. 1973 [Wednesday]
\nno details yet
\n08 Aug. 1974 [Thursday]
\nno details yet
\n08 Aug. 1975 [Friday]
\nno details yet
\n08 Aug. 1976 [Sunday]
\n+ NED. 1345 kHz MW. Radio Napoleon International is on air today
\n+ GBR. 6225 kHz SW. Radio Corsair is on air 09:00-10:30
\n+ GBR. 6230 kHz SW. Radio Gemini is on air today with 150 watts
\n+ IRL. 6260 kHz SW. Radio Valleri is on air today, its programmes are Sundays 09:00-12:00 with Derek Jones and Mike Anderson
\n+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Radio Telstar South is on air this evening
\n08 Aug. 1977 [Monday]
\nno details yet
\n08 Aug. 1978 [Tuesday]
\n+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
\n08 Aug. 1979 [Tuesday]
\n+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 104.0 FM. UK Radio is on air this evening
\n08 Aug. 1980 [Friday]
\n* GBR. The Sun Newspaper publishes an article about London free stations. Radio Jackie and Radio Free London [RFL] get the main part of the article, On Jackie, the programmes are recorded in a garden shed, while on RFL they are recorded in Ken Meyers\u2019 bedroom. The paper describes how an instal up a tower block takes place, and how two car batteries are used to run both the reel-to-reel player and the 92.0 FM rig. John Dawson features in the picture. Other stations mentioned are Radio Utopia, Radio Woodstock, and Radio Invicta.
\n08 Aug. 1981 [Saturday]
\n+ GBR. Merseyside 1107 kHz MW. Radio J1000 is on air 7 days a week
\n08 Aug. 1982 [Sunday]
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 729 kHz MW and 101.0 FM stereo. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
\n+ GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today
\n+ GBR. Merseyside. 1395 kHz MW. Radio Jackie North is on air 12:00-17:00
\n+ 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
\n+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 7359 kHz SW. UK Radio is on air 09:00-13:00 with 15 watts
\n+ GBR. West London. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio is on air this evening
\n08 Aug. 1983 [Monday]
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
\n08 Aug. 1984 [Tuesday]
\n+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
\n+ 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
\n+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
\n+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 7 days a week
\n+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 7 days a week
\n08 Aug. 1985 [Thursday]
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Solar Radio is on air 24 hours a day
\n08 Aug. 1986 [Friday]
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
\n08 Aug. 1987 [Saturday]
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ Radio Argus Cornwall is on 1503 kHz MW, 7 days a week.
\n+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
\n+ GBR. Merseyside. 105.2 FM. Slag Off International is noted between 17:27 and 19:00
\n08 Aug. 1988 [Monday]
\n+ IRL. Monaghan. 927 kHz MW. Radio Star Country is on air today
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
\n+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 07:00-23:00
\n08 Aug. 1989 [Tuesday]
\n+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 kHz MW [St. Ives], 1602 kHz MW [St Dennis], 102.8 FM [St Agnes] and 103.1 FM [Camborne]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
\n+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW and 92.0 FM. Radio Argus London is on air this evening<\/p>\n

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On This Day… August 8th. 08 Aug. 1970 [Saturday] + GBR. Somercotes. 1320 kHz MW and occasionally on 6230 kHz SW. Radio UK International is on air today 08 Aug. 1971 [Sunday] + GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 and 14:00-15:00 Radio Free City is on air today + GBR. Edinburgh. 1394 kHz MW. 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