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08/11/08
The Sounds Alternative page has been updated to include four new recordings from 1981 and 1983 for download. The stations page has also been updated to include a list of West Midlands stations. This list is far from complete at the moment but should there be anything missing or incorrect then please let us know in our forum so we can add/correct any errors.
19/10/08
The Freedom Radio page has been updated this week to include seven new audio recordings for download. The new recordings are from all the different eras of Freedom Radio, right from the very early days of Freedom 106 in 1989 to the later summer 1991 broadcasts on 102 FM.
28/09/08
The County Radio page has been updated to include six new recordings. Three recordings are from Radio Free Birmingham in 1980, one from Radio 242 from 1979 and another from Radio Active from 1979 also. There is one new County Radio recording from 1983 featuring Keith Rogers.
15/09/08
The Pukar Radio page has been added to the site. Pukar Radio is another of our Bristol stations to be added. As usual there is information about the station, audio and artwork downloads available. Other updates this week are on the FTP radio page where three new station flyers have been added. The Second City Radio story has also been corrected thanks to updated information from Kash Money.
01/09/08
The UK Radio page has been updated to include two new recordings, one from 1999 and the other of Paul Johnson doing a show for Laser Hot Hits in 2002. In addition there is also three new pictures and the UK Radio story as written by the late Paul Johnson has also been updated. Another couple of newspaper cuttings have also been added. There has also been a number of other updates to the site this week, the stations page has been updated to include a link to Radio Freedom from Derby and the Quest FM page has had an advert tape added to it for download.
09/08/08
The EST page has been updated to include four new newspaper cuttings and also an Empire Radio QSL card. The Quest FM Dudley page has also been added to the site. At the moment this only includes the station story/information as we currently do not have any audio or artwork for the station. Should you have any clips then please get in touch. There have also been a couple of other small updates to the site this week. The Kiss Worcester page has been updated to include a newspaper cutting and the Misc page has been updated with three new newspaper cuttings added under the various cuttings heading.
25/07/08
The Flight FM page has been added to the site. Flight FM is our second Bristol station to be added to the site, more stations from the Bristol area will be added to the archive soon. As usual the Flight FM page has got a brief history of the station and some artwork and audio downloads available.
12/07/08
The Sunshine Radio page has been updated to include six new recordings and two new photos. The Stations page has also been updated to include a new direct link to a new site which is dedicated to Kool FM.
28/06/08
The Sounds Alternative page has now been added to the site with information on the station and also audio downloads and a couple of pictures. On the EST page there has been the addition of a picture showing an EST T-Shirt.
13/06/08
The FTP Radio page has now been added to the site with information on the station and also some artwork and audio clip downloads. This is the first of our Bristol stations that will be added to the site over the coming months.
03/06/08
The Magic FM page has been updated to include a new recording of Paul H from October 1991 and also four new photos of some of the station members.
18/05/08
The Elite FM page has now been added to the site with station info and a few audio clips. Also updated this week is the PCRL page which has had a new recording added to it and also the Misc section on the site which has had a new documentary added. The audio on this page has also been divided up into pirate radio audio and legal radio clips. The Links page has also had a few new additions added, these are non-radio sites but very useful links. The Stations page has been updated also to now include some Bristol stations which will be coming soon to the site. Just as a reminder if you didn't already know, in the pirate section on our forum there is a link to a playlist of various pirate streams. Just click on your player and it will load up the twenty or so streams then just select the station of your choice.
04/05/08
The Groove FM page has been updated to include five new recordings, two new pictures and two station website logos. Also in the update is a webpage from the old Groove FM website with their advertising rates. The main site homepage has also been updated last week to include a few black country tower block photos, these will also be updated from time to time and more added.
20/03/08
The EST - Empire Radio page has been updated to include a full station story written by the members of the station. To read the story follow the link on the page. The Freedom Radio section has also been updated to include a couple of new recordings from Craig Benson & Simon B from the 1991 era of the station.
08/03/08
The Exile radio section has been updated with a new card showing the station logo from 1993/1994 and also added are a few more audio downloads from DJ Kidd, DJ Trauma and Wayne Taylor. All of these are from the 1993/1994 era.
22/02/08
The Stations page has been updated to include the new Magic FM page to the site. The Links page has also been updated to include a couple of new links, Renegade Radio and The Pirate Radio Toolbar.
11/02/08
There have been quite a few little updates this week to the site, these are, the PCRL page has gained another newspaper cutting, the Radio WR Worcester page has gained a newspaper cutting and three studio photos and the WR Shropshire page has gained an audio clip from 1992 as well as a new sticker and a report which was published in Pirate Chat in April 1994. The UK Radio page has also had a couple of QSL cards added and from the mid 1980s a short wave technical information sheet which the station used to send out.
23/01/08
The Misc page has been updated with more Anoraks UK news letters and also more Pirate Chat magazines. These additions are now starting to provide a more comprehensive log of what stations were on at what time as its so easy to forget.
12/01/08
The Sunshine Radio page has been updated to include eight new photos and five new recordings. The stations page has also been updated to include a couple more stations which will be coming soon, these are Magic FM and Raw FM.
28/12/07
The Misc section of the site has been moved from the stations page to a button at the top of the page for better access and also due to this section now containing more than just station audio. The Freedom section has had the Stinkin Fish track added to it for download. Mix FM from Birmingham has had its page added to the stations page, as ever we are still after more audio so if you should have some then please get in contact with us, this goes for all stations on this site. The video section has had another clip added, this one is about Kiss FM from London and is entitled Radical Radio.
Well this will be the last update for 2007 now but there are plenty more in the pipeline for 2008 so please if you have any old tapes etc then please get in touch with us. From everyone here at The Pirate Archive we would like to wish you a happy New Year and hope it's a good one. Also a big thank you to everyone who has helped with the site in 2007 and let see if we can make it bigger in 2008 ;-)
12/12/07
A new station, Kiss FM Worcester has had it's page added to the site which includes details about the station and also some audio downloads from 1994 and 1997.
01/12/07
The Groove FM section of the site has been updated to include a couple of new shows from Mark Johnson and Pete Baker & PLT as well as some photos from 1999 & 2000.
18/11/07
The Misc section of the site has been updated with a recording of a Bedside Radio test transmission from 1984. Also added to this section is from 1989 some Anoraks UK weekly reports, more of these are to follow from earlier years soon. We have also added some newspaper cuttings, a few QSL cards and station stickers.
10/11/07
The Freedom Radio section has been updated to include a recording by DJ Kidd on FCR 102. The Exile Radio section has also been updated and had some photo's added to it which were taken at a couple of different studios in 1993.
02/11/07
The Sunshine Radio section has been updated to include four new recordings.
29/10/07
The Video section has been updated with three new downloads all marked as NEW. In the Misc section a new recording from BBC Radio 4 has also been added.
19/10/07
The Sunshine Radio section has been added to the site to include artwork, audio, newspaper cuttings and photos.
05/10/07
The Video section of the site has been updated to include four reports about pirate radio, more will be added in the coming weeks. The Exile Radio page has been updated to include two new recordings by DJ Perfection from 1994.
28/09/07
The Exile Radio, Freedom Radio and Miscellaneous pages have been updated with the addition of three new audio downloads on each page, the County Radio page has had two new audio downloads added. The audio downloads have all been marked as 'NEW'. The Second City / Fresh FM page has been updated with the addition of a newspaper article and the same with the PCRL page which has also had a number of flyers added as well.
21/09/07
The Stations page has been updated to include a new page for Radio WR Worcester which has been added to the site.
17/09/07
The Groove FM page has now been added to the site with newspaper articles and audio downloads available. The Exile Radio page has also been updated to include a new full page newspaper article from 1994.
16/09/07
Updated the website to include the Gallery page.
10/09/07
The Exile Radio page has been updated with new recordings added of Karl Lyon, Matt James, Wayne Logan and Wayne Taylor & Scott Davis.
03/09/07
The Stations page has been updated to include the three new stations pages that have been added to the site. New additions are EST/Empire Radio, KCR-FM and WR Shropshire. In the Freedom Radio & UK Radio sections MS Word is no longer required to read station stories as these will now open in a standard pop up window.
01/09/07
Updated the Links page on the site. A Farpoint section has been added to the site and the PHR section has also been updated with the addition of a recording by Paul H from 27/3/88.
27/08/07
Added to the Exile Radio section a show by DJ Perfection and also three newspaper articles. In the Powerhouse Radio section an advert out-takes tape has been added.
14/08/07
PCRL & Kiss FM Birmingham pages added to the site. Update to the UK Radio page with the addition of two Radio Orion recordings with Mike Wilson and one Wulfrun Sound recording with Mike Johns.
30/07/07
Added to the homepage a signup option for our mailing list which is due to start soon.
27/07/07
Added to the Freedom FM section the Freedom logo, rules and Eve Hill 1989 rota.
21/07/07
Exile Radio section added to the site. A couple of documentaries on pirate radio and news letters have been added to the misc section.
19/07/07
Second City Radio/Fresh FM section added to the site.
16/07/07
Enterprise Radio/Solar-Rock FM section added to the site with a brief history and a few recordings for these two stations.
11/07/07
More updates this time to the Freedom FM audio section, added some more Freedom summer 89 with the Stinkin Fish two part show and also a test transmission with Pete West. More UK Radio content has been added too with the first tests done on 1413AM and the show to follow plus some more fm stuff.
02/07/07
Added a UK Radio section to the site with artwork and audio downloads. Also in this section for download is the full UK Radio story written by the late Paul Johnson.
28/06/07
Some County & Sounds Alternative audio added to the site for download, also more Freedom FM added too this including the first lot of Freedom jingles from 1989.
22/06/07
Updated Freedom FM section with more audio downloads. Misc section also updated with a couple more bits.
21/06/07
Powerhouse Radio section added to the site including audio and newspaper articles for download. Also added misc section to the site.
12/06/07
Site launched with BRFN, County and Freedom FM content.