Second City Radio / Fresh FM
In 1987, DJ Frenchie left/was sacked from PCRL, so decided to start his own station. So on the 1st May 1987 Second City Radio (SCR) was born on 93 FM. SCR was a lot mellower than PCRL playing more soul and dance music, including house music which was new at the time.
The station was supposed to be on from 7pm on Friday till 5am on Monday but after its first weekend on air, the station was troubled with hassle from the authorities and technical problems. To get round these problems, on the 18th of July, SCR moved to 95 FM. However, they still seemed to suffer more problems than other stations with their signal varying from week to week, along with the amount of hours they were on.
On the 21st May 1988 a new station was heard on 95 FM, Fresh FM, which again played soul, dance and house music across the weekend. Most of the DJ's on Fresh FM were previously on Second City Radio and they also had the same mailing address.
A wide variety of music was played, including obscure tracks and rare grooves. At one point, there was a show where new recording artists could get their records aired on Fresh FM.
DJ's heard on Fresh FM included DJ Frenchie, Dr Horse, Kash Money and Trevor T and the station aired adverts for a number of businesses, notably Summit Records of central Birmingham.
Sadly, like SCR before them, Fresh seemed to get more hassle than other stations. It is thought this may have been due to the frequency of 95, which is quite close to a number of BBC local radio stations. Indeed, reception of Fresh FM to the North of Birmingham (eg Handsworth and Erdington) was often difficult, due to receiver interference from adjacent stations.
However, Fresh FM still managed to continue into early 1990.
The station was supposed to be on from 7pm on Friday till 5am on Monday but after its first weekend on air, the station was troubled with hassle from the authorities and technical problems. To get round these problems, on the 18th of July, SCR moved to 95 FM. However, they still seemed to suffer more problems than other stations with their signal varying from week to week, along with the amount of hours they were on.
On the 21st May 1988 a new station was heard on 95 FM, Fresh FM, which again played soul, dance and house music across the weekend. Most of the DJ's on Fresh FM were previously on Second City Radio and they also had the same mailing address.
A wide variety of music was played, including obscure tracks and rare grooves. At one point, there was a show where new recording artists could get their records aired on Fresh FM.
DJ's heard on Fresh FM included DJ Frenchie, Dr Horse, Kash Money and Trevor T and the station aired adverts for a number of businesses, notably Summit Records of central Birmingham.
Sadly, like SCR before them, Fresh seemed to get more hassle than other stations. It is thought this may have been due to the frequency of 95, which is quite close to a number of BBC local radio stations. Indeed, reception of Fresh FM to the North of Birmingham (eg Handsworth and Erdington) was often difficult, due to receiver interference from adjacent stations.
However, Fresh FM still managed to continue into early 1990.
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