Frontline Radio (FLR) were first heard in the early 1990s. They broadcast from Wolverhampton, initially on 101 FM. They played mostly reaggae, but also featured some of the then current dance and rave music. By late 1992 they had move up to 106.3, where they would stay until well into the 2010s. Downloads To save…
IBC (Illegal Broadcasting Company) Radio broadcast from Bury, from 16th Aug 1987 till April 1997. They were heard mostly on 104.4, initially playing hip hop and soul. Its first broadcast of 1990 (on April 1st) saw the introduction of JuJu, spinning house on his show. It became so popular, they even had a telephone interview…
WKLR broadcast from Bradford in the 1990s. If anyone has any more information on this station please contact The Pirate Archive. Downloads To save any item from this list then Right Click and ‘Save Target As…’ Audio WKLR – 105.5 – Bradford – Mr X – 5/6/93 25 mins WKLR – 107.5 – Bradford –…
This particular Radio Atlantis (there have been a few!), was first heard in 1978 broadcasting on medium wave. They ran a weekly Sunday morning service for 2 years. In 1980/81 they relayed on Short Wave the programmes of Radio Julie, the first all female pirate station staffed by their wives or girlfriends. These were successful,…
Chris Philips and Ben West were both interested in starting a pirate station. Following some involvement in other projects, they decided to join forces, and so on 1 December 1985 Starpoint FM was born on 88.6 FM. Originally broadcasting once a week on Sundays, demand quickly prompted the addition of an entire weekend broadcast. The…
Romford based soul station Stomp FM were first heard in 1987. Early broadcasts were on Friday nights on 93.9, using one of the station founder’s girlfriends flat in East Ham! A change of site to Dagenham, and frequency to 105.2, happened later that year but it was then decided to go off the air until…
The closure of Dimension FM in 2004 left a big gap in the dance radio scene in Telford. A number of stations took to the air to fill that gap, and one of them was Paradise FM. They could be heard on 101.4 FM. Downloads To save any item from this list then Right Click…
In the mid 1980s Dave Fuller and Claire Mansfield used to jam CB channels playing rock music. They later decided it would make more sense to start a proper radio station, which would become RFM. The first tests took place on 14th August 1986 on 89.7 FM, and continued regularly after that. Early broadcasts were…
Radio Active broadcast dance music to Glasgow in the early 1990s. They could be heard on 87.9 FM. You can find more information on this station on the following website: Radio Active Website (broken Link) Downloads To save any item from this list then Right Click and ‘Save Target As…’ Audio Joe Cool – 23/9/93…
Energy 106 broadcast from Ayrshire in the early 2000’s If anyone has any more information on this station please contact The Pirate Archive. Downloads To save any item from this list then Right Click and ‘Save Target As…’ Audio Energy 106 – Ayrshire – Mike James – Dec 2001 121 mins Energy 106 – Ayrshire…