Charles Turner had been involved in the 1970s station Radio Aquarius and Alistair Bates in the early 1980s station RFM. In 1983 they decided to join forces in a new venture that would become KFM. This was to be a professional operation from the start, so a company was formed, Mersey Valley Electronics, and a…
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…
One of the longest running free radio stations on Merseyside was Radio Merseywaves. The station started in late 1984 by Merseyside’s free radio legend Bert Williams. At first it was only on FM during Sunday evenings on 94.8MHz with just Bert himself. It then expanded to medium wave on 1179kHz, again only on a Sunday…
Sound FM broadcast from Liverpool from the late 90s into the early 00s. They played dance music at weekends on 105.9 FM, and later 106.3. DJs included Steve Moorcroft, DJ Kaos, DJ Rolex, Woodsy and Richie Ming. If anyone has any more information on this station please contact The Pirate Archive. Downloads To save any…
In 1982, Andy Davies was involved with FM station J1000. However, later in that year he could also be heard on 1242 kHz medium wave. The station was first heard in early December 1982 and had a number of names including DBC and ‘free radio on AM and FM’, before settling on Merseyside Free Radio…
Power FM broadcast from Liverpool during the 00s on 87.9 FM. 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 Jingle N/A Steve Moorcroft – 25/10/08 74 mins Johnny B – 25/10/08 46 mins
The Liverpool Broadcasting Company, or LBC as it was usually called on air, was another station in which Bert Williams was involved. The station was heard in late 1982 into early 1983. They could usually be heard on 1170 kHz (announced 259 metres), but sometimes also used 459 metres. DJs included Paul Jay, Paul Kaye,…
Storeton Community Radio (SCR) began life on in 1982 on 1296 kHz Medium wave. Their policy was to provide a public service and running costs of the station were shared by the presenters. The station later moved to 1026 kHz, and continued to broadcast over a large area of the North West and North Wales. At…
No, not the famous London dance station this time! Kiss 100 broadcast to Liverpool in the 1990s. More information to come soon… Photos Audio Mark Wright & Tony Scott – December 1991 44 mins Mike Stand – December 1991 38 mins Tony Scott – December 1991 17 mins
Concept Radio broadcast from Liverpool from the 1970s, through to the 2000s. More on Concept Radio can be found on these sites: Concept Radio Official Site Concept News Download To save any item from this list then Right Click and ‘Save Target As…’ Photos Audio Jingle 1 n/a Jingle 2 n/a Tom Webb – 1977 4…