In late 87 or early 88, Paul Hassan and around 4 or 5 of his friends, who enjoyed going out partying on the Bristol underground scene and all enjoyed a lot of varied music, felt that there was a gap not being filled by the current pirates in Bristol. Paul and his friends thought that…
District FM broadcast dance music from Wolverhampton. They were first heard in the early 00’s on 99.2, and were heard mostly at weekends. 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 District FM…
During 1987, a lot of people at PCRL weren’t happy with the way the station was run and thought they could do better. Therefore Mikey B and many others left to start their own station. So at 5 PM on Friday the 16th of October 1987, Enterprise Radio started on 90.9 FM. The station was…
The original London Music Radio (LMR) started life during 1974, with the first official broadcast taking place on Christmas day on 385 metres. They were helped a lot by Radio Invicta in the early days, so they repaid the favour by relaying the Radio Invicta FM broadcasts on AM on a few occasions. Originally they…
Mike Johns was born in Portsmouth, but had been living in Bradford for 10 years before starting a degree course at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1979. During his first year there he joined a group of people who tried to get a student radio station started. This motley crew were collectively known as the WPRS (Wolverhampton…
Force FM were first heard in 1994 at weekends. They broadcast from East London on either 106.4 or 106.5 and could be heard well into Essex, at times getting as far as Brighton to Stansted, Reading to Southend. They went 7 days a week in 2000, before finally ending in 2011. Downloads To download, right…
Back in the 1970’s there was rock music played on the radio, but it was limited…So 3 people who were into listening to rock music decided it would be a good idea to start their own radio station. Dave Grainger, Rob Bolton & Keith Jeffries set about putting together a rock based station.. Choosing a…
Mix FM’s story starts in 1992, due to the closure of Hardcore FM. After this Mix Fm could be heard broadcasting on 106.3 FM at weekends to the East Midlands and surrounding areas. In 1996 Mix FM moved frequency to 107.7 FM, however the weekend broadcasts became few and far between by the end of…
Cruise FM was first established as an FM radio station in London, England in 1984 by founder The Bushbaby. They could be heard on 104.5 in stereo as North London’s Weekend Soul Station and with the youngest DJ lineup ever known. The station broadcast for a number of years with a crew back then of…
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…