Pukar Radio, like Raw FM, was born out of the close down of SPEC Radio at the end of 1991. SPEC’s Asian DJ’s Mac and Jabb decided that the Asian community in Bristol needed its own voice and music station. Bristol’s Asian community had been served on the otherwise largely West Indian operations since 1988,…
When R.A.W. first emerged out of the ether on the 5th November 1988, the station, thought to be an ‘overspill’ for F.T.P DJ’s, was initially called Superfresh FM. They lasted little more than a month or so, but for such a short-lived station they boasted quite an impressive studio from the sounds of it. Not…
This station started after SPEC Radio closed in 1992, playing cassettes for weeks on end and linking over Pukar Radio at one point. This caused the Pukar DJs to rant with fury, “SPEC Crew, we know it’s you, 105 is Pukar’s frequency”, once the link jamming had stopped and Pukar’s audio returned. Raw FM then…
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Radio WR started life in the mid 80s broadcasting to a small part of Worcester on 104 FM. It was a small part due to the very low power they used at the time. In fact, the station is named after the street in which it could be heard. Radio WR = Radio Willowsea Road.…
Although UK Radio did not begin official programmes until January 24th 1978 the stations history dates back to 1977 when the first test transmissions began and this is where we begin the story. 1977 In the summer of 1977 Paul Johnson and a former member of the station Doug Neilson began experiments with several transmitter…
Raw FM, “Your weekend dance station”, was heard in Birmingham during 1993. They broadcast on 102 FM and were a little softer than some of the other stations of that time playing soul, funk, jazz and dance music with not so much reggae and ragga. DJ’s included Dr. Horse, DJ Huckleberry, DJ Micro, Paul Taylor…
There are a number of reasons why people might start a pirate radio station. It may be to bring local radio to an area that is not already served, to serve a particular ethnic group or to play a certain type of music. But there is another reason: Political propaganda. There have been a number…
Midland Weekend Radio was a short lived station, operating for a few weekends in 1982. It was operated by two deejays from the local ILR station Mercia Sound. The station was put on the air to provide a music alternative to the sports put out by Mercia Sound on a Saturday afternoon. They broadcast with…
In early 1989, whilst in the 6th form at school, Paul discovered Power House Radio. Totally blown away by the station, Paul decided that he had to try to set up his own station. The initial name – Horizon FM got quickly discarded in favour of Magic FM. A frequency of 101.4 was chosen and…