Kiss FM was a dance station originally set up in competition with Radio WR. Most of the original Kiss DJ line-up were ex-Radio WR DJs who wanted to bring a more edgy, upfront sound on the dial. It started in September 1991 on 101.6FM from a 25watt mono transmitter on the Malvern Hills. Programming was…
In 1980 Martin Davies was a student at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. While he was there he met Mike Johns (who would later run Wulfrun Sound). They were both interested in starting a student radio station for the Poly but at the time they couldn’t generate any enthusiasm within the student union. Mike introduced Martin to some…
On this page you can find some of the press releases that were put in the Shropshire Star, a total of 19 articles were printed in all. Dimension FM would like to thank the news team for all their support. Shropshire Star – 14th Oct 2003 – By James Whittaker. A pirate radio station broadcasting…
What people said about Dimension FM and their signal. Taken from the Dimension FM forum on 5/01/03 Saturday i went to Manchester Airport to drop some people off, i was quite surprised that i was able to listen to DFM ALL the way there….. Anywayz on the way back home (alone) it was getting dark,…
End of the line for DFM studio. Over the years Dimension has had some mad moments, but i don’t think that anything would compare to this weekend! It all started on the Saturday, everything was going fine, DJ’s Saulty and Mini were on the decks spinning the tunes, then it all goes crackly. Hearing that…
Centre Radio and KFM may not have been the biggest stations of their era, but many of the people involved in them were major influences in the pirate scene of the late 80s and early 90s. The story starts in 1987 when Steve Marshall started using a converted radio to transmit from his bedroom to…
Quest FM was first heard on 104 FM in early December 1988. They were a Soul, Funk and Jazz weekend station, initially broadcasting midday to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. DJ’s included DJ Lynx, DJ Touche, Pete King, DJ Swift, Anthony Page, TNT and DJK. They gave out an address of 30 Danesford, Hollinswood, Telford.…
Following the boom of the 1960s offshore pirate stations, many people began to start stations on land. An early operator was Jacko Diamond whose first station was Radio Atlanta from Selly Oak in the early 60s. They would sometimes broadcast for up to a fortnight at a time claiming to be from a boat off…
Kenny Crescendo was one of the stalwarts of the Yorkshire free radio scene and was heard on many stations, such as Rebel Radio and Radio Orion. He also had his own station, Radio Britannia. In the early 80s they could be heard on 1341 kHz medium wave, but later moved to FM. Early broadcasts took…
NLV Radio broadcast to the West Yorkshire town of Keighley, and were first heard in early 1988. NLV is understood to have stood for Night Life Videotech and they transmitted on 104.9 FM in stereo. Despite their relatively low power, they were an immediate hit. This was probably helped by the fact that, due to…