ExileLogoScott Davis had always been a fan of pirate radio, and in the summer of 1989 after listening to Freedom Radio decided to have a go at setting up his own station Exile FM. Scott brought his first transmitter which was just 4 watts off a small low powered local pirate station called KFM after knocking on the door and introducing himself.

Exile’s first tests were in November 1989 on 105.7FM, these came from Scott’s own bedroom with the aerial hanging out of his window. Then on Friday 29th December 1989 Exile moved into its first proper studio, a garage in Kingswinford and began full broadcasts every weekend from Friday night at 6pm until late Sunday night, with a music format very similar to Freedom Radio’s mix of pop, dance, rock and oldies. At first the phone lines were quiet, but soon began to get busy even on just 4 watts, and to help things along Exile moved frequency in mid January 1990 to the middle of the dial on 100.5FM.

During Exile’s first month on air it attracted interest from many people involved in the West Midlands pirate radio scene and the DJ line up began to grow quite quickly with presenters who had previously worked on pirate stations such as Freedom and Centre Radio. The most significant being interest from Craig Benson manager of Freedom Radio, who came down to Exile in late January 1990 and did a show himself. Craig then offered Scott a weekly show on his own station Freedom.

These new connections in the pirate radio world opened up the door for Exile to expand, and Scott being very ambitious soon increased Exile’s power to 25 watts in early February 1990. Exile continued to grow building up a huge following over the next month, however at the end of March 1990 Scott came to an agreement with some friends who were setting up a new pirate station, to close Exile and join up and become part of their management team. This proved to be a mistake and with the new station having various problems getting off the ground it wasn’t long before Exile made its return in late May 1990. Exile continued to grow during the summer of 1990 slowly changing its music format to more of a dance station, increasing power to 100 watts and going stereo.

Exile’s first studio raid came in October 1990, with the station returning to the air from Brierley Hill flats 2 weeks later running 7 days a week. However it was decided that the output and atmosphere from the new studio were not right as it was rushed back on air too quickly, so after 2 weeks back on air the station was closed down again until a better studio could be sorted out. Exile’s next broadcast came over Christmas and New Year 1990 with the station returning to its original studio location in Kingswinford broadcasting all week, only this time using a link system with the main transmitter being housed in Brierley Hill flats. With the odd test broadcast during the early weeks of 1991 Exile’s next full return was at the end of February 1991, this time from an office in Brierley Hill with the main transmitter located for the first time at Eve Hill flats in Dudley. This was to be Exile’s permanent new home for its transmitters as the signal was easily the best from any West Midlands pirate from this location.

From this new transmitter site and studio Exile grew even bigger than it had in 1990 with its music style turning to a harder dance and rave style. The stations run came to an end on Thursday 13th June 1991 with the stations second studio raid. Exile briefly returned for a couple of weeks in august that year, until returning in the December. Unfortunately due to local charity radio stations being on air for that Christmas, the return was brief and Exile’s third studio raid came after just 2 weeks back on the air.

1992 wasn’t a good year for Exile with only 4 weekends on air around March/April, due to problems finding a decent studio and the management having other things going on in their lives at the time. Then with Scott Davis joining up with the management of another Dudley station Quest 100 FM later that year, it seemed as though Exile would never return again.

However with the end of the short lived station Quest 100, Scott got together with some of the key members of the old Exile team and decided to bring back the station. This was to be Exile’s greatest run, after returning from the excellent Eve Hill transmitter site on June 5th 1993, Exile broadcast every weekend until the start of November 1994 missing only a few complete weekends during these 18 months. During this time Exile became more popular than ever with arguably the best ever signal from a West Midlands pirate station, establishing itself as the all time great West Midlands dance music pirate.

Unfortunately with the loss of regular transmitters from thieves and the authorities closing in, the station closed down for good in early November 1994.

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Click here for recordings from 1989 and 1990
Exile – 105.7 – Dave Lewis – 29/12/89 62 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Craig Benson – 1990 37 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Giggs & Scott Davis – 1990 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Part 1 – 1990 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Part 2 – 1990 25 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Giggs & Scott Davis – 2/3/90 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 30/3/90 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis & DJ OPM – 27/5/90 62 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Lee Martin & Steve Marshall – 20/7/90 63 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 18/11/90 29 mins
Click here for recordings from 1991 and 1992
Exile – 100.5 – Lee Martin & Scott Davis – 1/1/91 47 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 9/3/91 24 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ G Whizz – 1991 10 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Trippa – 1991 15 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Stevie P – Clip – 1991 5 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan – 1991 13 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan – May 91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 10/5/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Sarah – Scott Davis – June 1991 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – June 1991 15 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – June 1991 93 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Simon T – Clip – June 1991 11 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Finch – 4/6//91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 4/6/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Return After Problems – 5/6/91 28 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – DJ Kaos – 7/6/91 139 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – Wayne Logan – After Simon T Did A Runner – 8/6/91 26 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan – 10/6/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Peter Craig – 12/6/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – DTI Raid – 13/6/91 35 mins
Exile – 100.5 – PLT – Lee Martin – Scott Davis – Test – 25/7/91 75 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – Test – 25/7/91 60 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – Test – 26/7/91 40 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Test – 26/7/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – PLT – Scott Davis – 26/7/91 60 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Scott Davis – 27/7/91 94 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Summer 1991 46 mins
Exile – 102.1 – Karl Lyon – 10/12/91 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 11/4/92 93 mins
Exile – 100.5 – PLT – 12/4/92 59 mins
Exile – 100.5 – PLT – 19/4/92 90 mins
Click here for recordings from 1993
Exile – 100.5 – Karl Lyon & Scott Davis – Return in June 1993 74 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – 6/6/93 31 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – June 1993 47 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Osmosis – June 1993 77 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Trauma – June 1993 47 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – June 1993 83 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Kidd – 12/6/93 31 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Karl Lyon – 20/6/93 31 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – 27/6/93 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Steve Kennedy – 27/6/93 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Osmosis – Early Summer 1993 93 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Karl Lyon – Early Summer 1993 25 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Steve Kennedy – Early Summer 1993 46 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Part 1 – Early Summer 1993 28 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Taylor – Part 2 – Early Summer 1993 44 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Kidd Chat Show – 5/7/93 47 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Steve Wilson – Part 1 – 24/7/93 13 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Steve Wilson – Part 2 – 24/7/93 33 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Matt James – 25/7/93 31 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan – Scott Davis – 31/7/93 92 mins
Exile – 100.5 – DJ Perfection – Summer 1993 25 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – Summer 1993 62 mins
Exile – 100.5 – John Saunders – 30/8/93 47 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Scott Davis – 30/8/93 91 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan Clip – 1993 4 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan Chat Show – 6/9/93 30 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan Chat Show – 13/9/93 92 mins
Exile – 100.5 – Wayne Logan – Scott Davis – 18/9/93 92 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis Part 1 – October 1993 39 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis Part 2 – October 1993 24 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – Autumn 1993 92 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Roger Lewis & DJ Osmosis – Autumn 1993 25 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Paul Prince – 23/10/93 24 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Paul Prince – 30/10/93 69 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – 30/10/93 NEW 87 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 7/11/93 94 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis & Wayne Logan – 7/11/93 90 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – 7/11/93 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Matt James Chat Show – 15/11/93 84 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – In For Scott – Nov 1993 UPDATED 87 mins
Exile – 100.7 – John Saunders – In For Scott – Nov 1993 UPDATED 84 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Kidd – Late 1993 NEW 42 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – Late 1993 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – Late 1993 47 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – Late 1993-1 NEW 92 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – Late 1993-2 NEW 18 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Toni D – Late 93 NEW 31 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – PLT – Late 93 NEW 6 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Trauma – December 1993 NEW 45 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – December 1993 NEW 25 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – 11/12/93 NEW 92 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 19/12/93 NEW 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – 19/12/93 UPDATED 44 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Dave Kilner & DJ Osmosis – 24/12/93 53 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – 25/12/93 92 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Kidd & Wayne Taylor – 26/12/93 91 mins
Exile – 100.7 – PLT & Wayne Taylor – Xmas93 33 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Zar & Sophie Show Part 1 – 29/12/93 60 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Zar & Sophie Show Part 2 – 29/12/93 62 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – Wayne Logan – 30/12/93 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 31/12/93 NEW 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Steve Wilson – 31/12/93 NEW 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Steve Wilson – Andy Davis – 31/12/93 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – 31/12/93 44 mins
Click here for recordings from 1994
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – New Year 94 NEW 31 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Kidd & Wayne Taylor – 1994 23 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Trauma – Old Skool Set – 1994 90 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Trauma & DJ Perfection – 1994 48 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – 1994 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis & DJ Osmosis – Clips – 1994 23 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Steve James – 1994 24 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Chris Peters – Early 1994 25 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – Early 1994 20 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis & Wayne Taylor – Early 1994 49 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – Early 1994 18 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – Early 94 NEW 48 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – Early 1994 22 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – Early 1994 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor “Last” Show – Early 1994 30 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – January 1994 67 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – January 1994 NEW 21 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 9/1/94 NEW 78 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – 9/1/94 NEW 44 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – Jan 94-1 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – Jan 94-2 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 6/2/94 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & DJ Trauma – 12/2/94 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 13/2/94 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 20/2/94 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – February 1994 51 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – Feb 1994-1 78 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – Feb 1994-2 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Trauma – Part 1 – February 1994 40 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Trauma – Part 2 – February 1994 44 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – March 94 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – Wayne Logan – 12/3/94 NEW 183 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – Spring 1994-1 NEW 91 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – Spring 1994-2 NEW 93 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Trauma – DTI Warning – Spring 94 NEW 84 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Steve Wilson & Mark Ashworth – 2/4/94 90 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Chris Peters – DJ Osmosis – 3/4/94 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Osmosis – 3/4/94 47 mins
Exile – 100.7 – PLT – 3/4/94 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – 4/4/94 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Logan – May 94 83 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – Spring 1994 46 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – June 1994 32 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – June 1994 20 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – June 1994 31 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection & Guests – July 1994 30 mins
Exile – 100.7 – DJ Perfection – July 1994 94 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Scott Davis – Summer 1994 24 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – Summer 1994 24 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor Part 1 – 9/7/94 48 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor Part 2 – 9/7/94 48 mins
Exile – 100.7 – Wayne Taylor – 24/7/94 30 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Osmosis & Wayne Taylor – 1994 32 mins
Exile – 105.6 – Wayne Taylor – 1994 35 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Osmosis – Summer 1994 24 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Kidd – Summer 1994 92 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Delight – Summer 1994 27 mins
Exile – 105.6 – Dave Kilner – Bank Holiday Monday 29/8/94 46 mins
Exile – 105.6 – Scott Davis – DJ Cheeko – Sept 94 31 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Perfection & Steve Wilson – 17/9/94 63 mins
Exile – 105.6 – DJ Osmosis – Autumn 1994 30 mins
Exile – 105.6 – Scott Davis – Autumn 1994 23 mins
Exile FM Advert Master Tape 1 35 mins
Exile FM Advert Master Tape 2 36 mins
Exile FM Mix Tape 94 Volume 1 NEW 93 mins
Exile FM Various Clips 103 mins
Exile FM Justin Wilkes aka DJ Freaky Demo – Side 1 31 mins
Exile FM Justin Wilkes aka DJ Freaky Demo – Side 2 30 mins
Kiss 101 – Scott Davis & Steve Marshall – 15/4/90 46 mins