UK Radio was the West Midlands longest running pirate station, operating from 1978 to 2003. The station would probably still be going today had it not been for the sad death of the stations founder, Paul Johnson, in 2003.

As well as their own 25 years on air, UK Radio were involved in, and helped, many other pirate stations through the years including Radio Free Birmingham, County Radio, Wulfrun Sound, Phoenix radio, Subway Sound, Wrekin City Radio, Radio Orion, Centre Radio and Laser Hot Hits.

For more information about UK radio then why not read the full UK Radio story as written by the Late Paul Johnson.

Click here to read the UK Radio story

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Click here for recordings of UK Radio from the 1980s
UK Radio – Clips From 1981 30 mins
UK Radio – Nigel Gordon – 27/6/82 38 mins
UK Radio – New Years Eve Show 82-83 – 31/12/82 17 mins
UK Radio – Record Review Show – May 1983 37 mins
UK Radio – Andy Scott – 25/12/83 60 mins
UK Radio – Paul Kaye & Steve Young (Poor Reception) – 22/4/84 93 mins
UK Radio – Andy Scott – June 1984 61 mins
UK Radio – 6240 kHz – Kelly Brown – 11/11/84 62 mins
UK Radio – 6240 kHz – Kelly Brown – 9/12/84 62 mins
The Best Of UK Radio 1985-1986 93 mins
UK Radio – Sue Jacobs – 1/1/86 40 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Test Transmission – 16/3/86 5 mins
UK Radio – Clips From 1987-1989 12 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Mike Harris – 4/5/87 163 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – 25/5/87 62 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Mike Harris – 22/11/87 NEW 94 mins
UK Radio – Mike Wilson – 26/12/87 6 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 1st Test On 1413kHz – 17/7/88 10 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 1st Show On 1413kHz – 17/7/88 92 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – Part 1 – 26/12/88 29 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – Part 2 – 26/12/88 47 mins
UK Radio – Mike Wilson – 1/1/89 92 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 2/1/89 62 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Feb 1989 45 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 19/2/89 45 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Part 1 – 12/3/89 47 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Part 2 – 12/3/89 47 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson & Mike Harris – Part 1 – 16/4/89 62 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson & Mike Harris – Part 2 – 16/4/89 62 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 30/4/89 47 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris & Guests In Studio – 30/4/89 47 mins
UK Radio – Tony Stevens & Mike Harris – 11/6/89 63 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – 23/7/89 71 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 5/11/89 63 mins
UK Radio – Tony Stevens & Mike Harris – 26/12/89 5 mins
Click here for recordings of UK Radio from the 1990s
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt & Paul Johnson 1 – 3/11/91 134 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt & Paul Johnson 2 – 3/11/91 76 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – 24/12/91 31 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – 24/12/91 125 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 24/12/91 133 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 1/1/92 124 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson & Mickey Whitt – 1/1/92 53 mins
UK Radio – Tony Stevens – Drunk On Air! – Late 90s 13 mins
UK Radio – Vic Hitler – Late 90s 2 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Cleaning Drians! – Clip – Late 90s 1 min
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Aug 70 & Aug 85 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Aug 79 & Aug 89 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Dec 69 & Dec 80 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Feb 78 & Feb 88 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – July 71 & July 83 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – June 76 & June 92 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – June 80 & June 86 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – May 66 & May 79
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UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – May 70 & May 89 121 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – May 72 & May 84 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Nov 71 & Nov 79 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Oct 73 & Oct 77 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Oct 75 & Oct 88 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Chart Hits – Christmas 1998 61 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Disco Hits – Christmas 1998 61 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris & Paul Johnson – 21st Anniversary Show – 7/2/99 122 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – Hot Radio – May 1999 123 mins
UK Radio – Rod Lucas – 5/6/99 8 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Jobseeker – 13/6/99 1 min
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Chart Hits – June 1999 121 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Chart Hits – July 1999 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – July 1999 122 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Aug 99 92 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Aug/Sept 99 92 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Jobseeker & Paul Johnson – 24/10/99 92 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Jobseeker & Paul Johnson – 31/10/99 45 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Oct 99 92 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Nov 99 92 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – Nov 99 122 mins
UK Radio – Mark Rogan – Nov 99 122 mins
UK Radio – The End Of An Era 1978-1999 93 mins
Click here for recordings of UK Radio from the 2000s
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – March 71 & March 83 124 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Nov 70 & Nov 82 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – The Goldmine – Nov 74 & Nov 83 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Chart Hits – Aug 2000 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Mickey Whitt – Oct 2000 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Mickey Whitt – Nov 2000 122 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Nov 2000 61 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man & Paul Johnson – Dec 2000 122 mins
UK Radio – Mickey Whitt – The Chill Out Zone – Top 40 Of 2000 183 mins
UK Radio – Mike Harris – Mickey Whitt – Paul Johnson – Xmas 2000 121 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 2 123 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 3 123 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 5 123 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 8 – 2001 123 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 11 – 2001 123 mins
UK Radio – Norman Bates – Show 12 – 2001 123 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man – Tony Stevens – Paul Johnson – Jan 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Jan 2001 92 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – Feb 2001 91 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Chart Hits – Feb 2001 92 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – March 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – April 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man & Paul Johnson – April 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man & Paul Johnson – 17/6/01 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – June 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – July 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Alex Warner – 1st Show – July 2001 91 mins
UK Radio – Alex Warner – Aug 2001 121 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s & 80s Hits – August 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man – Aug 2001 123 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man & Paul Johnson – Oct 2001 92 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Sept 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Oct 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s & 80 Hits – Nov 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – First Internet Show – Dec 2001 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s & 80s Hits – Christmas 2001 124 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man & Paul Johnson – Dec 2001 123 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man – 31/12/01 92 mins
UK Radio – The Bogus Man – 11/1/02 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Jan 2002 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 70s Hits – Feb 2002 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 60s 70s Hits – March 2002 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Mr Armadillo – April 2002 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – 20 Years On Short Wave – May 2002 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – June 2002 121 mins
UK Radio – Tony James – June 2002 121 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – July 2002 125 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Sept 2002 121 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Disco Inferno Show – Oct 2002 123 mins
UK Radio – Tony James – Nov 2002 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Christmas Show 2002 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Jan 2003 123 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – Feb 2003 122 mins
UK Radio – Paul Johnson – April 2003 122 mins