AM/FM - London's Pirate Pioneers
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Posts from AM/FM, the London eighties London pirate radio site. Book on the history of London's unlicensed stations out now.
Some more uploads of AM/FM TalkBack from 1990, including comments about house music taking over the airwaves and the return of LWR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvd6...
AM/FM TalkBack March 1990 (E15)
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April 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some more uploads of AM/FM TalkBack from 1990, including comments about house music taking over the airwaves and the return of LWR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvd6...
On Saturday, there's a sound installation broadcast from five hidden transmitters across the Olympic Park, sharing rare recordings from 80s and 90s pirate radio interspersed with voices from the scene, with stations like Rave FM, Dance FM, Eruption, Friends FM and Kiss FM. eepurl.com/jbYdEI
Rendezvous Projects at V&A East's Sound Clash – this Saturday!
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April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On Saturday, there's a sound installation broadcast from five hidden transmitters across the Olympic Park, sharing rare recordings from 80s and 90s pirate radio interspersed with voices from the scene, with stations like Rave FM, Dance FM, Eruption, Friends FM and Kiss FM. eepurl.com/jbYdEI
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At Mick Jones’ Rock And Roll exhibition.
Behind me is Trellick Tower where I helped Joe & Paul set up a short-lived pirate radio station - Radio Clash.
With the aim of broadcasting across London, they put the aerial up, but positioned it upside down so the transmission barely reached Notting Hill.
Behind me is Trellick Tower where I helped Joe & Paul set up a short-lived pirate radio station - Radio Clash.
With the aim of broadcasting across London, they put the aerial up, but positioned it upside down so the transmission barely reached Notting Hill.
March 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
At Mick Jones’ Rock And Roll exhibition.
Behind me is Trellick Tower where I helped Joe & Paul set up a short-lived pirate radio station - Radio Clash.
With the aim of broadcasting across London, they put the aerial up, but positioned it upside down so the transmission barely reached Notting Hill.
Behind me is Trellick Tower where I helped Joe & Paul set up a short-lived pirate radio station - Radio Clash.
With the aim of broadcasting across London, they put the aerial up, but positioned it upside down so the transmission barely reached Notting Hill.
From the Signals from the Edge conference on pirate radio at the start of March, here's Nick Catford (Mike Knight) talking about the beginning of Radio Jackie in the late sixties and early seventies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWT9...
Nick Catford - Radio Jackie The Early Years
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March 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From the Signals from the Edge conference on pirate radio at the start of March, here's Nick Catford (Mike Knight) talking about the beginning of Radio Jackie in the late sixties and early seventies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWT9...
Was trying to put these out roughly on the anniversary of when they were made but I got behind... Anyway, here's another TalkBack with Paul Dodd calling in to reminisce about JFM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYJ...
AM/FM TalkBack February 1990 (E12)
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March 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Was trying to put these out roughly on the anniversary of when they were made but I got behind... Anyway, here's another TalkBack with Paul Dodd calling in to reminisce about JFM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVYJ...
From February 1990 here's AM/FM's phone-in with RFL's Kenny Myers on the station's temporary close, Tim Stewart looking for recordings, a new fanzine from Joel Goodman and praise for Radio Jackie. youtu.be/VDhFGJNQG-Y
AM/FM TalkBack February 1990 (E10)
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February 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From February 1990 here's AM/FM's phone-in with RFL's Kenny Myers on the station's temporary close, Tim Stewart looking for recordings, a new fanzine from Joel Goodman and praise for Radio Jackie. youtu.be/VDhFGJNQG-Y
On 22 January 1983 London Weekend Radio began regular broadcasts. Here's some clips from the early days with DJs including Jerry Peters opening the station for the first time plus John Dawson, Jonny Heyward, Paul Stafford and Marc Mason. youtu.be/EHhbhCCzqSQ
London Weekend Radio 1983
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January 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
On 22 January 1983 London Weekend Radio began regular broadcasts. Here's some clips from the early days with DJs including Jerry Peters opening the station for the first time plus John Dawson, Jonny Heyward, Paul Stafford and Marc Mason. youtu.be/EHhbhCCzqSQ
The University of Bedfordshire has a conference on 1 March looking at land-based pirate radio in the UK and Ireland across the decades and with a number of interesting speakers. Will be there too. store.beds.ac.uk/conferences-...
Signals from the Edge: Land Based 'Pirate Radio' conference | University of Bedfordshire Online Store
A one-day conference at the University of Bedfordshire on Saturday 1st March, 9am to 5pm.   Unlicensed broadcasting dates back to at least the 1930s
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January 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The University of Bedfordshire has a conference on 1 March looking at land-based pirate radio in the UK and Ireland across the decades and with a number of interesting speakers. Will be there too. store.beds.ac.uk/conferences-...
From January 1990 "AMFM Talkback has callers talking back about Solar, Joy, QFM, TKO, Twilight and phone boxes. Call 0836 40 45 52, or key 7 on your touchtone phone now." www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSm...
AM/FM Talkback January 1990 (E09)
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January 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
From January 1990 "AMFM Talkback has callers talking back about Solar, Joy, QFM, TKO, Twilight and phone boxes. Call 0836 40 45 52, or key 7 on your touchtone phone now." www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSm...
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12pm Justin West
1pm Roger Brooks
2pm Brett Baker (Bakers Choice)
3pm JFM Archives - Brian Anthony
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jfmradio.online
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January 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone! A quick reminder programmes start today on JFM at Midday! Hope you can join us!
12pm Justin West
1pm Roger Brooks
2pm Brett Baker (Bakers Choice)
3pm JFM Archives - Brian Anthony
@amfm.org.uk
jfmradio.online
12pm Justin West
1pm Roger Brooks
2pm Brett Baker (Bakers Choice)
3pm JFM Archives - Brian Anthony
@amfm.org.uk
jfmradio.online
From January 1990, what callers most remember about pirates in the eighties including Thameside Radio's Dave Birdman show, South London Radio, JFM and the soul music pioneers. There's also a discussion about recent raids in London and stations switching off together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwG...
AM/FM Talkback January 1990 (E08)
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January 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
From January 1990, what callers most remember about pirates in the eighties including Thameside Radio's Dave Birdman show, South London Radio, JFM and the soul music pioneers. There's also a discussion about recent raids in London and stations switching off together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwG...
Sad to hear that Bear Freeman has passed away. He was a stalwart of North London rock pirates in the seventies and eighties, including Telstar 1, Alice's Restaurant and RFM.
January 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Sad to hear that Bear Freeman has passed away. He was a stalwart of North London rock pirates in the seventies and eighties, including Telstar 1, Alice's Restaurant and RFM.
The last AM/FM Talkback of the eighties, discussing London pirate radio stations Raiders FM, Stomp FM, Chilling FM, Twilight Radio and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnqG...
AM/FM Talkback December 1989 (E06)
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January 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The last AM/FM Talkback of the eighties, discussing London pirate radio stations Raiders FM, Stomp FM, Chilling FM, Twilight Radio and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnqG...
From this day in 1985, here's Chris Philips on the very first day of broadcasting from Starpoint Radio.
December 1, 2024 at 8:08 AM
From this day in 1985, here's Chris Philips on the very first day of broadcasting from Starpoint Radio.
This week in 1989, oldies station Radio Mi Amigo, another plug for Bob Mower's show on Coast AM, Raiders FM vs Stomp FM and Carl from Starpoint hoping to win the competition. youtu.be/Ysabe8cDrlU
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November 30, 2024 at 1:12 PM
This week in 1989, oldies station Radio Mi Amigo, another plug for Bob Mower's show on Coast AM, Raiders FM vs Stomp FM and Carl from Starpoint hoping to win the competition. youtu.be/Ysabe8cDrlU
There's a 1980s vintage pirate rig on eBay used by one of the Greek stations in London. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18681311...
FM transmitter pirate radio 1984 | eBay
This is an old pirate radio transmitter which was in service in 1984
last time it was tested frequency pcb worked but output pcb didn't needed new transistor. very old transmitter made by one of the...
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November 30, 2024 at 9:27 AM
There's a 1980s vintage pirate rig on eBay used by one of the Greek stations in London. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18681311...
From 1989 to 1993, AM/FM Talkback operated as a kind of voice bulletin board on a phone line for people interested in London pirate radio. People would call in with their comments, a mixture of listeners and DJs. For the first time since then you can hear those tapes. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
AM/FM Talkback - The London Pirate Radio Phone-in - YouTube
From the autumn of 1989 through to 1993, AM/FM Talkback operated as a kind of voice bulletin board on a phone line, alongside other AM/FM lines for news, lis...
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November 23, 2024 at 2:31 PM
From 1989 to 1993, AM/FM Talkback operated as a kind of voice bulletin board on a phone line for people interested in London pirate radio. People would call in with their comments, a mixture of listeners and DJs. For the first time since then you can hear those tapes. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
With Kiss leaving 100 FM in London tonight, here's how the pirate Kiss FM closed down on 31 December 1988 and relaunched legally on 1 September 1990.
September 22, 2024 at 3:30 PM
With Kiss leaving 100 FM in London tonight, here's how the pirate Kiss FM closed down on 31 December 1988 and relaunched legally on 1 September 1990.
There's a new version of the London's Pirate Pioneers mix uploaded to Mixcloud. Same content as the original 2014 mix but it now sounds better. www.amfm.org.uk/pirate-pione...
London's Pirate Pioneers
Tracing the history of London's original dance music stations through clips, music and contemporary news reports and interviews.
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December 20, 2023 at 8:56 AM
There's a new version of the London's Pirate Pioneers mix uploaded to Mixcloud. Same content as the original 2014 mix but it now sounds better. www.amfm.org.uk/pirate-pione...
Migrating from the old place with stuff coming soon. For now, don't forget the London's Pirate Pioneers book on the history of the capital's unlicensed radio stations: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...
September 29, 2023 at 7:07 AM
Migrating from the old place with stuff coming soon. For now, don't forget the London's Pirate Pioneers book on the history of the capital's unlicensed radio stations: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...