On This Day…
March 19th.
19 Mar. 1969 GBR. SW London. 1323 kHz MW. The first broadcast takes place by Radio Jackie, broadcasting to southwest London and parts of Surrey instead of via the old Helen Broadcasting Network channel.
19 Mar. 1971
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. 01:00-02:30 Radio Free City is on air tonight
19 Mar. 1978
+ IRL. Co Kildare. 1120.5 kHz MW Radio Cill Dara is on air today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. Radio Jackie is on air 09:00-17:00
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
+ FIN. 6237 kHz SW. Radio Piratinga returns to the air. It plays some country and western music, but mainly features Latin American tangos, with a Colombian DJ, the main language is Spanish with station ids in English, Finnish, Swedish and German.
+ GBR. London. 6260 kHz SW. Skyport Radio is on air today 1000-1306
+ GBR. London. 6265 kHz SW. European Music Radio [EMR] is on air today
+ GBR. London. 7395 kHz SW. Skyport Radio moves to this frequency 13:00-15:00 for today
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London [RFL] is on air today
+ GBR. London. 92.4 FM. Invicta Radio is on air this Sunday
+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM Radio Telstar South is noted with Kid Johnson and Horace Cracksman shows
19 Mar. 1979
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 104.0 FM. UK Radio is on air this evening
20 Mar. 1980
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening 19:00-22:00 with Paul Johnson and David Jarvis
* Offshore. The 59-year-old Mi Amigo, home of Radio Caroline, sinks. The crew are rescued by the Sheerness lifeboat in a force ten gale. It is to be three long years before Radio Caroline is heard again, as no immediate successor can be found, the Mebo 2 is still in the Mediterranean off Libya and the Cheeta 2 has sunk of Gambia after being used as a floating restaurant. The Galaxy has by now rotted away in a German backwater at Keil. Oceaan 7 has been scrapped, and Lassaise Faire is allegedly now part of the US Navy with a different name
19 Mar. 1982
+ IRL. Tramore. 729 kHz MW ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
19 Mar. 1983
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. London. 90.2 FM Phoenix Radio is on air 20:00-23:00, followed by Alices Restaurant, Steve Price is noted
+ GBR. London. 92.5 FM. LWR is noted with a John Dawson show
GBR. London. 94.4 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours today
+ GBR. London. 94.4 FM. London Music Radio [LMR] is on air today, Steve Davies and Chris Miles are noted
19 Mar. 1984
+ GBR. Ludlow. 1017 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sunshine Radio is on air today
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. SW London. 1332 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today celebrating 15 years. Ron Brown and Phil Kennedy are noted
+ GBR. SE London. 1413 kHz MW and 90.2 FM. on air 7 days a week, Skyline Radio is on air today 06:00-00:00
+ GBR. London. 92.5 FM. On air 7 days a week, LWR is on air today
+ GBR. London. 102.5 FM. Horizon Radio is on air 24 hours a day
+ GBR. London. 102.8 FM. JFM is on air 24 hours a day
19 Mar. 1985
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
19 Mar. 1986
* GBR. Shepherds Bush, London. RFM meeting with Alice’s Restaurant at Wellington Arms pub.
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
19 Mar. 1987
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
19 Mar. 1988
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Camborne. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air 08:00-23:00
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
19 Mar. 1989
+ IRL. Monaghan. 981 kHz MW. Radio Star Country is on air today
+ GBR. Cornwall. 1503 MW [Camborne], 1602 MW [St. Dennis], 102.8 FM [St. Agnes], and 103.1 FM [St. Ives]. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today
+ GBR. Bromley. 1611 kHz MW. Radio Argus London is on air today
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