On This Day…
October 18th. with one interesting addition…
18 Oct. 1920
+ GBR. The BBC is founded as British Broadcasting Company but does not receive a licence to broadcast until January 18, 1921. This means any BBC broadcasts for the rest of this year are unlicensed and thus pirate. It is already broadcasting in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Newcastle.
18 Oct. 1970 [Sunday]
+ GBR. West London. 1507 kHz MW. Radio Nelson is on air today
18 Oct. 1971 [Monday]
+ GBR. Edinburgh. 1322 kHz MW. Radio Free City is on air 01:00-02:30
18 Oct. 1972 [Wednesday]
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18 Oct. 1973 [Thursday]
+ GBR. London. 94.4 FM. LTIR relays Radio Star 21:00-00:00
18 Oct. 1974 [Friday]
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18 Oct. 1975 [Saturday]
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18 Oct. 1976 [Monday]
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18 Oct. 1977 [Tuesday]
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18 Oct. 1978 [Wednesday]
+ GBR. Wolverhampton. 1332 kHz MW. UK Radio is on air this evening
18 Oct. 1979 [Thursday]
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18 Oct. 1980 [Saturday]
+ GBR. Liverpool. 1413 kHz MW. Radio Jackie North is on air today
+ GBR. London. 92.0 FM. Radio Free London [RFL] is on air today
18 Oct. 1981 [Sunday]
+ IRL. Dublin. 846 kHz MW. Radio Nova is noted today with a Tony Allan show
+ GBR. Merseyside 1107 kHz MW. Radio J1000 on air 7 days a week, Kevin Hall and Andy Davos are noted today
+ GBR. London. 1260 kHz MW. Radio City is on air playing Rock n Roll 12:00-16:00
+ GBR. West London. 1350 kHz MW. Radio Floss is on air today
+ GBR. London. 1386 kHz MW. Radio Comsat is on air from midday today
+ NED. 6260 kHz and 7315 kHz SW. Free Radio Service Holland is on air today, Kevin Hall and Andy Davis are noted today
+ GBR. 6310 and 6850 kHz SW. Radio Caroline Short Wave [RCSW] is on air this morning. The transmission sites vary between Thetford Forest and the Malvern Hills, usually running 50 watts
+ GBR. London. 92.8 FM. Radio Telstar South is on air this evening
+ GBR. West London. 94.4 FM. Uptown Radio is on air this evening
18 Oct. 1982 [Monday]
+ IRL. Tramore. 729 kHz MW and 101.0 FM stereo. ABC Radio is on air 07:00-01:00 today
18 Oct. 1983 [Tuesday]
+ 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 today
+ GBR. Blaby Leics. 1413 kHz MW. Radio Nova International is on air today 07:00-21:00
+ GBR Twickenham. 1494 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Sovereign Radio is on air today
18 Oct 1984 [Thursday]
+ 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 today
+ GBR. SW London. 1323 kHz MW. On air 7 days a week, Radio Jackie is on air today
+ GBR. Telford. 96.1 FM. On air 7 days a week, Shropshire Sound is on air today 08:00-20:00
+ Offshore. 100 FM. Voice of Peace is noted on air today
18 Oct. 1985
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
18 Oct. 1986 [Saturday]
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
+ GBR. West Midlands. 3465 kHz SW. Radio Orion is on air 20:00-21:00
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
18 Oct. 1987 [Sunday]
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
+ GBR. Redruth. 1503 kHz MW. Radio Argus Cornwall is on air today 08:00 Ginny Wilson arrives for the later (Sunday) service and Pete is wrapped in half a carpet, nothing else being available, having kept the station on air from 23:00. It is agreed that until a better way of keeping the garage warm is found (and condensation is becoming a problem as well), that a move is needed to Camborne, and Pete will have to do joint shows until Simon relents.
+ NED. 6218 kHz SW. Superclan Radio relays Free Radio Service Holland [FRSH] today
+ FIN. 6225 kHz SW. Right wing Radio is noted 10:20-11:00 today, running 15 watts
+ GBR. Scotland. 7423 kHz SW. WLR is on air this morning running 150 watts into a centre fed half-wave dipole antenna
+ GBR. Chelmsford. 90.7 FM. Radio Galaxy is on air today
+ GBR. London. 93.0 FM. Solar Radio is on air today
+ GBR. London. 94.3 FM. RFM is on air today
18 Oct. 1988 [Tuesday]
+ IRL. Monaghan. 891 kHz MW. Radio Star Country is on air today
+ IRL. Tramore. 1026 kHz MW and 101.0 FM. ABC Radio is on air today
18 Oct. 1989 [Wednesday]
+ GBR. Bromley. 92.0 FM Radio Argus London is on air today
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