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Tony Blackburn on AM 1548 Capital Gold London, England | 1996
Capital Gold 1548 London – Tony Blackburn – 1996 Capital Gold launched in 1988 after the government urged broadcasters to stop doing AM/FM sumulcasts. The station ditched the Top 40 simulcast of Capital Radio 95.8 FM, and started playing Oldies, or “gold based” records. The station continues to air songs of the 70s &…
Pauline McLynn, GLR 94.9 London | August 1998
Radio Station: GLR Greater London Radio, London Frequency: 94.9 MHZ Format: AC I don’t get this station! I recorded an hour of it when I was in London Summer 1998. It’s GLR, Greater London Radio, run by the BBC. It’s an Adult Contemporary, with a lot of talk. Much of the talk seems to be…
Charlie Wilde, Kiss 100 London | August 1996
Charlie Wilde worked at some legendary stations in the 1980s & 90s… KPKE Denver, WHYN-FM Springfield, KSAN San Francisco, & KDWB Minneapolis. Then in 1995, Charlie became the first American ever to host a morning show in London, England. After a successful two-year stint hosting the breakfast show on KISS 100, UK government officials…
London & Engelman, K-West 106 KWST Los Angeles | March 1982
The KWST call letters and “K-West 106” name, first appeard on the in 1969. KWST had a beautiful music format, until January 1, 1975, when the station flipped to Rock, with a sound similar to KLOS. Over time the ratings fell, and in 1981, KWST changed to a short lived Top 40 format. KWST…
Salute to American Radio, BBC Radio 1 London | July 4 1976
In the mid 1960s, there was nowhere easy for British youngsters to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered such music immoral, antisocial and unfit for public broadcast. Off shore Pirate stations…
Leona Graham, 1215 AM Virgin Radio UK London | June 24 1999
The 1990 Broadcasting Act allowed for the launch of independent national radio stations in the United Kingdom. Richard Branson of Virgin Record bid on & won one of those licenses, and the station launched as Virgin 1215 at 12.15 pm on 30 April 1993. Richard Branson was the first voice on the station. The station was…
Launch of Capital Radio 539 London | October 16 1973
The launch of Capital Radio in London, was a big deal. It was the first of the UK general entertainment stations. Until the 1970s, British radio waves were the exclusive domain of BBC Radio, which usually lagged behind the times, especially when it came to Rock & Roll. This is why Pirate…
John Sachs, Capitol Radio 95.8 London (U.K.) | April, 1989
Bobby Brown‘s “Prerogative“, in at the chart at number 6 on Capitol. It’s half past two… From Contributor Bob Jones comes this high-quality, fantastic listen to one of the UK’s few independent radio stations. This one is GOOD, The jock in charge reads the traffic reports himself. He also does the contests (which are low-key)…
