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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by famefm » Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:25 pm

Lordunderground wrote: Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:05 pm Relatively weak here NE side but that's 35 miles out, so maybe OK inside town or if they moved West, surprised not on DAB now
I used to get pointblank well in the west on 90.2 and I knew where they were coming from I would think house is at least 15 miles north east further away i will be back in my old area on Sunday and will be interested to see if I can get house fm and as for dab I really surprised that pointblank left 90.2 having such good luck with it and went dab and am just as surprised that house has not gone dab as they had no luck on fm for quite a few years now

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by famefm » Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:14 pm

Lordunderground wrote: Fri Aug 13, 2021 4:05 pm Relatively weak here NE side but that's 35 miles out, so maybe OK inside town or if they moved West, surprised not on DAB now
I am in my old area today and I think you are right 90.2 sounds exactly like pointbanks old sound quality much better than house sounded before it also got RDS with house on it and in stereo and is definitely further west than before

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by bravedaveyboy » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:12 am

Just been up on the roof of my building in Bermondsey SE1 with my trusty Roberts Vintage receiver and here are my pirate bandscan results. RDS noted where picked up. Signal strength in brackets is out of 5, where 5 is the best, just my rough estimate based on quality of signal. I've also noted where a station was received in stereo. I have also noted where I have found no station in a space on the dial I may have expected to find one. For completist sake I have included licensed stations I received in [] brackets.

87.5 Live FM UK; RDS: "LIVEFMUK" (2)
87.8 4Tune FM (4)
88.0 nothing
88.2 nothing
88.4 Vision Radio UK; RDS: "VISION" (4)
88.6 nothing
88.8 [BBC Radio 2 - Crystal Palace]
89.1 [BBC Radio 2 - Wrotham]
89.4 City Lock Radio; RDS: "CityLock"; stereo (5)
89.6 [Westside Radio - Rutherford Tower]
89.8 Station FM; overmodulated and knocking its neighbours on 89.6 and 90.0, as noted by urbanocturnal (5)
90.0 Hot Digital Radio (3)
90.2 House FM; stereo (2)
90.4 Whoa FM; RDS: "Whoa FM"; stereo (4)
90.6 nothing
90.8 Lightning Radio (3)
91.0 [BBC Radio 3 - Crystal Palace]
91.3 [BBC Radio 3 - Wrotham]
91.5 Mega Radio (2)
91.8 [Hayes FM - St Anselms Church]
92.0 [NuSound Radio - Forest Gate (Durning Hall)]
92.2 [Nomad Radio - Hammersmith]
92.4/5 nothing
92.7 FATE FM UK (1)
93.0 Slam Radio (2)
93.2 [BBC Radio 4 - Crystal Palace]
93.5 [BBC Radio 4 - Wrotham]
93.8 Vibes FM; Scrolling RDS: "Vibesfm" (3)
94.0 [Revive FM - Forest Gate (Mosque)]
94.2 unidentified station; religious gospel speech programme (1)
94.4/5 nothing
94.6/7 nothing
94.9 [BBC Radio London - Crystal Palace]
95.1 nothing
95.3 [BBC Essex - Benfleet]
95.5 On Top Radio; RDS "OnTop FM" (3)
95.8 [Capital FM - Croydon]
96.1 S-Dance Live; RDS: "S-Dance" (5)
96.3 [Heart (Essex) - Benfleet]
96.5 [Maritime Radio - Woolwich (Shrewsbury House)]
96.7 [BBC Radio Kent - Wrotham]
96.9 [Capital XTRA - Crystal Palace]
97.1 London Soul Radio (3)
97.3 [LBC - Croydon]
97.5 nothing
97.7 nothing
97.8 [Croydon FM - Croydon (not yet on air)]
97.9 nothing
98.1 Slamming Beats (2)
98.3 silent carrier (3)
98.5 [BBC Radio 1 - Crystal Palace]
98.8 [BBC Radio 1 - Wrotham]
99.1 nothing
99.3 Digital Soul Radio; RDS: "DGTLsoul" (3)
99.5 Venture FM; RDS: "VENTURE" (5)
99.8 3 Supreme FM; RDS: "SUPREME" (3)
100.0 [KISS - Croydon]
100.2 nothing
100.4 nothing
100.6 [Classic FM - Crystal Palace]
100.9 [Classic FM - Wrotham]
101.2 Unique Radio; stereo (2)
101.4 [Flex FM - Wandsworth]
101.6 [kmfm - Wrotham]
101.8 nothing
102.0 Conscious Radio; RDS: CONCIOUS [sic] (5)
102.2 [Smooth Radio - Croydon]
102.4 nothing
102.6 [BBC Essex - Bakers Wood]
102.8 Radyo Umut; RDS: "RDYOUMUT" (2)
103.1 [Heart (Kent) - Bluebell Hill]
103.3 [London Greek Radio - Highgate (Cholmeley Lodge)]
103.6 [The Beat London - Stonebridge]
103.8 nothing
104.0 Spice Radio; RDS: "SPiCE" [sic] (2)
104.2 Kral FM (1)
104.4 [Resonance FM - Guys Hospital Tower]
104.6/7 nothing
104.9 [Radio X - Crystal Palace]
105.1/2 nothing
105.4 [Magic Radio - Croydon]
105.6 Playback UK; RDS: "PLAYBACK"; stereo (5)
105.8 [Greatest Hits Radio - Crystal Palace]
106.0 nothing
106.2 [Heart (London) - Croydon]
106.4 nothing
106.6 nothing
106.8 [Rinse FM - Peregrine House]
107.1 [Capital XTRA - Alexandra Palace]
107.3 [Reprezent Radio - Honor Oak (Greystead Road)]
107.5 [Time 107.5 - Romford (Mercury House)]
107.8 [Radio Jackie - Tolworth Tower]
108.0 nothing

From this my strongest pirate stations, with absolutely top notch signals here in Bermondsey SE1, are:
89.4 City Lock Radio
89.8 Station FM (strong signal but grossly overmodulated and therefore distorted on my receiver)
96.1 S-Dance Live
99.5 Venture FM
102.0 Conscious Radio
105.6 Playback UK

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by thewisepranker » Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:54 am

Nothing on 106.5?

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by bravedaveyboy » Sat Aug 21, 2021 8:39 am

No, nothing picked up on 106.5 here in Bermondsey. I used to get Project there, weak signal, but I haven't heard that in a long time now.

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by freequency » Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:37 pm

bravedaveyboy wrote: Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:12 am Just been up on the roof of my building in Bermondsey SE1 with my trusty Roberts Vintage receiver and here are my pirate bandscan results. RDS noted where picked up. Signal strength in brackets is out of 5, where 5 is the best, just my rough estimate based on quality of signal. I've also noted where a station was received in stereo. I have also noted where I have found no station in a space on the dial I may have expected to find one. For completist sake I have included licensed stations I received in [] brackets.

87.5 Live FM UK; RDS: "LIVEFMUK" (2)
87.8 4Tune FM (4)
88.0 nothing
88.2 nothing
88.4 Vision Radio UK; RDS: "VISION" (4)
88.6 nothing
88.8 [BBC Radio 2 - Crystal Palace]
89.1 [BBC Radio 2 - Wrotham]
89.4 City Lock Radio; RDS: "CityLock"; stereo (5)
89.6 [Westside Radio - Rutherford Tower]
89.8 Station FM; overmodulated and knocking its neighbours on 89.6 and 90.0, as noted by urbanocturnal (5)
90.0 Hot Digital Radio (3)
90.2 House FM; stereo (2)
90.4 Whoa FM; RDS: "Whoa FM"; stereo (4)
90.6 nothing
90.8 Lightning Radio (3)
91.0 [BBC Radio 3 - Crystal Palace]
91.3 [BBC Radio 3 - Wrotham]
91.5 Mega Radio (2)
91.8 [Hayes FM - St Anselms Church]
92.0 [NuSound Radio - Forest Gate (Durning Hall)]
92.2 [Nomad Radio - Hammersmith]
92.4/5 nothing
92.7 FATE FM UK (1)
93.0 Slam Radio (2)
93.2 [BBC Radio 4 - Crystal Palace]
93.5 [BBC Radio 4 - Wrotham]
93.8 Vibes FM; Scrolling RDS: "Vibesfm" (3)
94.0 [Revive FM - Forest Gate (Mosque)]
94.2 unidentified station; religious gospel speech programme (1)
94.4/5 nothing
94.6/7 nothing
94.9 [BBC Radio London - Crystal Palace]
95.1 nothing
95.3 [BBC Essex - Benfleet]
95.5 On Top Radio; RDS "OnTop FM" (3)
95.8 [Capital FM - Croydon]
96.1 S-Dance Live; RDS: "S-Dance" (5)
96.3 [Heart (Essex) - Benfleet]
96.5 [Maritime Radio - Woolwich (Shrewsbury House)]
96.7 [BBC Radio Kent - Wrotham]
96.9 [Capital XTRA - Crystal Palace]
97.1 London Soul Radio (3)
97.3 [LBC - Croydon]
97.5 nothing
97.7 nothing
97.8 [Croydon FM - Croydon (not yet on air)]
97.9 nothing
98.1 Slamming Beats (2)
98.3 silent carrier (3)
98.5 [BBC Radio 1 - Crystal Palace]
98.8 [BBC Radio 1 - Wrotham]
99.1 nothing
99.3 Digital Soul Radio; RDS: "DGTLsoul" (3)
99.5 Venture FM; RDS: "VENTURE" (5)
99.8 3 Supreme FM; RDS: "SUPREME" (3)
100.0 [KISS - Croydon]
100.2 nothing
100.4 nothing
100.6 [Classic FM - Crystal Palace]
100.9 [Classic FM - Wrotham]
101.2 Unique Radio; stereo (2)
101.4 [Flex FM - Wandsworth]
101.6 [kmfm - Wrotham]
101.8 nothing
102.0 Conscious Radio; RDS: CONCIOUS [sic] (5)
102.2 [Smooth Radio - Croydon]
102.4 nothing
102.6 [BBC Essex - Bakers Wood]
102.8 Radyo Umut; RDS: "RDYOUMUT" (2)
103.1 [Heart (Kent) - Bluebell Hill]
103.3 [London Greek Radio - Highgate (Cholmeley Lodge)]
103.6 [The Beat London - Stonebridge]
103.8 nothing
104.0 Spice Radio; RDS: "SPiCE" [sic] (2)
104.2 Kral FM (1)
104.4 [Resonance FM - Guys Hospital Tower]
104.6/7 nothing
104.9 [Radio X - Crystal Palace]
105.1/2 nothing
105.4 [Magic Radio - Croydon]
105.6 Playback UK; RDS: "PLAYBACK"; stereo (5)
105.8 [Greatest Hits Radio - Crystal Palace]
106.0 nothing
106.2 [Heart (London) - Croydon]
106.4 nothing
106.6 nothing
106.8 [Rinse FM - Peregrine House]
107.1 [Capital XTRA - Alexandra Palace]
107.3 [Reprezent Radio - Honor Oak (Greystead Road)]
107.5 [Time 107.5 - Romford (Mercury House)]
107.8 [Radio Jackie - Tolworth Tower]
108.0 nothing

From this my strongest pirate stations, with absolutely top notch signals here in Bermondsey SE1, are:
89.4 City Lock Radio
89.8 Station FM (strong signal but grossly overmodulated and therefore distorted on my receiver)
96.1 S-Dance Live
99.5 Venture FM
102.0 Conscious Radio
105.6 Playback UK

Great update! Cheers

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by Persona Non Grata » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:40 am

A quick suggestion for you folks doing bandscans and lists of stream links (both of which are much appreciated BTW)

It might also be a good idea to include a brief description (even one word would do) of the format/type of music played on each of the stations (e.g. "Reggae", "Soul", "Dance", Gospel" etc)

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by SD-E1102 » Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:48 am

Thanks for the suggestion but there's reasons why we don't do this, the main one being many stations play a long list of different musical genres and 99% of the weblinks are there for people to click on and listen to for themselves.
Good idea but not worth the hassles. :tup
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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by Persona Non Grata » Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:19 pm

Makes sense I guess.
Thanks anyway. :tup

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by reverend » Sun Oct 24, 2021 8:01 am

Over near Maidstone on Saturday. No sign of Juice FM on 101.1 or 101.2, but did manage to hear:

93.0 FreshSoundz
99.3 DigitalSoul

Not much of a list, I know, but thought the ops might be interested to know how far they were getting out.

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by Dexter » Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:40 pm

Kool Fm are back :tup 94.6

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by reverend » Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:21 pm

Driving around the M25 today (Kent/Sussex borders), I logged the following:

87.8 4tune
88.4 Vision
90.0 Hot Digital Radio
90.2 House FM
92.7 F8 FM
93.0 FreshSoundz
93.8 Vibes (unconfirmed as very patchy)
95.5 OnTop FM (RDS:OnTop FM)
96.1 S-Dance
99.3 Digital Soul (RDS: DGTLsoul)
99.8 Supreme
102.0 Conscious
105.6 Playback (RDS: PLAYBACK)
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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by mixfm » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:19 pm

no uk raw or kool...

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by pirate_originator » Mon Nov 01, 2021 8:50 pm

reverend wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 7:21 pm Driving around the M25 today (Kent/Sussex borders), I logged the following:

87.8 4tune
88.4 Vision
90.0 Hot Digital Radio
90.2 House FM
92.7 F8 FM
93.0 FreshSoundz
93.8 Vibes (unconfirmed as very patchy)
95.5 OnTop FM (RDS:OnTop FM)
96.1 S-Dance
99.3 Digital Soul (RDS: DGTLsoul)
99.8 Supreme
102.0 Conscious
105.6 Playback (RDS: PLAYBACK)
Really good to see some of these stations thats been on for a few years now still keeping it going on the fm :tup

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by bravedaveyboy » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:11 pm

UJR FM is on 94.2.

Select Radio have started testing next door on 94.4 (Ofcom licenced).

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by bravedaveyboy » Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:16 pm

Two websites to add:

UJR FM: http://ujrfm.net (94.2)
London Soul Radio: https://www.thesouloflondonradio.com (97.1)

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by famefm » Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:51 pm

bravedaveyboy wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:16 pm Two websites to add:

UJR FM: http://ujrfm.net (94.2)
London Soul Radio: https://www.thesouloflondonradio.com (97.1)
How many more soul stations do you need? Far to many online and unlike the other stations they are all exactly the same run by ageing old soul boy rivals why can't they just merge to have fewer better stations

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by SD-E1102 » Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:58 am

There's probably no point in adding that station, it was on 92.4, 95.3 and 103.0 when we added it in before only for it to be off air a month later and stay off for two years before jumping on another new dial...
So if it stays consistent I might stick it back on there again.
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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by dancemusicdj » Sat Nov 06, 2021 8:51 pm

famefm wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:51 pm
How many more soul stations do you need? Far to many online and unlike the other stations they are all exactly the same run by ageing old soul boy rivals why can't they just merge to have fewer better stations
I suppose it is the same reason as with any format, each station owner has their own particular vision of what type of station they want and there will be djs who will agree with that vision. Yet if they all merged together either 1 vision would have to win or there would be to many compromises across all sides that would have to be made that nobody would be happy.

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Re: London FM Pirates Scan

Post by reverend » Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:35 am

Scan from Sunday afternoon (Kent/Essex borders):

87.5 Live FM UK (RDS:LIVEFMUK)
87.8 4tune
88.4 Vision (RDS: VISION)
89.4 CityLock
90.2 House FM (not confirmed, could be someone else)
90.4 Whoa FM
90.8 Lightning
92.2 Eruption
92.7 Fate FM UK
93.0 Fresh Soundz (RDS: FS RADIO)
93.8 Vibes FM (RDS: VibesFM)
94.6 Kool
95.5 OnTop FM (RDS: OnTopFM)
96.1 S-Dance (RDS: S-Dance)
98.1 Slamming Beats
99.3 Digital Soul
99.5 Intentive
99.8 Supreme (RDS: SUPREME)
101.2 Unique
102.0 Concious (RDS: CONCIOUS)
104.2 DEM
105.6 Playback (RDS: PLAYBACK)

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