Longest running London FM Pirate station still going?

[famefm]

I am back and no station on 89.8 so that's been a while now Turkish station on 90.6 lightning loud and clear 90.8 London soul radio 97.1 venture 99.6 unique 101.2 supreme 99.8 silent carrier wk end 106.5 and 107.3 repreznt ( not pirate) very poor signal and no sign of the possible pirate reported at the weekend also livefmuk 87.5 no sign of vision 88.4 are they still on fm now?

[teckniqs]

Guildford 90.3 radio 3 and I used to get pb 90.2 very well and I was only 17 miles away and was good enough in my car driving round Slough

It was never a good idea to come from Langley on 90.2 with Guildford on. PB even added a relay on Englefield Green Hill at one point after moving into London due to the problems BBCR3 Guildf was causing on 103.6 for a little while.
....Also, car radio's have much better narrow reception that domestic home tuners so can usually seperate the two better but in houses would be a completely different story.

s dance 96.1 how old is it now?

Twenty Seven and a half.

[teckniqs]

Not continuous of course and now legit, but Radio Jackie was on the London Transmitter of Independent Radio 94.4 MHz in 1972/73, then after a long period on MW and a few gaps it returned to FM 107.8 MHz in 2003 with a license.

Sorry but what I am asking on this thread is the longest pirate radio station still broadcasting as a pirate (unlicenced).

[teckniqs]

venture 99.6

OK so this brings me to yet another question.

....Venture used to be Galaxy FM. I originally heard this on 105.2 in the earliy 90s (92/93) before it moved to 102.5. I think they split and started Venture and Galaxy carried on for a bit but is no longer with us but Venture still remains.

So my question is, when did Galaxy 105.2/102.5 start?

[oldtech]

Not continuous of course and now legit, but Radio Jackie was on the London Transmitter of Independent Radio 94.4 MHz in 1972/73, then after a long period on MW and a few gaps it returned to FM 107.8 MHz in 2003 with a license.

Sorry but what I am asking on this thread is the longest pirate radio station still broadcasting as a pirate (unlicenced).

haha yes I know, I thought they deserved an honourable mention, they are still owned by an ex-pirate, Tony Collis.

[teckniqs]

haha yes I know, I thought they deserved an honourable mention, they are still owned by an ex-pirate, Tony Collis.

Yes I hear you but "ex-pirate" is the main unfortunate.

[famefm]

Jackie also was the longest to wait 1985 to 2003 between pirate and legal and the pirate year were 1969 to 8t and the staff were paid and even on paye for thier tax bills

[cocksock]

Jackie also was the longest to wait 1985 to 2003 between pirate and legal and the pirate year were 1969 to 8t and the staff were paid and even on paye for thier tax bills

Centerforce has a bigger gap, was barely on for a year then come back 30 years later!

[teckniqs]

Jackie also was the longest to wait 1985 to 2003 between pirate and legal and the pirate year were 1969 to 8t and the staff were paid and even on paye for thier tax bills

Centerforce has a bigger gap, was barely on for a year then come back 30 years later!

Yeah they did do some Centreforce sessions which was indeed on the FM band. I think it was Time FM. But the said station certainly wasn't still broadcasting on FM and just doing one night a week on the 107.5 station over Romford ways (I remember when it first came on test transmissions as Active FM).

But now having a DAB legal licence like other ex-pirates does not count or doing one night a week on Time 107.5 for a short time.

[Persona Non Grata]

Since we've broadened the topic to include now legal former pirates we may as well mention Radio Caroline although they were never on FM baring a few days from the Mebo ship (doubt if that made it into London) and there was also the odd RSL broadcast. There was also a short lived relay c.1987 where for some reason someone in London decided to relay the AM signal on FM which must have sounded weird -especially at night.

[teckniqs]

Since we've broadened the topic to include now legal former pirates

As I've stated numerous times throughout this thread, I was only asking about pirate stations still on air as pirates and not former pirates now legal.

[Persona Non Grata]

It wasn't me who first brought up legals but even as a pirate Caroline had a good run 1964-90 with a few breaks.

And while they (as a pirate) didn't actualky broadcast FROM London they did have a London office for a while (then again so did Radio Luxembourg) !

[Albert H]

Even before that..... RFL (Radio Free London) first broadcast on MW in 1968 (for the first anniversary of the Marine Offences Act), and moved to FM in 1971 / 72. It was on / off for many years, and was last heard in the early 21st Century.

[radionortheast]

I'm surprised theres not been any radio station called Mandy

[FMEnjoyer]

kool FM ? Been going yonks, but I think is now something else. An honourable mention needed for sure. They were very consistent, I did wonder if Ofcom actually respected them it was so consistent or turned a blind eye ? Either thay or they had a lock up room of gear ready to go day after day, raid after raid.

[teckniqs]

kool FM ? Been going yonks, but I think is now something else. An honourable mention needed for sure. They were very consistent, I did wonder if Ofcom actually respected them it was so consistent or turned a blind eye ? Either thay or they had a lock up room of gear ready to go day after day, raid after raid.

No unfortunately not because they're no longer on FM and my only question of thread was for stations STILL on the FM dial today.

.....Here is the thread for you right here, if you're not posting about FM pirate still broadcasting ON FM STILL AS PIRATE then please redirect yourself to here: viewtopic.php?p=44619#p44619

[Planet266]

Radio Free London. First broadcast in 1968, and was last on air on shortwave last month, still about.

[teckniqs]

Radio Free London. First broadcast in 1968, and was last on air on shortwave last month, still about.

What FM frequency are they on then?

[Nige from Brum]

Radio free London ran from 1968 to around 2002. Mainly on short wave and medium wave, but there were plenty of periods on FM too.
I believe it reappeared at xma$ along with Swinging Radio England and Radio Merlin, from the same rig on 6275 KHz.

[Steve]

I'm going to say Station FM. Consistent for as long as I can remember.

I see others claiming to have been on for years, when quite often they've had huge breaks in in that time. 35 years? Yeah but 20 of them they were off.