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oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:30 am

Is it rjr or lighting fm don't think anyone is older than them?

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:32 am

They started in the late 1980/s

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Post by opendigital » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:58 am

are there any real original's left?
I can remember rjr from back in the day but is it the same or just the name carried over.

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:02 am

According the pirate history book out this year it properly is

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Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:06 am

It's not like the tough fm name there have been loads of touch fms over the past 15 or so years

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Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:09 am

Sorry make that touch fm

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Post by opendigital » Fri Oct 16, 2015 1:10 am

yes I must grab a copy from amazon as it looks interesting, and yes its a great name "touch" but just been too many.

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by dancemusicdj » Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:25 pm

probably throw in station fm as well?

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:44 pm

Station fm is the oldest with out taking time off started when supreme 90.4 closed down in January 1991 by dj kiethley

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by teckniqs » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:20 am

Is Station still running? Last few times I've been in London I've not heard it....

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Post by famefm » Sat Oct 17, 2015 2:03 pm

It's on very low power still getting done alot but definitely still on

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Post by fuze » Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:53 pm

yeah station locked on in the work lorry during the week when i done a little scan in beckton

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by Bungle » Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:31 pm

longest running....
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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by Bungle » Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:45 pm

Guardian & The observer 1995 "The founder of the long-standing London reggae pirate station FM, DJ Keithley, was fined 11,250 in the year up to July 1994, and a colleague pounds 3,200. At Keithley's last court appearance it was made clear, next time would be prison time."

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by Bungle » Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:49 pm

what year are we in again?

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:27 pm

That was when they were only 4 years old it's 24 now

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by djmysterykanefm » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:51 pm

I got a tape of Lightning 90.8 dated January 1989. However I've not lived in London for years, I do remember being shocked a couple of years back of it still going when I was in London and actually heard it on the same frequency!

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by teckniqs » Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:39 am

It hasn't been constant though and has had a few year gaps along the way.

....Hasn't Galaxy 102.5 been going for the same amount of time, I'm sure they were on 105.2 back around the end of the 80s?

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Post by famefm » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:05 pm

Your right lighting started Jan. 1989 but its had a 3 year break about 15. Years ago station started in 1991 with no break making them the oldest

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Re: oldest pirate station in London

Post by famefm » Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:18 pm

Galaxy was on 105.2 at that time your right but they have had to many breaks to qualify as oldest

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