Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Guyofthenorth » Mon May 22, 2023 12:46 pm

Heard base fm Friday about midnight not far from the airport frequency 100.8 fm been on all weekend checked still playing now house music hopefully they stay a bit longer this time the only pirate in Manchester that I can find anyone else picking it up

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Fri May 26, 2023 3:16 pm

Guyofthenorth wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 12:46 pm Heard base fm Friday about midnight not far from the airport frequency 100.8 fm been on all weekend checked still playing now house music hopefully they stay a bit longer this time the only pirate in Manchester that I can find anyone else picking it up
Glad to hear we are getting out to you buddy. We are hoping to stay too!

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Guyofthenorth » Fri May 26, 2023 5:03 pm

You are doing a great job we love base fm please just stay around this time

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by covidplandemic » Fri May 26, 2023 5:44 pm

great to see base fm back on the air.
got a good signal in urmston this morning and was good on the m60 as far as bolton.

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Fri May 26, 2023 10:32 pm

covidplandemic wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 5:44 pm great to see base fm back on the air.
got a good signal in urmston this morning and was good on the m60 as far as bolton.
Thanks buddy, we are a bit droppy in parts, but got some things in the works to fix that

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by jvok » Fri May 26, 2023 10:36 pm

Got base fm driving past manchester on m60 today, solid live set with some good tunes.

Also some interference on 100.8 in some eastern european language (Polish?) Either e-skip or we've got a polish pirate somewhere. Leaning towards e-skip though cus I was picking up something spanish on 87.5 too

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Fri May 26, 2023 10:38 pm

jvok wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 10:36 pm Got base fm driving past manchester on m60 today, solid live set with some good tunes.

Also some interference on 100.8 in some eastern european language (Polish?) Either e-skip or we've got a polish pirate somewhere. Leaning towards e-skip though cus I was picking up something spanish on 87.5 too
Yeah I'd say e-skip, dont really have any issues on the freq in the Manchester area. Glad we are getting out to you. How was the audio?

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by jvok » Sat May 27, 2023 1:59 pm

Pretty good sounded just like any other station tbh

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Casual » Sun May 28, 2023 6:49 pm

Nice to see Base returning & something else popping off in another UK city outside of London & Birmingham. Manchester have needed a Dance music pirate for many years now. Good luck Base! 👍

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by g33ky » Sun May 28, 2023 7:51 pm

I caught Base on 100.8 on the M60 northbound. Decent signal, no RDS but audible (though my car stereo has bad grounding so RDS would probably be solid on a decent set).
100.8 seems to be a hot frequency around the North West, 4 stations now using it. I personally would have said to Base to use 101.4 as there's fewer stations (legal or otherwise) around there, would cause less drama. Keep the good tunes up but keep the peace too ain't it :tup
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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Mon May 29, 2023 9:03 pm

g33ky wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 7:51 pm I caught Base on 100.8 on the M60 northbound. Decent signal, no RDS but audible (though my car stereo has bad grounding so RDS would probably be solid on a decent set).
100.8 seems to be a hot frequency around the North West, 4 stations now using it. I personally would have said to Base to use 101.4 as there's fewer stations (legal or otherwise) around there, would cause less drama. Keep the good tunes up but keep the peace too ain't it :tup
We have no intentions of breaking the peace! Our RDS is quite a strong signal, so I would say its your set!!

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by covidplandemic » Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:40 pm

these guys are professional pirates and doing a great job for free radio👍

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by tvtv » Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:15 pm

Leroy-BaseFM wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 9:03 pm
g33ky wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 7:51 pm 100.8 seems to be a hot frequency around the North West, 4 stations now using it. I personally would have said to Base to use 101.4 as there's fewer stations (legal or otherwise) around there, would cause less drama. Keep the good tunes up but keep the peace too ain't it :tup
We have no intentions of breaking the peace!
We have seen you give out personal details on this public forum!

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:44 pm

tvtv wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:15 pm
Leroy-BaseFM wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 9:03 pm
g33ky wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 7:51 pm 100.8 seems to be a hot frequency around the North West, 4 stations now using it. I personally would have said to Base to use 101.4 as there's fewer stations (legal or otherwise) around there, would cause less drama. Keep the good tunes up but keep the peace too ain't it :tup
We have no intentions of breaking the peace!
We have seen you give out personal details on this public forum!
I'd appreciate if you can scroll back up through the forum and see it wasn't me or the station that did that.

We would never give out personal information.

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by tvtv » Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:21 am

Leroy-BaseFM wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:44 pm
tvtv wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:15 pm
Leroy-BaseFM wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 9:03 pm

We have no intentions of breaking the peace!
We have seen you give out personal details on this public forum!
I'd appreciate if you can scroll back up through the forum and see it wasn't me or the station that did that.

We would never give out personal information.
You used the previous username , then created your new one a minute after being called out for being the same person, let’s leave that there shall we.

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Leroy-BaseFM » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:16 am

tvtv wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:21 am
Leroy-BaseFM wrote: Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:44 pm
tvtv wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:15 pm

We have seen you give out personal details on this public forum!
I'd appreciate if you can scroll back up through the forum and see it wasn't me or the station that did that.

We would never give out personal information.
You used the previous username , then created your new one a minute after being called out for being the same person, let’s leave that there shall we.
I have no idea what you are on about! :D - If youd like to reach out to an admin to confirm, you are more than welcome, or lets speak offline - [email protected]

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Guyofthenorth » Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:04 am

Personal details even if they were personal details why would you let anyone know that they were
I’ve already apologise to the guy in pm The day I did it I don’t work for BASE FM OWNERS but if there was a chance that I could then I’d be happy to Leroy base FMPM me if there’s any work going

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by LeeCavanagh » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:22 pm

Guyofthenorth wrote: Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:04 am Personal details even if they were personal details why would you let anyone know that they were
I’ve already apologise to the guy in pm The day I did it I don’t work for BASE FM OWNERS but if there was a chance that I could then I’d be happy to Leroy base FMPM me if there’s any work going
Is that a genuine question ?
You got me thinking about this now, maybe
I can help answer that
— If your car was being vandalized would you call the vandal out in public and therefore stop it and warn your neighbours or would you carry on watching a film or keeping fit ?
I know what you are getting at though, you mean saying something draws attention to the details (of course) and may otherwise have gone unnoticed or unverified, but isn’t it better to call it out (get it removed) and prevent any ‘genuine mistake’ from happening again. The crux of the matter isn’t that random people know the details , it’s that you don’t put out the details of someone actively involved in running fm stations for the dti who read the forum. Thankfully the admins removed it prior to anyone probably seeing it, but just in case you are in any doubt what affect this has beyond Ofcom getting to hear about it - the station has not been on the air since, that could well have been the motive behind the forum post (to try keep the freq clear, even though base joined the party last AND the four stations on that freq don’t even cover the same areas. If your apology was genuine and your question still valid , then maybe this post has helped answer your query.

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by Guyofthenorth » Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:11 pm

I see base FM back on 100.8 picked them up south Manchester area going strong to Bolton
RDS showing station name and website got to love the people behind base FM they keep coming back on with great music keep up the good work guys/girls
anyone else picking them up

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Re: Any pirates in Greater Manchester area?

Post by LeeCavanagh » Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:30 pm

Can hear them in Stretton, better in my car than last time.
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