stethoscope
Well-Known Member
This could have been posted in a few places, but thought I'd keep it to the music forum.
Spending some good time flicking through the dial at the weekend, London continues to be utterly crammed with pirate stations - some great, more than some pretty dire.
Here's what I picked up in varying reception over the weekend just gone...
87.9 Shine FM (house)
88.2 Rude FM (drum'n'bass)
88.6 House FM (house)
89.4 Unknown FM (house)
89.8 Station (reggae/ragga)
90.2 Pointblank FM (house/breaks)
90.4 Woah (r'n'b/hip-hop/soul)
90.8 Lightning (reggae/ragga/r'n'b/hip-hop)
91.6 Genesis Radio (talk/reggae/ragga/r'n'b)
92.2 Metrolove Radio (r'n'b/soul/reggae/hip-hop)
92.7 Energy (r'n'b/reggae/soca)
92.8 Klimaxx Radio (r'n'b/reggae/ragga)
93.0 Rhythm Radio (garage)
93.8 Vibes FM (reggae/ragga)
94.0 Touch FM (house/garage/drum'n'bass)
94.6 Kool FM (drum'n'bass/jungle)
95.1 Origin FM (drum'n'bass/jungle)
95.5 On Top (r'n'b/hip-hop/r'n'b/grime)
96.3 Hot 96 (r'n'b/hip-hop/reggae)
97.6 Bounce FM (r'n'b/reggae/hip-hop)
97.9 Passion FM (house)
98.1 Mystic (r'n'b/reggae/soca)
98.3 RJR (reggae/soul)
99.3 Select UK (house)
99.5 Galaxy Radio (talk/reggae/ragga/soul/hip-hop/r'n'b)
100.2 Tru (garage/r'n'b/drum'n'bass)
100.4 Rinse FM (grime/dubstep)
101.2 Unique (reggae/r'n'b)
102.5 Inna City Radio (r'n'b/reggae/hip-hop/garage)
102.8 Urban Love Radio (reggae/r'n'b/hip-hop)
103.0 Icecold (garage/house/drum'n'bass)
103.8 Blues (r'n'b/reggae)
104.7 Subjam (garage)
106.8 Laylow FM (garage/drum'n'bass/grime/r'n'b)
106.9 Conshus (hip-hop/ragga/reggae)
Despite Ofcom constantly upping the stakes - increasing fines, dishing out ASBO's to stop people climb onto towers, spending more resources to take stations off air, aswell as supposedly there being more choice than ever before with digital radio and community licenses, I don't think I've ever seen as many pirates anywhere else across cities I've ever visited (UK and abroad) than right here in London.
It seems that London pirates have pretty much been instrumental in the development/popularising of most contemporary and modern music styles in this country (and sometimes beyond)??
late 70s/early 80s - DBC (reggae)
80s - Kiss/LWR/Horizon/Solar/JFM (soul/jazz-funk/hip-hop)
very late 80s/early 90s - Sunrise/Centreforce/Fantasy (house/techno)
90s - Kool/Rush/Don/Pulse/Rude (hardcore/jungle/drum'n'bass)
late 90s - Ice/Freek/Girls/London Underground (garage/uk garage)
00s - Rinse/Dejavu (grime/dubstep)
Spending some good time flicking through the dial at the weekend, London continues to be utterly crammed with pirate stations - some great, more than some pretty dire.
Here's what I picked up in varying reception over the weekend just gone...
87.9 Shine FM (house)
88.2 Rude FM (drum'n'bass)
88.6 House FM (house)
89.4 Unknown FM (house)
89.8 Station (reggae/ragga)
90.2 Pointblank FM (house/breaks)
90.4 Woah (r'n'b/hip-hop/soul)
90.8 Lightning (reggae/ragga/r'n'b/hip-hop)
91.6 Genesis Radio (talk/reggae/ragga/r'n'b)
92.2 Metrolove Radio (r'n'b/soul/reggae/hip-hop)
92.7 Energy (r'n'b/reggae/soca)
92.8 Klimaxx Radio (r'n'b/reggae/ragga)
93.0 Rhythm Radio (garage)
93.8 Vibes FM (reggae/ragga)
94.0 Touch FM (house/garage/drum'n'bass)
94.6 Kool FM (drum'n'bass/jungle)
95.1 Origin FM (drum'n'bass/jungle)
95.5 On Top (r'n'b/hip-hop/r'n'b/grime)
96.3 Hot 96 (r'n'b/hip-hop/reggae)
97.6 Bounce FM (r'n'b/reggae/hip-hop)
97.9 Passion FM (house)
98.1 Mystic (r'n'b/reggae/soca)
98.3 RJR (reggae/soul)
99.3 Select UK (house)
99.5 Galaxy Radio (talk/reggae/ragga/soul/hip-hop/r'n'b)
100.2 Tru (garage/r'n'b/drum'n'bass)
100.4 Rinse FM (grime/dubstep)
101.2 Unique (reggae/r'n'b)
102.5 Inna City Radio (r'n'b/reggae/hip-hop/garage)
102.8 Urban Love Radio (reggae/r'n'b/hip-hop)
103.0 Icecold (garage/house/drum'n'bass)
103.8 Blues (r'n'b/reggae)
104.7 Subjam (garage)
106.8 Laylow FM (garage/drum'n'bass/grime/r'n'b)
106.9 Conshus (hip-hop/ragga/reggae)
Despite Ofcom constantly upping the stakes - increasing fines, dishing out ASBO's to stop people climb onto towers, spending more resources to take stations off air, aswell as supposedly there being more choice than ever before with digital radio and community licenses, I don't think I've ever seen as many pirates anywhere else across cities I've ever visited (UK and abroad) than right here in London.
It seems that London pirates have pretty much been instrumental in the development/popularising of most contemporary and modern music styles in this country (and sometimes beyond)??
late 70s/early 80s - DBC (reggae)
80s - Kiss/LWR/Horizon/Solar/JFM (soul/jazz-funk/hip-hop)
very late 80s/early 90s - Sunrise/Centreforce/Fantasy (house/techno)
90s - Kool/Rush/Don/Pulse/Rude (hardcore/jungle/drum'n'bass)
late 90s - Ice/Freek/Girls/London Underground (garage/uk garage)
00s - Rinse/Dejavu (grime/dubstep)