London pirate radio - news and discussion
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
By my calculations every 23(!!!) years the forces of Babylon descend, so presumably something major went down in 2017Clearly Amhurst Road was built on an old burial ground or something
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
yes big ups to them for this, big step imo
Orang Utan
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I know this thread is about London pirate radio, but in Leeds we had pirate radio too, and the biggest, most impactful station was Dream FM.
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ska invita
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ive tried and tried again but new Rinse Kool is shit. rip kool
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skyscraper101
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What are the good stations now in London? I'm in SE16. I haven't had much joy finding anything decent.
ska invita
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London scan
87.5 UNID
87.8 K FM 87.8 (RDS)
88.2 Rude FM
88.6 Rude FM
89.4 CityLock
90.0 Hot 90
90.8 Lightning
91.6 (Silent carrier)
93.8 Vibes FM
94.6 Underground Bass
95.1 Divine Radio
95.5 OnTop FM
96.1 S-Dance
97.1 London Soul Radio
98.3 RJR
99.3 Digital Soul Radio
99.5 Venture FM
99.8 Supreme FM
101.8 Bizim FM (presumed)
102.0 Conscious FM
102.8 Radyo Umut (presumed)
103.8 4Tune FM
104.2 Radyo Klas
105.1 Infrared.fm
105.6 Playback UK
106.5 WK-END
For jungle/dnb
Infrared is good but has a preferred sound
Wkend has the odd good set
Underground Bass (continuity KOOL FM) is probably the best but intermittent on FM
Not the best time ...
FM I mainly listen to Venture but that's my taste
I mainly stream now.... Not loving anything much tbh
skyscraper101
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Hmm, not bad maybe my setup needs upgrading!
ska invita
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I didn't realise Rude was still going and I can't pick up on FM but will check stream
skyscraper101
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I only listen to stations which have actual DJs live. There are a million and one stations with just a server playing mixes, but I need to know someone is literally controlling turntables live to get me to stick around.
The app or the new DJs? There's a fair few of the old crew on there and others playing similar stuff. Not the same I agree but I've gone the other way - have found plenty of decent sets on the app and enjoy the on demand part of it.
ska invita
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new djs and overall lack of vibe
a radio station is like a family, a family of DJs and Listeners. With 24/7 streaming the odd pre-recorded shows fair enough but until the take over Kool was very much a live station. Like skycraper says thats what its all about. Thats the heart and soul of a station
a lot of the new DJs Ive heard have been playing shit tunes and bringing a shit vibe too - a world away from the atmosphere of Kool.... why bother calling it Kool...its so blatantly Rinse...and I dont really like Rinse that much
and yeah on demand shows you can get many a place online.
I also appreciate I am getting older and hard to please, it is what it is, but what it is most certainly isn't Kool, and I miss it
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ska invita
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On my current favourite station Venture you get regular listeners shouted out from the via shout box - Lady Pearl! Randy Two Shades! Always locked....I love these people 
Thats what it should be ...a community, silent listeners and all. And regular as clockwork sets. DJs with personality and love for what they do. Having a regular weekly live show at the same time is important I think - the regularity brings familiarity.
Occasional listeners parties! Ive been to a few Kool ones over the years (including Kools first birthday in 92!) . There would be zero point in doing that with this Rinse Kool. It would just be Another Night.
its Kools birthday this week...i wonder if they'll mention it
Thats what it should be ...a community, silent listeners and all. And regular as clockwork sets. DJs with personality and love for what they do. Having a regular weekly live show at the same time is important I think - the regularity brings familiarity.Occasional listeners parties! Ive been to a few Kool ones over the years (including Kools first birthday in 92!) . There would be zero point in doing that with this Rinse Kool. It would just be Another Night.
its Kools birthday this week...i wonder if they'll mention it
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skyscraper101
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On my current favourite station Venture you get regular listeners shouted out from the via shout box - Lady Pearl! Randy Two Shades! Always locked....I love these people
Occasional listeners parties! Ive been to a few Kool ones over the years (including Kools first birthday in 92!) . There would be zero point in doing that with this Rinse Kool. It would just be Another Night.
Exactly. It's live DJs with personalities and the community of other listeners getting shout outs that make a station. You can't create that sort of vibe with a automated server running playlists - even big commercial stations have lost their edge that way.
ska invita
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as it happens just got this email
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also while im moaning dance music has gone from faceless techno bollocks (when dj were djs lol) to superstar dj thing at the top end and now every up and coming dj has all these promo photos and insta posing and so on - i absolutely hate the self-promotion, posing and notion of what being a dj is to such people. i could say this more eloquently but you know what im getting at . a lot of djs out there come across as ...unlikeable...pirate radio was a bit of a separation from that world --- head down djs with talent and passion.
...and theres a class aspect to this all too...
skyscraper101
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Yeah I remember for years not knowing what a lot of well known DJs even looked like, nor cared tbh. This of course was way before social media.
ska invita
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streaming instead of FM isnt a problem, its the live thing above all else, and the cut of the jib of the DJs.
Underground Bass is my favourite from the DnB related....quality of DJs has dropped a bit since the Kool sell off with a few good names lost but its still very much a live community pirate station
yeah, it's basically personality/social media profile first, music second nowadays. not unrelated to the whole live streaming, DJ staring at the camera thing. sadly it's now just what many young people expect.
ska invita
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Underground Bass gave a "it pains me to say it" Kool happy birthday shout..
Rave Archive know - just posted this
Rinse? nothing
Rave Archive know - just posted this
Rinse? nothing
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ska invita
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BTW anyone looking for a rasta roots reggae radio streamed station this is excellent - best Ive found
realrootsradio.net
mainly euro presenters
Ras Kayleb from CH1 on at 9pm tonight tho
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Ras Kayleb from CH1 on at 9pm tonight tho
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ska invita
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In case anyone is interested and looking for some radio inspiration this this is what I've got on my radio app.... Lots of old pirates on there streaming only now
ska invita
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Cyndicut rolling now, celebrating 34 years supposedly. (Actually it's a repeat of a September show) Essexs (iirc) finest though
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