Thameside Radio
Thameside Radio was a pirate radio station launched in the Winter of 1977 [1] which offered[2] "very slick pop rock with competitions", according to Time Out magazine. According to the Richmond and Twickenham Times, they broadcast from "a certain Notting Hill tower block" [3] - a reference to Trellick Tower [4]
The station received "30-40 letters each week"[5] and the Richmond & Twickenham Times estimated listenership at "some 20,000 listeners" [3]. It pioneered new music and is noted by the New Muscical Express for giving airplay to "Win a Night Out with a Well-Known Paranoiac" by Barry Andrews which was subsequently picked up by BBC Radio 1[6].
Increasing numbers of raids resulted in the station "losing 5 transmitters in 6 months" [7] and Thameside "ceased live transmissions, taping its shows shortly before broadcast" [7].
In late 1984, Thameside set up the first London pirate TV station for a one-off event, which received coverage in the national press [8]
[edit] References
- ^ , http://www.thamesideradio.net/earlydays.htm
- ^ Time Out (449). March 23rd 1979.
- ^ a b Frances Welch (November 28 1981). "Secret superbeam - Pirate radio defies Post Office". Richmond & Twickenham Times.
- ^ . http://www.thamesideradio.net/technology.htm.
- ^ "Sounds", "Touch That Dial" January 15th 1983
- ^ . http://www.nme.com/artists/barry-andrews.
- ^ a b Time Out (606). April 2 1982.
- ^ Clive Edwards (Tuesday October 9th 1984). "TV Pirates Ahoy!". Daily Mail. p. 3. http://www.enuu93.plus.com/images/memories_2/thameside_tv_daily_mail.jpg.
[edit] See also
- Thameside Radio Revisited which podcasts weekly from an archive of recordings of Thameside Radio shows.
- The Thameside Radio Story for more information about the station.
- The Intrepid Birdman's archives which include a section on Thameside Radio 90.2.
- Surrey-sounds for more info on Thameside and a clip from New year 79/80
