Pirate Radio talk in St. Werburghs, 14th January

The Bristol Wirelss Pirate Radio Talk

Bristol Wireless will be hosting a fascinating talk on UK Pirate Radio in the 1960’s and 70’s on Wednesday 14th Jan at 8pm in The Zoo Bar, St Werburghs Community Center.
Our Treasurer Julien Weston will be talking of how and why the pirate stations came about, their fascinating and ongoing conflict with the UK government and the draconian measures the government eventually took to get the North Sea broadcasters off the air once and for all. The talk will feature original sounds from many of the pirate stations and stunning images from the North Sea. Julien tells us his talk will cover the ships, the transmitters, the music, the people – and unfortunately, the authorities. He will also reveal some curiosities such as why the pirate radio story really starts in 1660, how the UK government can still “legally” pursue its citizens anywhere in the world and what the link is between the radio pirates and the Lockerbie bombing of Pan-Am Flight 103. The Bristol Wireless bar will be open on the evening for your refreshment with all proceeds going to the Bristol Wireless project. The talk will last for one hour with plenty of time for questions and answers afterwards.
THE BRISTOL WIRELESS PIRATE RADIO TALK The Zoo Bar (Room 3) St Werburghs Community Centre Horley Road, St Werburghs BRISTOL BS2 9TJ Wednesday 14th Jan 8-9pm.

New Passion Radio Bristol site up and running...

This is a bit better > Passion Radio Bristol

They've got a listen again feature ready to roll soon, so no need for me to post any more shows here I guess.  I'll still do some from time to time though.

Thornbury FM

http://www.thornburyfm.org/

Not pirate, not in Bristol, but worth a mention. They've been going since Nov 2005 on RSLs. It's typical small town RSL stuff really, but the DJs aren't too unprofessional and there is an interesting selection of shows. This year, they've increased their reach to a bit more of South Gloucestershire and some parts of North Bristol. There are even ads for Flingers in Patchway! Here's an hour long clip...

http://rapidshare.com/files/303635549/TFM_clip-1257597001.mp3

KWBB, BBC, Isherman, appeal for information.

KWBB - Knowle West Bad Boys - I'm told that Tricky and 3D ran this station from Knowle West, and it was smashed up by a crew from Bedminster. From there it was set up in Barton Hill and John Nation was possibly involved. Any information appreciated, especially recorded evidence of the station.

BBC - Bedminster Badboys Company - These were apparently the guys that smashed up the KWBB studio. They were also behind the Twisted free parties. The station was on air at the same time as those parties, so around 1992, and was the way to find out about them. Once again, any more information appreciated, especially recordings.

Isherman (spelling?) - I've been told this pirate is / was on air in Easton, probably on low power, about 1 to 4 watts I guess. I've seen the guy that told me about it a couple of times and his story hasn't changed, so it's possible it really does exist.

Weston Sound - This was in W-S-M and was run as a holiday station from a caravan site, any more info and recordings would be welcomed.

When you've been hunting down information for things and a few times you find out that you've been spun a little lie, you tend to get a bit more cynical about what you believe, so apologies if I seem like I don't believe you when you tell me information ;) I just have to take things with a pinch of salt.

TAPES - Still looking for tapes here, especially of the earlier pirates such as BAD, FTP, Emergency, RAW 104.9, SYT, Radio 103.5, etc...

News - 061109

Last night, I managed to get the rest of my tapes from my parents loft and there was actually 3 times the amount I was expecting! Not all of them contain radio recordings, of course, some are pre-recorded or albums / tunes, but that still leaves about half of what I got to go through and retrieve radio from. Amongst the tapes were recordings I thought I'd lost by recording over them stupidly, or never even knew I had. These include half a D90 of Garage FM from Cardiff and almost 2 whole tapes of Storm FM from 2001. I've just found what appears to be another Sub Love set from Tristan B's show on Galaxy (1992) too, so lots of surprises waiting to be discovered in this bin liner full of tapes I reckon :)

Interference FM Mayday 2000

There is already an article on Interference FM on The Pirate Archive, but there have been no tapes found until recently. First, I've had an offer from Dub Revolution to collect some shows on cassette (which I WILL get around to when I can). Second, I've been sent 45 mins of the original tape for Mayday 2000, with more to come apparently! Many thanks to 'Anna Kissed' for this. I will submit the tapes to The Pirate Archive soon.


Audio - http://www.thepiratearchive.net/interference/InterferanceFM-Mayday2000-pt1.mp3

Article - http://www.thepiratearchive.net/interferencefm.html

Art and Sound of the Bristol Underground feat. Emergency Radio

A new book by Chris Burton and Gary Thompson has been published by Tanget Books and was launched at the Arnolfini on Thurday 22nd October. It's titled 'Art & Sound of the Bristol Underground' and features interviews with many local musicians from the 1980s, as well as graf artists from the same period. Club flyers and other artworks are also featured alongside the interviews.

The best thing about the book is that it features Paul Hassan talking about Emergency Radio and giving the short version of it's story.

Overall, the book is an excellent read for anybody who was there or is interested in the history of the Bristol music scene during the 80s.

Video of the launch party

Extra information about Emergency Radio, along with recordings will be featured at The Pirate Archive soon.

Long time, no post...

I haven't posted in a while, but hope to get back on it at some point soon by talking to Mike Wiley and Dub Revolution etc... Currently, I'm listening to ASBO on Passion, 1pm to 4pm every Tuesday from today, all sorts of sounds, good stuff.

Al.

Renegade Radio site

Some of my rips are currently available from the Renegade Radio site - http://www.renegaderadio.co.uk/

I don't think there is much there that hasn't been on here already mind you :)

BAD Radio on Pirate Archive

http://www.thepiratearchive.net/bad_radio.html

Finally, I've got an article on BAD Radio together for the archive. You'll find the Evening Post feature from 1988 alongside a few tapes. If you have any more recordings of the legendary station, the first black pirate in Bristol, then please let me know :)

There is more due to be added to the Interference FM page too.

comment from Rich B

Rich B said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/253096339/Ragga105_1996_Ramjack_Wileup_Bunjy.mp3.html Ragga 105 - 1996 on a monday night. Ramjack with Wile-up on the mic, followed by Bunjy's show straight after.

Comment from Rich B

Rich B said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/251645109/Ragga105_1996_Bunjy_Old_Skool___4beat_chart.mp3.html Hi mate, Some of Bunjy's show from '96. Replay top 5 4beat chart, then back to '92/'93. Rich.

Pirate Archive Bristol Update...

The Bristol section of the site has been updated this week with the addition of two new stations pages and several other pages updated.

A new page has been added for Interference FM http://www.thepiratearchive.net/interferencefm.html and also for Fantasy FM http://www.thepiratearchive.net/fantasy_bristol.html the later of which has the normal station info and audio for download.

Updates this week are to the FTP radio page http://www.thepiratearchive.net/ftp.html which has had three new magazine articles added and the FPR page http://www.thepiratearchive.net/fpr.html which has had two new recordings added to it. The Bristol Stations list has also been updated this week with the addition of a couple of stations.

Hold tight for a BAD Radio page on it's way...

Comment from Rich B

Rich B said...

I'm back again with a compilation of Ragga FM shows from 95. http://rapidshare.com/files/242196107/Ragga105_1995.mp3.html You got Bunjy with Brother Nick on his show playin hip hop, Brother Nick's own 'Mass Appeal show', Wile Up with his Pastor persona, + a bit of Goldfinger and Mystri. There's a Brotha Nick that still DJ's in Bristol - is this the same dude? - his radio voice sounds totally different.

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Rich B said...

Hey Al. Got some Dazee for you. This is from a weekly 30 min slot (Thurs 8:30 - 9:00) she did as part of 'The Breakdown' show - hosted by Miranda - mixing the Replay Records Jungle top 10 in order. http://rapidshare.com/files/239578829/Galaxy_Radio_-_Dazee_-_Sept_1995.mp3.html

1 June 2009 05:23

Al said...

Thanks Rich.

Passion Radio Bristol - Kid Kamaya

Kid Kamaya hosts a mish-mash of DnB, Dubstep, Oldskool and various breakbeat style music, every Monday night on PassionRadioBristol.com at 11pm-1am...

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Anonymous said...

I listened to the recording of my set and downloaded it myself as i have no way of recoring it onto cd at the moment. If you could record this weeks set i'd be very grateful. Thanks mate Coldharbour Ray

23 May 2009 14:21

Al said...

Ray http://www.righttooffend.com/ripper/ That's the site I used to rip the stream. http://axefm.co.uk/icecold.asx is the url you need to enter into the schedule, just give it a name like 'IceCold103-ColdharbourRay(date)' and set the date and time, click add and it should record it for you. Go to the finished folder to pick up the mp3. Already set it for this week ;) Cheers Al

23 May 2009 14:48

Anonymous said...

Cheers Al, Listen for your shout out Coldharbour

24 May 2009 02:40

Al said...

Cool, think the stream ripper site has just broken though, it won't load up for me now. I think it might be my fault, cause I made a mistake entering something into the schedule and then tried to delete the entry. Looks like the delete function is knackered.

Beep, beep, beep, beep....

LINK DEAD (BUT THIS WAS ONE OF MY MOST DOWNLOADED FILES EVER!)


That's on my radio right now. A steady beep with a constant rhythm which sort of skips every now and then, like it's a short mp3 looping around in an mp3 player.

EDIT: Turned out to be Passion's FM relay coming back on. The signal level is all over the shop, one minute clear as a bell, the next barely audiable behind Sunshine... We'll see how this pans out. Big up for sticking with it though.

Interview with Dougy D (FTP Radio / BS1 Radio)

This interview was part of the BCFM 93.2 show 'Dialect' on the 14th March 2009...

Now hosted on the FTP Page of The Pirate Archive

Passion news

Passion Radio Bristol is currently not being relayed on FM and has been that way since the end of March. It's thought the rig was removed as part of Ofcom's annual end of financial year spend and raid frenzy. It should be back before too long with any luck though.

EDIT: Passion back on air as of 23rd April 2009!

EDIT 2: Passion lasted 2 days back on FM and was off all Sat 25th April, still not returned.

EDIT 3: Passion did come back for one day on lower power early in the week after the 25th but has not been heard again since.