More Passion from AcerOne

Thanks to AcerOne again for these...

http://www.mixcrate.com/djacerone/dj-die-passion-104fm-12995-8999672

http://www.mixcrate.com/djacerone/dj-manic-dj-felony-mc-jakes-passion-104fm-15795-9000029

Passion - Donovan Badboy and Jakes - 1995

Many thanks to Acerone for uploading this one...

http://www.mixcrate.com/djacerone/donovan-badboy-smith-mc-jakes-02041995-8995988

Passion at Christmas

Although there seems to be a massive humm on it from time to time, Passion Radio Bristol can once again be found on 106.2FM for the time being and just in time for Christmas :)

Recent events...

LASER HOT HITS - 95.1FM - NE SOMERSET

I can't believe I've not mentioned this before, or if I have the search isn't working and I can't find my post about it. Laser Hot Hits, the famous UK SW Rock pirate, has an FM relay in NE Somerset on 95.1FM. Apparently it can be heard from about J18 of the M4 all the way to Clevedon. I can't hear it where I am, it may not be on when I try to tune in, but it's power has been increased recently according to the LHH website. It's odd that they don't use 95.2 as that is more directly between the two local BBC frequencies of 94.9 and 95.5, but as the 95.5 one is for Somerset I guess it's best to steer clear of it.

PASSION RADIO BRISTOL

Recent posters were advertising the 106.2FM frequency and since then there has been a rig confiscation which put the station off air for a few weeks. It came back on in the last week and I was listening to it earlier, but it seems to have disappeared now. However...

105FM???

I'm not even sure this is a positive, but tonight I'm getting a carrier jumping in and out on 105FM. Sounds a bit like somebody setting up a rig. Maybe Passion have decided to move frequency finally? Maybe it's the return of Ragga? Maybe it's something new? It could turn out to be some faulty equipment near me putting out a carrier.


UPDATE - Terry Star confirms there is a carrier on 105, although it's 'quite clear' where he is.

UPDATE -  The rig on 105 was off by mid day on Friday 11th March. I have not heard it since, but I've been busy. No return of Passion on 106.2 either.

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.

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.

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...

dead link

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.

Passion 104FM - May/June 1995

Rich B said...

Oh nice one. :) Re: Power/Passion - I'm not sure when it happened but some time early in '95, Power became known as Passion. It was known as Passion 104 all the way until October of that year, when they went off air completely to apply for the RSL (I think I still have the tape with this anouncement on it). Their RSL 'Powerjam 106.6' came on around December. After that they came back as Dance 104 some time in January '96.

12 May 2009 05:14

Al said...

Thanks for the info on that one Rich, it's always appreciated. It's weird that I don't even remember this happening. I guess that it was 'management' avoiding having to explain to the DTI why there was a pirate called Power FM with all the same DJs as the proposed Powerjam RSL. I remember that there was an announcement in the ads when Dance FM came on saying that they'd decided to merge Power and Passion together to produce Dance FM. I remember Dance FM was still going in early 99 and just came to an end before 2000. I'm not sure when Passion came back on 106.2 but I know it was before Dance went off air completely. I'd love to hear that announcement if you can find it :)

12 May 2009 05:33

Rich B said...

Well I discovered Passion 106.2 in '98. Dance FM had become mainly dancehall by this point. Anyway here's the next one. Passion 104FM, Pre-St. Pauls carnival warm-up jungle shows (1995). Brooklyn & MC Hyper during the daytime, DJ Perks late in the same evening. Not much known about Perks. I gather he was mates with the Dead Calm boys from Shirehampton, as he used to give them and their Moving Shadow releases big props. I think he also played Hip Hop with DJ Demic on the RBG Ruffblood show (Passion). http://www.sendspace.com/file/que8em

12 May 2009 07:47

Al said...

Yeah, I remember listening to Perks on occasions, DJ Quick too. Logix and Semtex have been in touch, any of their shows would be good to have. There was also Paz in the early days of Power FM (Jan 1994 ish). I think Passion first came on around the end of 94, about the same time as Krome and Time Ganja Man came out. Some of the first Passion shows I heard were MC Marv (used to be MC Whiz - Sublove crew) and Quick I think, possibly Perks too, and around Xmas that year Easygroove did a one-off all night set, Jungle and hard Techno. That was on 106.2. Passion seemed to be mostly Jungle for the first few weeks. I've got a Dead Calm 12" here somewhere.

12 May 2009 16:44

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.