BRISTOL PIRATE RADIO RECORDINGS: March 2014

BRISTOL PIRATE RADIO RECORDINGS

This blog is intended for me to post my pirate radio recordings. Most of the recordings are from Bristol, most will be pirate but there will be some legal stations and stations from other cities or national stations.

IF YOU OR YOUR FRIENDS HAVE ANY TAPE RECORDINGS OF PIRATE RADIO FROM BRISTOL, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM TO THIS BLOG BY RECORDING THEM TO MP3 (CLICK HERE FOR A HELP GUIDE) AND UPLOADING THEM TO http://www.sharebee.com, or a similar site such as Megaupload, Mediafire, ZShare, but not Rapidshare as it's getting a bit hard to use. SEND THE URL IT GIVES YOU TO ME VIA A COMMENT ON MY LATEST POST or BY EMAIL AT bristolpirates at gmail.com (you'll have to correct that with the proper @ symbol, I started getting spam on the address). WE COULD ALSO ARRANGE A PICK-UP OF YOUR TAPES IF YOU LIVE IN BRISTOL AND CAN'T CONVERT TAPES TO MP3. THANKS IN ADVANCE, YOU WILL BE CREDITED.

Monday, 3 March 2014

Fem FM @ M-Shed, Saturday 8th March - 3 til 5pm

In 1992, over 200 women made history in Bristol by setting up the UK's first women's radio station - Fem FM. Bristol Record Office has digitised the original broadcast tapes, now available for research as part of the Fem FM archive of recordings, photographs and other material.
On International Women's Day, M Shed will mark the launch of the archive by hosting a panel discussion about women's achievements in radio over the past two decades. Is the climate better for women broadcasters in 2014?
The event is open to anyone interested in the media and how to get more women's voices on air. Guest panellists (all originally involved in Fem FM) will include:

Sue Clark, Sony award-winning radio producer
DJ Ritu, DJ and world music guru who has broadcast with BBC London and the World Service
Ali Grant, chair of Bristol community station BCFM
Jacqui Wilson, manager of the internet station Passion Radio Bristol
Erin Riley, Senior BBC Producer

Chair: Caroline Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Radio at the University of Sunderland and one of the founders of Fem FM.
Free admission. Please reserve your place by emailing bro@bristol.gov.uk or phoning 0117 922 4224 (Tuesday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm)

Listen online: audio documentary about Fem FM

Here is something that may not be in the archive, a recording of their test broadcasts..

Fem 101 FM - Test Broadcast Music - March 1992 by Bristol Radio Recordings on Mixcloud

And here's a 20 min clip from Lady G.

Fem FM 101 March 1992 - Lady G - Hardcore by Bristol Radio Recordings on Mixcloud

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Sub Love sets from Galaxy Radio 1992 / 1993

I've now uploaded all the Sub Love sets I have from early 90s Galaxy Radio, which was on 97.2 FM taken over from FTP and not yet 101 FM.

Here is the link for the whole playlist...

http://www.mixcloud.com/bristolpirates/playlists/galaxy-radio-sub-love-sets/

Unfortunately, Mixcloud don't do a player for playlists. Here is one of my favorite sets though...

Galaxy Radio - Sub Love - DJ Die & MC Rigadig 1992 Set 1 by Bristol Radio Recordings on Mixcloud

Tristan B Nov / Dec 1988

So, I'm posting some old stuff that's been here before but disappeared long ago. Here's a couple of recordings of the first Tristan B shows I ever heard on Radio Bristol. The first is from MW as I didn't have an FM aerial at the time, the second from FM. Only a few weeks before I discovered that pirate radio existed in Bristol....

BBC Radio Bristol 95.5 FM - Tristan B - Nov/Dec 1988 by Bristol Radio Recordings on Mixcloud

Tristan B 1989 - Interview with KRS ONE

In 1989, BDP released their 3rd album - Ghetto Music. The tour to promote that album had a date in Bristol and Tristan B managed to get KRS ONE into Radio Bristol for an interview. He only just made the end of the show but stayed for a full interview afterwards. This interview was broadcast the following week...

BBC Radio Bristol - Tristan B interviews KRS ONE - 1989 by Bristol Radio Recordings on Mixcloud