Any new information on the following stations is greatly appreciated. Contact bristolpirates at gmail dot com (but write that as a proper email address!), or leave a comment on the latest blog post :)
Early 1980s
Rebel Radio - Activism - Run from a squat cafe in Stokes Croft area.
1986
Radio 103.5 - 103.5 MHz - Comedy / Music - Until 1988
1987
B.A.D Radio - 106.95, 107.2 & 105.2 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, House etc. - Until 1989
1988
F.T.P. Radio - 103.7 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, House etc. / Community - Until 31st Dec 1988
Emergency Radio - 99.9 & 97.9 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, House etc. - Until 26th Dec 1988
S.Y.T. Radio - 104.4 MHz - Music / Activism - Until 1989
R.A.W. - 104.9 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, House etc. - Until end of Dec 1988
1989
Black FM - 97.9 & 105.2 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until Dec 1990
Purple (Keynsham) - 89-89 MHz - ? - Lasted maybe a month
S.P.E.C. Radio - 101.25 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until 1991
1990
FPR - Various Freqs - Dance etc. - Until 1991, maybe 1992
T.N.T Radio - Various - Short Lived
Inner City Radio - 100 MHz and others - Short Lived
Magnum Radio - 100 and 100.4 MHz - Various - Until 1991
Exodus Radio - 105.1 MHz - Rave / Techno - Heard a couple of times, may be from outside Bristol (Wales?)
S.Y.T. Radio - 104.4 MHz - Music / Activism - Until early 1992
E.M.I. Radio - 101.7 MHz - Music / Sound Art / Activism / Listener Access - Until Late 1991
S.O.S. Radio - 101.5 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until 1992
Shag FM (Chew Magna) - Until 1992
Pukar Radio - 105.25 MHz amongst others - Asian, Bangrah, Bollywood - Until 1994
Raw FM - 101 MHz - Various - Until 1993
W.L.S. - Short Lived
Magnum Radio - 104 MHz - Various
Ragga FM - 105 MHz - Various - Until 2001 on and off
Flight FM (Stoke Gifford and surrounds) - 87.9 MHz - Dance - Until 1995
PDC (Yate) - 106.1 MHz - Dance - Short Lived
T.N.T Radio - Various - Short Lived
Inner City Radio - 100 MHz and others - Short Lived
Magnum Radio - 100 and 100.4 MHz - Various - Until 1991
Exodus Radio - 105.1 MHz - Rave / Techno - Heard a couple of times, may be from outside Bristol (Wales?)
1991
Spin FM (Patchway) & Bass FM (Little Stoke) - 2 Stations with drifty low power transmitters - Dance - Until 1992S.Y.T. Radio - 104.4 MHz - Music / Activism - Until early 1992
E.M.I. Radio - 101.7 MHz - Music / Sound Art / Activism / Listener Access - Until Late 1991
S.O.S. Radio - 101.5 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until 1992
Shag FM (Chew Magna) - Until 1992
1992
Beat FM (Patchway) - 105.5 MHz - Dance - Short LivedPukar Radio - 105.25 MHz amongst others - Asian, Bangrah, Bollywood - Until 1994
Raw FM - 101 MHz - Various - Until 1993
W.L.S. - Short Lived
1993
N.B.S. - 102.2 MHz - SYT style - Short LivedMagnum Radio - 104 MHz - Various
1994
Power FM - 103.95 MHz - Various - Twinned with Passion FM to become Dance FM in 1996Ragga FM - 105 MHz - Various - Until 2001 on and off
Flight FM (Stoke Gifford and surrounds) - 87.9 MHz - Dance - Until 1995
PDC (Yate) - 106.1 MHz - Dance - Short Lived
Passion FM - 106.2 MHz - Various - Twinned with Power FM to become Dance FM in 1996
TYHM Radio - 106 MHz - Soul from cassette - Until 1997
Passion FM - 106.2 MHz - Various - Still going, net station PassionRadioBristol.com
Force FM - 105.6 MHz - Various - Until ?
Interference FM - 106.9 MHz - Activism - Until 2000
Information denied - 108 MHz - Very local broadcast to a small area for a Christmas light display. Yearly thing.
2011
Rage FM (Taunton) - 100.6 MHz - Dance etc - Not heard in Bristol of course, but has featured Bristol DJs.
Rapido Radio - Information denied!
181.FM Soul Stream Relay - Information denied!
2014
UnID (possibly called Tunez) - 105 MHz - Dance / Urban - Also on 105MHz in Cardiff and 101.7MHz in Manchester briefly. Cardiff had RDS displaying various text including 'LOOKOUT', 'COMING' and 'TUNEZ'.
2015
Frenzy FM (Gloucestershire) - 87.6 MHz - Dance - Bank Holidays only
1996
Dance FM - 104 MHz - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until 1999TYHM Radio - 106 MHz - Soul from cassette - Until 1997
1997
Fantasy FM - 107 MHz - Dance - Short Lived
1998
Juice FM - 107 MHz - Garage - Short LivedPassion FM - 106.2 MHz - Various - Still going, net station PassionRadioBristol.com
1999
Bonus FM - 100.6 MHz - Dance - Until 2000Force FM - 105.6 MHz - Various - Until ?
Interference FM - 106.9 MHz - Activism - Until 2000
2000
Garage FM (Cardiff) - Various - Massive signal into Bristol from Wales - Garage, RnB - Until 2001
2001
Storm FM - 103.5 MHz - Dance - Short Lived
2003
Reality FM / Pukar Radio - 105.6 & 107 MHz - Various / Asian - Until 2004?
2004
BS1 Radio - 106.8 - Reggae, Soul, Hip Hop, Dance etc. - Until 2007
2008
Farpoint - 105 MHz - Dance / Electronica - One broadcast for 3 hours on a friday evening in the summer.
2009
Bonus FM - 100.6 MHz - Dance - Until Oct 2010
2010
Total Radio - 105 MHz - Dance / Electronica - A few 2 hour broadcasts going into 2011.Information denied - 108 MHz - Very local broadcast to a small area for a Christmas light display. Yearly thing.
2011
Rage FM (Taunton) - 100.6 MHz - Dance etc - Not heard in Bristol of course, but has featured Bristol DJs.
2012
NTR - 105 MHz - Dance - Few hours test transmission on morning of 09092012.Rapido Radio - Information denied!
181.FM Soul Stream Relay - Information denied!
2014
UnID (possibly called Tunez) - 105 MHz - Dance / Urban - Also on 105MHz in Cardiff and 101.7MHz in Manchester briefly. Cardiff had RDS displaying various text including 'LOOKOUT', 'COMING' and 'TUNEZ'.
2015
Frenzy FM (Gloucestershire) - 87.6 MHz - Dance - Bank Holidays only
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