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 and Twickenham Times estimated listenership at "some 20,000 listeners".[3] It pioneered new music and is noted by the New Musical 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]
Recordings of a number of Thameside Radio shows are held by the British Library.[8] Many shows are available for download from fmthen.com
In late 1984, Thameside set up the first London pirate TV station for a one-off event, which received coverage in the national press [9]
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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
- Sample of the station's output
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