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Radio Corina started as an FM station in 1979 on 92.4MHz broadcasting
to North London. The station was operated by Tony Rodgers on a Sunday
morning between 10am and mid-day when Radio Invicta took over the
frequency. The station was raided by accident during October 1979,
apparently by a nosey off-duty policeman walking his dog in the
forest. There was a short broadcast on 21st October to inform
listeners of the situation. Tony was subsequently summoned to court
in Epping and fined a ridiculous £250 with £250 costs by a
disgracefully ignorant magistrate who was more
interested in his Radio 3 listening than the facts of the case. It
appeared that even the infamous Eric Gotts, who attended the case, was
taken aback by the size of the fine. Radio Corina
returned with a broadcast at Christmas 1980
on both FM and SW using a new address in Bradford. In early 1981 broadcasts on shortwave were
heard on 7380kHz for several Sundays. |
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A nice QSL Card sent out by Radio Corina in 1981 when they were operating on shortwave.
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Radio Corina (International) Audio Library
| 1979_09_02_sun_corina_924fm_airchecks_tonyrodgers-gh.wav Updated Sep 2023 | Recorded at Alexandra Palace, some airchecks of Tony Rodgers on Radio Corina from the late morning of Sunday 2nd September 1979. |
7MB 11mins |
| 1979_09_09_sun_corina_924fm_1105-1155_tonyrodgers-gh207.mp3 New Apr 2025 | Tony Rodgers on Sunday morning 9th September 1979 between 11:05am and around 11:55am when Radio Invicta switches on and off its transmitter and eventually blotted out Radio Corina just before their closedown. Recorded at Alexandra Palace from 92.4MHz in mono. |
69MB 50mins |
| 1980_12_25_corina_924fm_0805-0907_tonyrodgers-ghe556.mp3 New Oct 2023 | The first of several files from Christmas 1980. Here is an hour of Tony Rodgers from just after 8am on Christmas Day. The source and location of the recording of these first two is not known, and although presumably from 92.4MHz FM, sounds more like MW due to the poor tape quality. Tony mentions that the shortwave transmission is being switched on 7380kHz at 9am. It is interesting to note there some interference on this recording at around 0855 which could well be the shortwave transmitter being tuned up. |
57MB 62mins |
| 1980_12_25_corina_924fm_0912-1015_tonyrodgers-ghe556.mp3 New Oct 2023 | Another hour of Tony Rodgers from Christmas Day 1980 this time from 0910-1010. Poor audio due to tape as mentioned in the previous comment from an unknown source. |
57MB 62mins |
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