Pirate radio in Scotland in 1978 consisted of one or two known stations. There was at the time one station on SW that was not particularly well known as being from Scotland. That station was Radio Mercury International, which used the old FRS address of PO Box 41, Dedemsvaart, Holland. The "Scottish" half of the station was almost raided in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire in early 1979. But for the GPO getting stuck in snow in the street the station was operating from at the time, that may have been the end.

By mid 1980, free radio on SW was alive and kicking, with no less than five stations representing haggisland!!

RADIO ACTIVE (1242 kHz)

The following press cutting was found in the "POST" IN 1982, (Listed here for months in error as THE ADVERTISER). Nothing came out of this, whatever it was meant to be. Neither did we ever find out who was behind it, but the name Guerilla Radio sounded more like a political clandestine station than anything else. It also sounded like at an hour every three weeks, it would have been very difficult to build up an audience.

RADIO ACTIVE - 1242kHz

Radio Active 242

RADIO GLADICE - 1248kHz

Radio Gladice was heard in the Glasgow area in 1989..ish?? The station seemed to be run by an English spoken announcer from the Merseyside pirate radio scene. Signals were off channel on 1248khz, itself an old Merseyside channel.

RADIO CLASH - 6305kHz

Radio Clash was on the air via the Radio Stella transmitter in 1983/4.