KFM - 94.2MHz / 1017kHz

KFM was a full time station which operated around 1984 and 1985 to the Stockport and South Manchester area promoting alternative music. Initially they operated on 94.2MHz, but by early 1985 heard on 1017kHz medium wave, possibly due to the loss of the FM equipment in DTI raids.  KFM gained one of the early specialist music licenses and started legal programming on Saturday 17th February 1990. Sadly as with many licenses obtained by former pirates and enthusiasts, they were eventually subsumed into larger multinational broadcast networks and their programming formats were diluted.

LAZER FM - 103.5MHz

Lazer FM was a station which operated to the Manchester area in the late 1980s.

LUV NRG - 99.7MHz

Luv NRG was a full time operation in Manchester during the mid-1990s.

OUTLOOK 96.3 - 96.3MHz

Outlook 963 was an FM station which broadcast religious programming to North West England on 96.3MHz during 1988.  According to announcments, they broadcast from the Irish Republic with 25kW of power, but judging by the signal coverage, the transmitter was more likely to have been in the South Manchester area.  An address was given out in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire.  Transmissions were usually on a Sunday night from around 8pm.  At one time there was also a sister station broadcasting on 96.8MHz to the Stoke area.

PREMIER RADIO / CAROUSEL RADIO - 105.3MHz

Premier Radio was a heard across the North West area during 1994 with nice audio quality. They were believed to have transmitted from high ground somewhere South of Manchester and quite often covered an area from North Lancashire, to North Wales and down to Stoke-on-Trent.  The same deejays were heard in later months, operating as Carousel Radio.

RADIO RAG - 225m (1331kHz / 1332kHz) / 100.5MHz /103.0MHz

Radio Rag had operated since the 1970s and appeared during the annual University Rag charity week every February. They were heard in the 1970's on 225m medium wave, on shortwave and in the 1980s and later on FM, using 103.0MHz and 100.5MHz amongst others, in different years.  The MW signal travelled far and wide at night, and the FM could be heard at times across the North West.

STING FM - 103.6MHz

Sting FM operated in Manchester during the mid 1990s.

WBLS - 102.4MHz

WBLS broadcast to Manchester but were heard during 1988 with at times a strong signal across the North West.