ABC-FM was operated by Tom Lodge, and was heard in early 1984 on
96.25MHz in stereo. It appears to have commenced broadcasting
following the closure of North Coast Commercial Radio on 199m.
Starting operating at the weekend, they eventually settled into
mid-week operations on late Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Presenters were
initially Tom Lodge, Eric Monaghan and Kevin Palmer, but Phil James,
Keith, Mike and Benny James were heard during later broadcasts. Tim
Jackson's Merseyside Report of 29th January 1984 gave the following
report of the tests. The station seemed to have disappeared by June 1984.
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| 1984_01_27_fri_abc_962fms_2200-2300_kevinpalmer-EM135.mp3 New Nov 2022 | Kevin Palmer with a test transmission on Friday 27th January 1984. This is a studio recording from the test mentioned in the Tim Jackson report above, and is courtesy of Eric Monaghan. | 138MB |
| 1984_01_27_fri_abc_962fms_2300-2400_kevinpalmer-EM237.mp3 New Nov 2022 | The second hour of Kevin Palmer from the above evening. | 133MB |
| 1984_01_28_sat_abc_962fms_2200-2300_ericmonaghan-EM135.mp3 New Nov 2022 | The Eric Monaghan from the second evening of test transmissions on Saturday 28th January 1984. Again this was from a studio recording, by kind courtesy of eric Monaghan. | 135MB |
| 1984_01_28_sat_abc_962fms_2300-2400_ericmonaghan-EM237.mp3 New Nov 2022 | A studio recording of the second hour of Eric Monaghan from the Saturday night test of 28th January 1984. | 133MB |
| 1984-02-22-wed_abc_962fm_2355-0100_philjames_tomlodge_to_signoff-gh45.mp3 New Dec 2022 | The end of Phil James and then at midnight Tom Lodge takes over into Thursday morning with an interesting free radio show talking about a trip he and Eric Monaghan took to the Ross Revenge the previous weekend. He also mentions the new ship Communicator and low power signal from Laser, which was also out there at the time. | 149MB |
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