Radio 252 was a station operated by Bert Williams around 1978 and 1979
on 1197kHz, and was the precursor to Merseyland Alternative Radio
which commenced broadcasts in October 1979. Radio 252 was often
heard in the evenings and late at night during 1979. After Bert had parted
company with MAR in 1980, the name Radio 252 was heard again on some test transmission
during July 1981 with Paul Jay, Tony Jones and Bert himself. It is thought the name Radio 252 was abandonned and instead
Bert concentrated on a new station name, Liverpool Broadcasting which was
first heard during August 1981. |
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A report
about Radio 252 and Bert from an unknown newspaper,
possibly from around 1978 / 1979.
(Click on image for more readable version - Size is 1.2MB)
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Radio 252 Audio Library
| 1981_07_00_radio_252_1197am_2202-2305_bertwilliams_tonyjones_test_transmission-bw.mp3 New Oct 2021 | A studio recording of a test transmission from Bert Williams, followed by the start of Tony Jones. The date is thought to be July 1981, when the station was heard back on the air on 1197kHz, 252m. | 87MB |
| 1981_07_00_radio_252_1197am_pauljay_test_transmission_part1_mainly_cont_music-bw7.mp3 New Oct 2021 | Paul Jay with a test transmission, playing mainly continuous music with a few announcements. Again, the date is thought to be July 1981, when the station was heard back on the air on 1197kHz, 252m. Taken from a studio recording. | 136MB |
| 1981_07_00_radio_252_1197am_pauljay_test_transmission_part2_mainly_cont_music-bw7.mp3 New Oct 2021 | Part 2 of the above Paul Jay recording when the station was testing on 1197kHz / 252m. | 133MB |
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