Listeners to the AM band on Merseyside began hearing Radio Elenore during November 1980. It seemed to have emerged following splits in staff at MAR shortly after their first birthday.  In its early days, the station broadcast around 1181kHz, announced as 254 metres and also 234m / 1299kHz. Although reception was good in the local area, the latter was not clear in fringe areas during the afternoon due to winter interference from the BBC World Service transmitter at Crowborough. 254m was better but still not a very suitable channel for distant reception, especially in winter and during the late evening because it was sandwiched between Radio Sweden (1179kHz) and Radio Dublin (1188kHz). It was however possible to receive the signal at times as far away as Leeds, especially after Radio Sweden signed off.  Some of the deejays heard over the Christmas 1980 period included Andy Davis, Phil Weston, Jimbo Jim Brown, David Jason, Peanut Kenny, Alan Stacey, Dave Simpson and Robin Blind.  In early 1981 the station became cystal controlled and moved permanently to the on-channel 1296kHz / 232m.  The new broadcast hours were from midnight to 0900 on Friday and Saturday nights, later extending to mid-day. During late 1981, transmissions moved to weekday evenings, 6pm to midnight,  possibly due to the number of stations operating at the weekends. Co-inciding with the changed schedule, Radio Elenore moved to 1125kHz / 266m. This frequency had been used by M.A.R. at the weekend, but they had disappeared around August 1981, and at night was a clearer channel than 1296kHz. In the next three years of operations, Radio Elenore were heard on other channels including, 1413kHz and 1449kHz during 1983, with 1170kHz and 1179kHz used during 1984. The station finally closed at the end of September 1984, with many of the presenters moving to Radio Merseywaves.

In 1983, the station shared their frequency with Station M International and broadcast on 1413kHz, along with several other stations at different times of the week. 1449kHz was also used for a time.  Late in 1983, Elenore wanted to broadcast on a Sunday which clashed with Station M, so they moved to 1449kHz / 204m. By 1984 the station had moved back to 254m with the help of engineer Bert Williams, and was heard mainly on 1170kHz, but sometimes 1179kHz.  Broadcast hours were now during the day and only on a Sunday.   Radio Elenore were last monitored during September 1984, according to Tim Jackson's Merseyside Free Radio Newsheets.  At this time, they were sharing 1179kHz with Radio Merseywaves, who signed on after Elenore closed for the day. Following the closure of Radio Elenore, many of the deejays went to work on Radio Merseywaves.