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February 13th 2026 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1987)

Added some 1987 Caroline 558 audio from Mark Warner, Dave James and Nigel Harris.

February 7th 2026 Rhyl Community Radio (1991)

Added a recording of this station heard during August 1991.

February 6th 2026 Lancashire Pirate Radio Page

Up Front Radio (1992)

Added some Christmas Day 1992 audio from this Preston based station.

February 2nd 2026 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Club 107 (1995)
Radio Tarkwa (1996)

Added an hour of Club 107 up to sign off on 29th December 1995 and some airchecks of Radio Tarkwa from May 1996.

 

January 26th 2026 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Radar (1987)

Added some more Radio Radar from the Morley area of West Yorkshire, up to sign off on Sunday 26th April 1987.

January 24th 2026 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Homepage

Peoples FM (1996)
Unity FM (1996)
Radio Veronica (1987)

Added several recording of these stations which broadcast to West Yorkshire. Bradford's Radio Veronica from 1987, Peoples FM from Leeds and Unity FM from Hudderfield, both in 1996.

January 21st 2026 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Q-102 (1988)

Added several hours of audio from 738kHz on 18th May 1988 when Q102 changed format.  The recordings includes the breakfast show with Scott Williams, (and Mike Hogan in the traffic news helicopter), then there was continuous music and adverts until 12:30pm when the new format was preceded by several hours of a lady reading numbers from 1 to 5500.  It was a very strange day.

January 20th 2026 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser Hot Hits (1987)
Caroline 558 (1987)
World Mission Radio (1989)

Added a few audio files from these offshore stations of the late 1980s.

January 5th 2026 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Tarkwa (1996)

Added three hours of Radio Tarkwa audio from the evening of Sunday 1st December 1996.

January 3rd 2026 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Toxteth Community Radio (1991)

Added an audio file from early 1991 when the station had returned to air after having been missing for several weeks.

January 2nd 2026 Lancashire Pirate Radio Homepage

Fresh FM (1997)
Passion FM (1997)

Added several recordings of these two stations which broadcast from the Blackpool area in early 1997.

January 1st 2026 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Q-102 (1986)

Added some Q-102 audio from 1986 recorded from FM.

 

December 20th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)
Laser Hot Hits (1986)

Added a Laser 558 recording of Liz West from 4th July 1985 and some Laser Hot Hits 576 tests and programming from early December 1986.

December 17th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser Hot Hits (1986)
Caroline 558 (1986 / 1987)

Added some audio of Kevin Turner and John Dwyer on Caroline 558 from 1986 and 1987. Also some Jim Perry on Laser Hot Hits from March 1987.

December 13th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1984)

Added some early 1984 jingles as well as 4 'equipment seizure' slips from raids between 1986 and 1989.

December 12th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Atlantic Sound (1984-1985)

The station page for Atlantic Sound (Galway) has been re-written with additional photos and other images, and the audio library is now also listed on the page.

December 4th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)
Caroline 319 (1979)

Added several recordings of Laser 558 from 30th and 31st August 1985 during 'Eurosiege' and a 9th September 1979 recording of Stephen Bishop on Radio Caroline.

December 1st 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Southside Radio (1981)
Radio Dublin (1981)
ARD / Radio 257 (1981)

Added some recordings of these County Dublin stations made during June 1981, and of varying quality.

 

November 27th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Cork Radio Audio Listings

Updated the Cork Radio audio listing with some additional South Coast Radio and ERI from 1982 and 1983.

November 25th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

KNR (1979)

Added a detailed Kent North Radio feature from Issue 2 of Newswave Magazine (Winter 1979 / 1980).

November 17th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Capitol Radio (1984)
Treble T R Radio (1984)

From Wednesday 9th May 1984, added three FM stereo recordings of Dublin stations Capitol Radio and Treble T R Radio.

November 11th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)
Caroline 319 (1984)

Fixed incorrect dates on three audio files from 14th Feb 1985 - these should have read 14th March 1985. Also added a sign-on with Andy Johnson on Saturday 15th September 1984 and a sign-off with Samantha on Monday September 17th 1984 in the days before Radio Monique used 963kHz.

November 8th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Central Radio (1984)

Added a recording of Dave Smith on Central Radio from October 1984.

November 8th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 819 (1989)

Added a recording of Rob Harrison on the night-time Caroline 819 service from 1st June 1989.

November 6th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added a couple of Laser 558 audio files. Rick Harris opening from 5am on the station's first birthday on 24th May 1985, and Erin Kelly / Charlie Wolf on 26th June 1985.

November 4th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Carousel (1980)

Added two audio files from January 1980 to the Radio Carousel Network page. Also added two 'Country Call' Chart listings from 1985 and 1986 and a newspaper advertisement from 1987.

November 2nd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1985)
Caroline 558 (1989)

From 40 years ago this week, added a recording of Caroline 558 from the first day on 558kHz, 7th November 1985, along with one from April 1989.

November 1st 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Not Alices Restaurant (1987)

Added a page and a recording for this possibly 'one off' London based station from May 1987.

 

October 31st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser Hot Hits 576 (1987)

Added two Laser Hot Hits March 1987 recordings from Brandy Lee and Jim Perry.

October 30th 2025 Yorkshire Radio Page

Radio Radar (1987)
ABC Radio (1987)

Added 1987 recordings from these two FM, West Yorkshire based stations.

October 30th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

WABC Gold (1990)

Added a couple of short airchecks of WABC Gold from June 1990, signing on at 8am and signing off at 5pm. At the time, the station used Sky Radio as an overnight service.

October 28th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio Jackie (1981)
Radio Dog Biscuit (1981)

Added some more audio from two London stations in 1981 including Mark Ellis on Radio Jackie and the strangely named Radio Dog Biscuit.

October 27th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Hits FM (1988)
RFM (1988)
Raiders FM (1988)

Added Hits FM and Raiders FM to the South East station page each with an audio file, along with an additional recording from rock station R-FM.

October 26th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Dublin (1980)

Updated the Radio Dublin downloads page with an early FM recording from February 1980.

October 25th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

KNR (1979)
Radio City (1980)

Added an hour of Richard Staines on KNR FM from January 1979. Also fixed a broken link and added two hours of Radio City (sign on and signoff) from September 7th 1980.

October 24th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1988)

Added a recording of John Bibby on Caroline 558 from 22nd May 1988, but taken from the 819kHz channel which had started testing using the 'Valcon' whip antenna.

October 23rd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio West (1988)

Updated a couple of Anorak Shows from 23rd and 30th March 1988.

October 22nd 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Merseyland Alternative Radio (1979)

Fixed several broken links on the 1979 story page.

October 21st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 963 (Sep 1985)
Laser Hot Hits (Feb 1987)

Added some audio from Radio Caroline in September 1985 (Nigel Roberts), and Laser Hot Hits in February 1987 (Brandy Lee).

October 20th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Station J1000 (1981)
Radio 199 (1982)

Added Radio 199 to the Merseyside Index along with some audio, and additional audio to the Station J1000 page.

October 18th 2025 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Free City (1980)
Radio Telstar International (1984)
Radio Unicorn (1987)

Added a link on the Scottish main listing for Radio Unicorn, and updated the pages of Radio Telstar International and Radio Free City with with some short audio clips.

October 14th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (Jan 1990)
Caroline 819 (Mar 1989)

Added several hours of recordings of the Album Top 200 (159 to 1) as played on the night-time service Caroline 819 over Easter 1989 with Rob Harrison and Paul Shelton. Also Caroline Martin on Caroline 558 during a storm on 31st January 1990.

October 12th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Tipperary Community Radio (1981-1988)

The page for Tipperary Community Radio has been re-written with added memorabilia, photographs and one audio file.

October 11th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

London Rock (1988)

Created an entry on the London page and added a recording from London Rock who were heard in 1987 and 1988.

October 9th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

ABC Radio (1987)

Added an ABC Radio (Waterford) recording of a Good Friday breakfast show from April 1987.

October 8th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio Jennifer (1988)

Created a page and added a recording from this London rock station heard in 1988.

October 7th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

CAU FM (1988)
South Coast Radio (1983)

Added audio files from CAU FM in Dublin with Declan Moloney and Brendan Ryan, along with some John Lewis on Cork's South Coast Radio.

October 6th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Renegade Radio (1985)
City Sound (1985)

Created pages with audio for these two London stations heard in 1985.

October 5th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

County Radio (1981)
South East Sound (1985)
Phoenix (1980)

Created pages for two South East England stations of the 1980s, County Radio and South East Sound, and added some audio. Also added some Phoenix Radio audio from 1980 in the days when they were on AM.

October 3rd 2025 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

Paradise City Radio (1988)

Added a three hour section of PCR programming from 28th November 1988.

October 2nd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (Nov 1988)
Radio 558 / Radio 819 (Nov 1988)

Added recordings of the final morning of Radio 558, start of Radio 819, along with the resumption of daytime broadcasts from Radio Caroline 558, all on Saturday 5th November 1988.

 

September 21st 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves

Fixed some broken links to images and added a newspaper clipping from 1987.

September 13th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Community Radio Youghal (1988)

Fixed a broken link to a 97 minute audio recording of CRY up to and including sign off on Tuesday 2nd August 1988, and also to a short night-time recording from 13th June 1981.

September 10th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Star Country (1989)
Radio West (1987)

Added recordings of Don Allen on Radio Star Country from March 1989. Also a recording of Sean Coyne and Derek Flood on Radio West in July 1987.

September 9th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1989)

Added some audio from Radio Merseywaves when they briefly returned to the air in November 1989 on 266m.

September 8th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Easter 1989)

Added 8 hours of the 'Listeners Top 1001' as broadcast at Easter 1989 for the Radio Caroline 25th Anniversary.  Presenters include Chris Kennedy and Tony Kirk.

 

August 31st 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1986)

Fixed some broken links on the Merseywaves station page and added a couple of recordings from Christmas 1986 when the station was using the transmitter they nicknamed 'Chernobyl'.

August 29th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Aug 1989)

Added several hours of audio from 819kHz during the afternoon of Friday 18th August 1989, the day prior to the raid on the Ross Revenge on Saturday 19th August 1989. Radio 819 is replaced around 1222bst by Caroline 558 which continues through the afternoon on both channels.

August 28th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Carousel (1980 and 1983)

Added two more recordings of the main Radio Carousel station in Dundalk from 1980 and 1983.

August 25th 2025 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Mercury FM (1986)

Added three newspaper cuttings from 1986 about this FM station which broadcast to Greater Glasgow in the mid 1980s.

August 24th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Carousel Northern Service (1987)

Fixed some broken links on the Radio Carousel Network page. Also added a couple of recordings of Davy Hammill and Stevie Mack on the Radio Carousel Northern Service from August 1987.

August 23rd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Star Country (1989)
Boyneside Radio Northern Service (1987)

Added a couple of recordings of Don Allen on Radio Star in 1989, and Bob Lee on Boyneside Radio's Northern Service from 1987.

August 19th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Sep 1990)

Added the last of our archive recordings of the final week of Radio Caroline 558 from September 1990. At this time they were running a night only service, and on Friday 14th September were circled by the DTI hired vessel 'Landward'. Deejays are Rico, Ricky Jones, with Colin Ward on tape.

August 18th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Sep 1990)

Added several hours of Radio Caroline audio from Wednesday 12th September 1990 when they were running a night only service. Deejays are Ricky Jones and Rico.

August 17th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Sep 1990)

Added six hours of Radio Caroline audio from Tuesday 11th September 1990 when they were running a night only service. Deejays are Rico and Ricky Jones.

August 16th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (June 1989)
Radio Caroline 819 (Aug 1989)

Added several hours of Caroline 558 from June 1989 including presenters Shaun Tilley, Chris Adams and Max Buchanan. Also several hours of the Caroline 819 'Overnight Alternative' with Rob Harrison, Dave Richards, Caroline Martin, Colin Muesli Bar and Neil Gates.

August 14th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Aug 1989)
Radio Caroline 819 (June 1989)

Added over four hours of the Radio Caroline 819 rock service from the night of 30th June / 1st July 1989 with Rob Harrison and Dave Richards up to sign-off at 4am, along with the 4am (bst) sign on of Radio 819. Also added a recording of Bruce Munroe from August 8th 1989.

August 9th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Southside Radio (1979-1982)

Integrated the SSR audio library into the main Southside Radio (Dunlaoire) page with additional audio files. Work is ongoing on the other SSR station pages.

August 8th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 576 (Aug 1984)

Added some audio from Radio Caroline's 576kHz transmissions on 31st August 1984 with John Lewis, Simon Barrett, Andy Johnson  and Stuart Vincent.

August 6th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added three hours of audio from the Rick Harris breakfast show of Wednesday 29th August 1984.

August 3rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Sept 1990)
Radio Caroline 819 (Oct 1990)

Added some more audio from the penultimate day of Radio Caroline's 558kHz transmissions on 15th September 1990 and first day on 819kHz, Saturday 6th October 1990.

 

July 29th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (Sept 1990)
Radio Caroline 819 (Oct 1990)

Added several more hours of audio from the final days of Radio Caroline's 558kHz transmissions on 14th/15th September 1990 and first day on 819kHz, Saturday 6th October 1990.

July 28th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (1990)
Radio Caroline 819 (1990)

Added audio of the final 40 minutes of Radio Caroline on 558kHz on 16th September 1990 with Rico, and the first couple of hours on the new 819kHz on 6th October 1990, also with Rico on the breakfast show.

July 26th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1984)

Added two further one hour recordings of Radio Nova Declan Meehan 'Brekky Trekky' from 18th and 19st June 1984 as received on 738kHz.

July 23rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 319 (1984)

Added a short audio file from June 1984 with Blake Williams and Simon Barrett, also a sign off from Brian Allen.

July 22nd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added some audio from the weekend of 10th-11th June 1984 including Jessie Branden, Steve Masters, Rick Harris and David Lee Stone.

July 21st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 319 (1984)

Added three hours of a Blake Williams breakfast show from Sunday 17th June 1984 and three sign-offs also from June 1984.

July 20th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added another continuous three hours from Friday 22nd June 1984 with the end of Paul Dean and then David Lee Stone until 11am.

July 19th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1984)

Added almost three hours of Paul Dean at 5am sign on of Laser 558 from Friday 22nd June 1984 after they had been off the air for some reason.

July 18th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio West (1984)

Added almost three hours of Radio West from the morning of Tuesday 10th July 1984 with Don Allen and then Phillip McGovern.

July 17th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1984)

Added two Radio Nova Declan Meehan 'Brekky Trekkys' from 20th and 21st June 1984 as received on 738kHz.

July 15th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique (1984)

Added a three hour section of Radio Monique programming from 31st December 1984.

July 12th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Suirside Radio

Fixed a couple of broken links, updated some photos and merged the audio library onto the station page. Also added three audio files.

July 9th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Arklow Community Radio (1984)

Added a recording of ACR from lunchtime on 30th October 1984.

July 6th 2025 Manchester Pirate Radio Page

Radio Rag (1985)

Added a few audio files of Manchester's Radio Rag from Saturday 2nd February 1985.

July 5th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1985)

From Friday 15th February 1985, added a three hour audio file of the Colm Hayes breakfast show and then Steve Gordon, recorded from 738kHz.

July 4th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

KISS FM (1989)

The Merseyside index now includes a page for this FM station which operated in mid-1989, along with a recording.

July 1st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique (1984)
Radio 558 (1988)

Added some recordings of the Dutch language stations Radio Monique from December 1984 and January 1985, along with Radio 558 from August 1988.

 

June 30th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Dread Broadcasting / JBC (1981)

Created a page for this early 1980's pioneering reggae station and included a couple of recordings.

June 29th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added three hours of Charlie Wolf from Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 1985, having a bit of fun with the IBA and Chipping Sodbury Sound.

June 22nd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique / Jamming 963 (1985)

Added a two hour segment from 963kHz on Monday 26th August 1985 starting at 1555BST with Radio Monique for two hours and signing off for the day, then the start of Jamming 963.

June 21st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)

Added several hours of Caroline 576 from the afternoon and early evening of Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 1985. Deejays are Dave Andrews and Andy Johnson

June 18th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

From Friday 6th September 1985, added recordings of Eurosiege Day 29 update from 1730, and then two hours of Chris Carson then Charlie Wolf as the Dioptric Surveyor returns.

June 17th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique / Viewpoint (1985)

Added a three hour segment from 963kHz on Monday 30th December 1985 starting at 1635 with Radio Monique signing off for the day and then the first part of Viewpoint.

June 16th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1985)

Added a three hour chunk of Andy Johnson and John Ford from the early afternoon of New Years Eve 1985.

June 15th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique (1985)

Added a three hour segment of Radio Monique from the morning of Monday 30th December 1985.

June 14th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Alices Restaurant (1985)

Added an hour of 'Breakfast with Bear' from New Years Eve 1985.

June 13th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

KISS FM (1985)

Added some audio from this Merseyside based FM station which operated in 1985.

June 12th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Big M Community Radio (1985)
Boyneside Radio Northern Service (1985)

From 24th June 1985, added recording of morning shows from these two stations, including Owen Barry on Big M Community Radio.

June 10th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added a three hour segment of Jonell and Tommy Rivers from Wednesday morning 11th September 1985.

June 9th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Arklow Community Radio (1980s)

The A to Z of Irish Pirate Stations now contains an entry and page for Arklow Community Radio with some stickers and audio.

June 7th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)

Added several hours of programming from February and May 1986 with John Lewis, Kevin Turner and Jerry Davis.

June 6th 2025 Shortwave Pirates of the Past

Radio Corsair (1977)

Added a new QSL image and a short aircheck recording from this regular shortwave station heard in the late 1970s.

June 3rd 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Thameside Radio (1979)

Added audio from a special New Years Eve broadcast of Thameside Radio on 31st December 1979.

June 2nd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1967)

Updated Radio Caroline North audio from 12th August 1967 from the original reels of tape.

 

May 30th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)

Added a three hour section of programming from Saturday 10th May 1986 with Kevin Turner and Dennis Jason.

May 29th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)

Added a three hour section of programming from Saturday 8th February 1986 with Peter Phillips and Kevin Turner.

May 26th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Eastern Independent (1979)
Radio Christmas (1979)
Radio Veronica (1980)

Added audio from these London stations who broadcast around Christmas 1979 / New Year 1980.

May 25th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Monique (1985)

Added two hours of Radio Monique from Monday 26th August 1985.

May 24th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added six hours of Laser 558 with Charlie Wolf and then Scott Shannon from Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August 1985 during Eurosiege.

May 23rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 576 (1985)

Added over three hours of audio from Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 1985 with presenters Dave Collins and Dave Andrews.

May 22nd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

ICBS (1984)

Added audio of a half hour mid-week evening live show from October/November 1984 when the station was still on 1071kHz.

May 21st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1965)

Updated some audio from mid-1965 with Caroline Club Request Show and Tom Lodge, directly from an original 1965 reel to reel tape by kind courtesy of Frank. There are also a couple of images relating to the shows.

May 11th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1984)

Added audio from a couple of breakfast shows from July 1984. Tony Allan on 16th and Colm Hayes the following day 17th (after Tony failed to turn up). Howard Hughes reads the news in both

May 7th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (1990)

Added audio of a short test transmission from Sunday 8th July 1990, when the station was off the air due to Spectrum Radio occupying 558kHz.

May 6th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

DTI-FM (1990)

Added some audio from from December 1990 of this Merseyside FM station.

May 4th 2025 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

ABC FM (1987)

Added an hour of ABC-FM (Leeds) audio from July 1987.

May 4th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Star Country (1990)

Added an hour of Radio Star Country dx quality reception from  14th December 1990, showing the high number of pre-Christmas advertising.

May 3rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 558 (1988)

Added several hours from May Bank Holiday Monday 1988. Deejays include Mike Williams, Steve Masters and Keith Francis.

 

April 30th 2025 Lancashire Pirate Radio Page

Passion FM (1997)

Added four hours of this Blackpool station from Saturday 15th March 1997.

April 30th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Q-102 (1988)

Wednesday 18th May 1988 was a strange day on Irish Radio when Q102 launched their new format as 'Super Q 102' following several hours of a lady counting out numbers.  Added a 4 hour audio file from 738kHz.

April 29th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Tarkwa (1996)

Added some audio from this FM station which operated in the mid 1990s.

April 27th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 576 (1985)
Radio Caroline 585 (1985)

Added a couple of short files with Radio Caroline signing on. Firstly from 14th January 1985 when the station had been off briefly due to rough weather. Secondly, the first sign on when the station moved to 585kHz on 25th March 1985. Caroline only used this channel for three days before moving back to 576kHz.

April 26th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added 6 hours of daytime (0755-1355) Laser 558 from Friday 22nd March 1985  with deejays David Lee Stone, Erin Kelly and Chris Carson.

April 25th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 576 (1985)

Probably available in better quality elsewhere, but here as received in Leeds is over 6 hours of daytime (0952-1623) of Caroline 576 from the 21st Birthday celebration on Easter Sunday 1985 with deejays Jay Jackson, Simon Barrett and Chris Pearson.

April 24th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline 576 (1985)

Added over 6 hours of daytime (0640-1310) Caroline 576 from the actual 21st Birthday of 28th March 1985 with deejays John Lewis, Jay Jackson and Nick Richards.

April 23rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added over 6 hours of daytime (0753-1425) Laser 558 from Thursday 14th February 1985 with deejays Rick Harris, Erin Kelly and David Lee Stone.

April 22nd 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Telstar 1

Added three hours of London rock station Telstar 1 audio from 10th September 1978.

April 19th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1991)
Radio Nova (Merseyside) (1990)

Added some audio from the early 1990s of these two Merseyside stations which broadcasting on FM.

April 18th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio City
Radio Corina
Radio Invicta

From September 1979 added recordings from Radio City, Radio Corina and Radio Invicta.

April 15th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1968)

Added some audio from New Years Day 1968 with Freddy Bear, Jim Gordon and Charlie Brown. This is direct from an original 1960s reel to reel tape by kind courtesy of Frank.

April 13th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio Jackie
North London Radio

From September 1978 added recordings from North London Radio and also a sign on from Radio Jackie from March 1980.

April 12th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1967)

Added more Radio Caroline North audio from New Years Eve 1966/67 with Don Allen and all the crew after midnight, followed by 'The Midnight Surf Party' with Bob Stewart. This is direct from an original 1960s reel to reel tape by kind courtesy of Frank.

April 9th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio Telstar South
Thameside Radio

From February 1980, added recordings from Thameside Radio and Radio Telstar South which had been raided in the previous weekends.

April 8th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1966)

Added more Radio Caroline North audio from Christmas Day 1966 with Tony Prince, and also from the morning of 14th August 1967 with Dave Lee Travis. These are direct from some original 1960s reel to reel tapes by kind courtesy of Frank.

April 2nd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Sunshine Radio (1981)
Capital 98 (1982)

From April 1981 added part of a 'Sunshine Survey' with Tom Hardy.  Also a Friday afternoon test transmission on 2nd July 1982 from Capital 98 with Peter Madison.

 

March 29th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

I.C.B.S. (1983)

Added an hour of live ICBS programming from Saturday morning 24th September 1983.

March 28th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Radio Jackie

Started to re-arrange the station page, adding further audio from Boxing Day 1979 and other dates, and a QSL letter from January 1977.

March 25th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

London Irish Community Radio (1988)

Added some audio from this short lived station which broadcast country and Irish music across London during March to May 1988.

March 24th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio West (1984)

Added some Don Allen on the Radio West breakfast show from Teusday 13th March 1984.

March 23rd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Eastside Radio / ERI (1982)

Added some early Eastside Radio (ERI) with Stuart Scott from Monday 23rd August 1982.

March 22nd 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

KISS FM (1983)

Added some John Clark afternoon drivetime on KISS FM from April 14th 1983.

March 20th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

FM100 (1989)
Radio Star Country (1989)

Made on the Lancashire coast during FM lift conditions in late September / early October 1989, added several recordings of Monaghan based FM100. Also improved the Radio Star station page image qualities and added an FM recording from August 1989.

March 12th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Xanadu
DTI-FM

The Merseyside station index now includes pages for Radio Xanadu and DTI-FM, with stickers for each and also some audio for Radio Xanadu from 2009.

March 11th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

KLAS Radio (1991)
FM100 (1989)
DLR106 (shortwave 1992)

From the years following the 1988 legislation added some further recordings from these stations of variable quality.

March 8th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser 558 (1985)

Added some Charlie Wolf from Sunday evening 24th March 1985.

March 7th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 558 (1986)

Added two files of three hours each from 1986, with Dave Andrews, Ian Akers and John Lewis.

March 6th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Toxteth Community Radio (1990)

Added over two hours of TCR following sign-on on 28th November 1990.

March 5th 2025 Manchester Area Pirate Radio Page

KFM (1984)

Added a breakfast show recording from 9th July 1984 of this full time station in South Manchester.

March 4th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova Southside (1983)
Radio Nova (1983)

From Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th December 1983, added some audio from Radio Nova on 819kHz, and some rather crackly Radio Nova Southside on 684kHz.

March 1st 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

North Coast Commercial Radio (1983)

Added a recording from 17th December 1983 of this short lived, seven day a week station.

 

February 28th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1967)

Added more Radio Caroline North audio from the afternoon of 14th August 1967 with Jerry King, Dave Lee Travis and Dee Harrison.

February 25th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1967)

Added more audio from August 1967 including Jerry Leighton on 6th and Jerry King on 13th.

February 24th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1985)

Added another recording of Radio Merseywaves from this day 40 years ago. This includes the second part of a Bert Williams show posted earlier and Paul Jay.

February 23rd 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Radio Caroline North (1967)

Added some audio and cuttings from August 1967 including Tony Prince on 13th and Don Allen on 14th.

February 21st 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1984)

Added a recording of Mike Barrington on an early hours 576kHz test transmission in October 1984, apparently the first split service from the Ross Revenge.

February 20th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)

Added some further Caroline 519 audio from February 1985 including some Tony James and a couple of midnight sign-offs for generator maintenance.

February 19th 2025 North American Radio Page

WNEW-FM (1982)

Added a tribute programme about deejay 'Murray the K' as broadcast on WNEW-FM New York, on 28th February 1982.

February 18th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Q-102 (1985)

From 20th February 1985, 40 years ago this week, added some early recordings of Jason Maine and Scott Williams on Q-102.

February 17th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves (1985)

Added a couple of hours of Radio Merseywaves audio from 24th February 1985 with Chris Palmer and Bert Williams.

February 16th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Annabel (1985)
Radio Nova (1985)

Added some further audio from Radio Annabel (Mike Doyle) and Radio Nova (Henry Owens) both from this month, 40 years ago.

February 12th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Merseyside Free Radio (1983)
Radio Elenore (1984)
Tower FM (1996)

Added further audio from these Merseyside stations of the 1980s and 1990s.

February 8th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

'Medium' Newsletters

The Irish press section now includes pdf files of 10 of the 'Medium' newsletters produced by the Irish Radio Movement between 1973 and 1976.

February 3rd 2025 Yorkshire Pirate Radio Page

Rapid FM (1991)
Radio Apni Awaz  (1991)
Paradise City Radio (1993)

Added recordings from these stations which broadcast to Leeds and Bradford in the early 1990s.

 

January 31st 2025 North American Radio Page

WABC (1982)
WNBC (1982)

Something a little different are two recordings of New York based WABC-AM and WNBC-AM from the same afternoon and time on Monday 26th April 1982. This was two weeks before WABC went from a music to all talk format.

January 30th 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Traffic Jam Radio (1988)
London FM (1981)

Added links for these stations on the main South East listing page, along with audio for each.

January 29th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Cruise FM (1994)

Added audio of a 30th April 1994 test transmission from this Merseyside based station.

January 28th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)

Added three hours of Caroline 519 with John Lewis and Jay Jackson from 20th Marh 1985.

January 27th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1985)

From this day 40 years ago in 1985, from 738kHz, added part of the final Casey Kasem 'American Top 40' to be broadcast on Radio Nova. In future weeks, Casey was replaced on Radio Nova by Declan Meehan hosting the 'European Top 40'.

January 26th 2025 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Woodstock (1980)

Updated the station page with additional photos and a recording from early August 1980.

January 25th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

ZEE100 (1993)
Merseyside Free Radio (1983)

Added a couple of recordings to these Merseyside based stations.

January 23rd 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

C104 (1985)
North Coast Commerical Radio (1983-1984)
Radio Merseywaves (1985)
KISS FM (1985)
Concept FM (1985)
Merseysound (1983)

Entries in the main Merseyside listings page have been added for North Coast Commercial Radio, C104 and Merseysound with recordings.  Some other stations pages also have additional recordings.

January 16th 2025 Scottish Pirate Radio Page

Radio Lothian (1975)

Radio Lothian has been added to the main Scottish station list along with some history and a short airchecked recording.

January 15th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Treble T R Radio (1988)
Radio West (1985)

Added a 1988 'Nightshades' programme from Bob Gallico on Treble T R Radio, and part of a 1985 John Dwyer show on Radio West.

January 13th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio Nova (1985)

Added an hour of Dave Harvey from Tuesday 3rd September 1985, recorded from 738kHz.

January 11th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Caroline 576 (1985)
Laser 558 (1985)

40 years ago this week during storms on Sunday 6th January 1985, both Radio Caroline and Laser 558 went off the air. Laser returned on Thursday 10th January whilst Radio Caroline were off until Friday 11th, having drifted due to anchor problems. Added audio from both station returns as well as a test transmission from the Ross Revenge earlier in the week.

January 10th 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

WFM (1984)

Added two hours of audio from this FM station which broadcast from Wirral in the mid 1980s.

January 6th 2025 Offshore Radio Downloads Homepage

Laser Hot Hits (1986)

Added two hours of Laser Hot Hits 576 from December 1986 with John Anthony and Andrew Turner.

January 5th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Radio West (1986)

The 'Anorak Show' file from 2nd November 1986 has been updated and now includes the start of 'Landlink' at the end.

January 4th 2025 Irish Pirates Stations A to Z

Big M Community Radio (1987)

Added audio of a Gerry Byrne breakfast show from Wednesday February 25th 1987.

January 3rd 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves

From Friday 20th February 1987 added over 4 hours of Merseywaves audio. This was from the first day back on air following a raid the previous Sunday evening when both studio and transmitting equipment was lost.

January 2nd 2025 South East Pirate Radio Page

Solar Radio (1985)
Veronica 96.3FM (1981)
Radio Jackie (1981)

Added some audio from these London based stations heard in the 1980s.

January 1st 2025 Merseyside Pirate Radio Homepage

Radio Merseywaves

Added additional media clippings of Radio Merseywaves from January 1986 and a recording of Bert Williams from August 1985.

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