The Best Radio Pirate Stations In Manchester

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[@danielscotcher]

I miss the pirate radio days, used to be something to look forward to at weekends

[@HAZE-MEDIA]

Really interesting series Lewis! Makes me want to put together something for the pirates in Ireland. Just read this week that our state broadcaster RTE is switching off their DAB multiplexes. Goes to show how popular FM still is here, which just means pirates are still alive and well :)

[@DJEonT1]

I remember IBC radio. I think it stands for "The Illegal Broadcasting Company" It was on something like 104.5 Mhz and was a very strong signal over to Tameside (East Manchester). I remember them mocking Piccadilly radio often!

[@snowmanbuzzfm]

Right I’ll try again as YT ate my words ffs. Ok first off. Great short film. Well done. Thanks for the feature. Buzz actually came back on in Dec 2005 and we limped through until Feb 2009 (weekends only) during which we got raided twice and then the final time when Eric got raided while live on the air. Myself and Eric took part in a short film about pirate radio which was filmed in the last incarnation of the Buzz studio in Aug 2008. Google ‘Stay Sailing on Vimeo’ and the video will come up. Big Al Rockwell from KFM and Buzz is a good friend and is still active doing adverts and voiceovers in his perfect American voice. I was with Al on a raid once...but that’s another story lol. To the person asking about 99.7 tapes...YT won’t let me reply to your comment...but there are quite a few Love NRG tapes on YT. I did upload loads of tapes in my early days on here but YT blocked them due to copyright and to the BT engineer...the station will probably have been Frontline as they had a studio in Charles Barry crescent in the bullring estate in Hulme.

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

Yes Lewis these docs are getting better. Top work buddy thank you for your hard work.

[@vr6swp]

In the 90's, there was a (short-lived) show on a US community radio station, that the host based on tapes of various UK pirate radio stations. Primarily the show's focus was on-air live DJ mixes and occasional club sets. At first it was tapes recorded off the air sent to him by his friends and family in England, but as things progressed he was able to get soundboard recordings from the pirate stations and the DJ's themselves.

[@Jooles99]

I guess being able to set up an online radio station without having to look over your shoulder along with lower operating costs has made people go legit. Plus streaming services pretty much lets you be your own DJ. This has impacted on radio listenership figures.

[@johnnorth9355]

In my youth in the 1960's I used to huddle down in my bedroom with my old second hand radio set and listen to radio London and Caroline together with a raft of other stations including Luxenberg (who could forget Mike Raven's Blues show !) as an essential part of my musical education. Medium wave was always best in the daytime - night brought all kinds of interference and noise which my old set succumbed to all too readily. I get pirate radio but sadly my musical tastes are firmly locked back in time .

[@AdamSWL]

Your documentaries are really great Lewis!

[@ainteasybeingwheezy]

some real blasts from the past there Lewis i really enjoyed this vlog cheers

[@DWJordannn]

Thank you so much for this project. The documentation and preservation of the history of the scene is so important.

[@binky_bun]

If there were more pirates about I might actually listen to the broadcast bands. The trouble with commercial broadcast is they're financially motivated to target the widest possible audience so they all tend towards generic pop music slathered with adverts. It's that or the BBC and that's mostly the same bar the adverts. I'm used to have a radio alarm clock but the buzzer has more depth and variation to it than broadcast radio today. How's about a video sharing your thoughts on this new EMF risk assessment thing Ofcom are adding to the amateur license to appease the 5G conspiracy theorists?

[@busterbigcock4169]

Good to see my mate Snowman in this video from buzz fm he has a YT Channel Towerblockradio plenty of pirate radio goodness over there

[@marcussmith5254]

Was on love energy back in the day...memories

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks Lewis great knowledge as usual All the best

[@davestarr6460]

Another great documentary Lewis. Great memories of the rise of the early original KFM Radio.

[@northendawn]

Still a few pirates in the West Midlands, at least 4 on air tonight

[@wisteela]

Excellent. Bonus points for the drum & bass.

[@callyc1633]

Really interesting. I love the level of detail you provide👏🏻😎

[@MikeInCalgaryAB]

Fun times. I ran a few back in the day. Dance Energy 105.7/107, Vision FM 105.5 and Essential 107 from my parents house in Cheadle Hulme. 50’ aerial on roof LOL.