UK Commercial Radio Timeline 1992 - 1993

[@radiosaido66]

6:28 is that (what sounds like) JAM re-singing an Alfasound jingle??? I heard it in one of their earlier demo reels, back when they were still called Tapetrix

[@Minecraftian143Gaming]

3:22 & 4:13 This Jingle is Also Used by Radyo Natin FM Philippines

[@tq105-jinglesandids]

10:06 - The Star 101.6 jingles were re-done by JAM few years later when they moved to 106.6 FM 13:00 - The Sunset 102 jingle was sung by Lisa Stansfield and was produced by LBS.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

I must be getting on in years, I thought Classic FM began in 90/91 I didn't remember it was 1992! 🤭 I did remember however the arrival of Classic FM made my favourite pirate radio station in Sheffield, Fantasy FM 101.9 move frequency to 105ish MHz, although they did sample the Birdsong test transmission to take the mickey, "I don't wanna hear birds tweeting, I wanna listen to Fantasy FM!" 🤣

[@tvradiotimelines]

🤣🤣🤣

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

Again, a lot of stuff happened in a 2-year period. How surprising! 0:27 Seeing the end of Orwell was a tragedy for the Ipswichers, but hey, at least they now had SGR! 1:26 Despite having "Pirate" in it's name, Pirate FM was not a pirate station. 2:28 Though WGMS is a backronym, it sounds like an American Station callsign. 2:48 It seems like Surrey had some big reorganising of radio! 4:34 That made me jump. (Because of how loud it is) 4:52 Reuse of TFM's jingle from the 1985-1989 video, impressive. 5:02 9:20 Clever how you used a supersized signal for the nationwide stations, because just taking a normal-sized signal and scattering it across rural areas would make a mess, Lol! 5:19 The network consolidation being that Signal Cheshire was merged back into Signal Radio. (I guess) 5:39 First West London, then Bradford, and now Leicester. 5:47 The music sounds like it came from a 90's sci-fi film. 6:25 The announcer did a funny mess-up there! 7:22 Delta Radio was relaunched in 1996, but closed again in 2010. This also officially means that County Sound's American-style shield was phased out. 8:15 Radio 210 slightly removed the reference to their MW metres on their FM service at that point. 8:57 Reuse of TFM's jingle again. 10:03 The longest radio station jingle I've heard so far. 11:23 Reuse of Isle of Wight Radio's jingle. 12:18 Reuse of Isle of Wight Radio's jingle again, with a little twist. 13:18 The first time that a radio timeline has ended with a station closure.

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

I'm excited for the next chunk and seeing Heart Radio's launch.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Thanks for the detailed commentary - really appreciated! One interesting thing that you did not mention: ​@​ The WGMS jingle bed was also used a matter of days later by​​​​ County Sound Radio and has even been resurrected within the last year by Boom Radio.

[@PacificSouthwestAir]

@@laotian12innumberverse6 ITV Radio affiliates section 1: the first 7 stations: Cymru Rasio/Welsh Radio (launch date: 12/3/1962) RS/RSE/RSW (Radio South/Radio Southeast/Radio Southwest) (launch dates: 01/01/1964, 05/02/1968 and 10/05/1973) ITV Belfast Radio (launch date: 08/08/1975) Ralter Teleradio (launch date: 13/03/1983)

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

Here’s what I know will happen in the next part: -Heart Radio launches in the West Midlands and London to seek going nationwide in the 2000’s -Devonair Radio closes and is replaced by Gemini FM -Radio Tay and Northsound split their frequencies -Trent FM Derbyshire rebrands to Ram FM following their acquisition by GWR. -SGR splits their frequencies with their AM service rebrands to Amber Radio. -Radio Victory relaunches as Victory FM

[@tvradiotimelines]

@@laotian12innumberverse6 Gold star! 😁

[@SOSOwner]

9:42 Appears that they are mentioning Radio 1 at that point, by saying that the station (in this case, what was then Virgin 1215 (later Virgin Radio, turned Absolute Radio)) was the first new national pop and rock station in over 25 years, Radio 1 having launched about 26 years earlier in 1967.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Yes - "let's mention Radio 1 without actually mentioning Radio 1"

[@NelvanaFan1971]

On the Old Slot of Radio 1 and the last Spot of Radio 3 on the MW

[@Timewyrm1989]

12:19 and 4:34 the radio stations I grew up with, RIP

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

It’s sad that they both got turned into Greatest Hits Radio.

[@tvradiotimelines]

That is for me part of the joy of these IDs - such massive evocations of growing up!

[@Timewyrm1989]

@@laotian12innumberverse6 fortunately both YCR and Minster both have their own local stations again with most of not all of the original DJs and they actually care about the local communities unlike GHR does (all they do is post “relatable” memes)

[@michaelwilliamson9892]

It certainly sounds like JAMS were kept busy here

[@tvradiotimelines]

Yes - lots of their stuff and lots of different stations using "similar" jingles....

[@christopherhulse8385]

We went from dull radio to exciting radio in the 90s, now back to dull.

[@robertcomer2767]

Listening to the majority of those jingles, they all sound as if you'd heard them on Radio 1 back in the day.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Many are pretty generic, I have to say, but then you find the odd little gem amongst them,,,,

[@OlliesTrainsGaming427]

Lincs fm and Iconic station, was sad when it got took over by Bauer and Hits Radio in April 2024 as Lincs FM was my local station

[@tvradiotimelines]

Yes - the demise of truly local radio is very sad.

[@Nick-xi9lm]

Yes, I enjoyed listening when it first started about 92. I remember the test transmissions as well. I lived North of Birmingham, but got good mono signal. Sadly Choice FM began to broadcast on the same frequency, & blocked out Lincs FM.☹️. I preferred Lincs.

[@NelvanaFan1971]

GHR/Hits comes from Manchester and Liverpool as well as London (Mostly Manchester)

[@tvradiotimelines]

@@NelvanaFan1971 Yes indeed - I thought it best to put the HQ on the map for simplicity's sake

[@dvidclapperton]

The nationwide commercial licenses wss the start of the slippery slope towards the eventual end of most locsl commercial radio stations in the UK. Sad we have the likes of Capital FM, Heart and Smooth, Bauer FM and Bauer AM putting out the same output almost 24/7 on ex local radio station frequencies apert from local news, travel, local adverts and a limited local breskfast and/or drivetime on Monday's to Fridays and perhaps sport 2pm to 6pm on Saturday's and Sunday's. How long before everything local that still remains disappears and the whole lot is broadcast from a single studio in London? A real shame. It's far too much about profit now, the big companies who have made them almost 24/7 have driven away most of the listeners who loved their once local ilr's.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Totally agree

[@tonybatley6101]

Absolutely correct summing up!!

[@GrandNationalMaster]

When will the next one be uploaded?

[@tvradiotimelines]

Hard to be sure - although I AM working on it, they take quite a time to research, find audio sources, and put together. It seems that the more recent the event, the harder it is to find the audio! I am particularly struggling with the 1994 rebrand of rebrand of Trent FM in Derbyshire to Ram FM. Some of the local Classic Gold rebrands are a bit of a challenge too.

[@asmrclaire5476]

Have you or are you able to do one of Pirate stations?

[@tvradiotimelines]

Now THAT really does appeal to me - although I think I need to et to a reasonable "jumping off" point with the legal stations first.

[@asmrclaire5476]

@@tvradiotimelines agreed. My now husband used to be on one in Kent many moons ago and he also remembers moving into a house in Slough in the 90s that had been used for Green Apple FM, still had a big sign graffitied onto the wall

[@tvradiotimelines]

@@asmrclaire5476 I guess - if I were to try something like that - I would probably have to restrict it somehow (maybe to the offshore stations) necause there were so many pirate stations around the country

[@the-history-art]

0:39 I really thought the beginning had a rickroll

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

Idea: Adding the dates of a station changing their frequency (e.g. Central FM switching from 96.7 to 103.1)

[@tvradiotimelines]

Good idea! I will bear that in mind if/when I update the video.

[@InsertUsername2]

Halfway done with the next Episode?

[@tvradiotimelines]

Not even close, sorry! Eurovision got in the way and the dog ate my homework! (One of those statements is true!)

[@yunicaniago8587]

Can you UK commecial 1993-1999 upload please

[@tvradiotimelines]

1993 is already covered in this video. I am currently preparing 1994-1995 and this should be uploaded within the next few weeks.

[@jbtv7955]

Cool video upload

[@tvradiotimelines]

Thank you - greatly appreciated!

[@GrandNationalMaster]

Is 1994 going to see the launch of heart fm in the midlands as it starts to go all over the uk?

[@tvradiotimelines]

Yes indeed - Heart launched in the Midlands on Tuesday 6 September 1994 so it will definitely be in the next chapter (although I have not actually started putting that together yet so it might be a while....)

[@PacificSouthwestAir]

@@tvradiotimelines I have radio station mocks, here they are: West Yorkshire Radio: the station opened in 1974. LBC 1, LBC 2: LBC 1 was LBC's rebrand, and LBC 2 was a radio station the for Brazilian community, they were launched in 1976. Midland Radio: it was the prelaunch for Centre Radio, which launched in 1978. Lowlands Radio: The first radio station successor, the successor to LBC, launched in 1988. Yorkshire French Radio: The first radio station for the French community, launched in 1983, replacing Centre Radio. LBC Leicester: Launched in 1980 before Centre Radio, renamed as LBC 3 in 1986. LBC Breakfast Radio: The breakfast news block of LBC 1, which launched in 1981.

[@tvradiotimelines]

@@PacificSouthwestAir That's really great. Not entirely sure I understand what you mean by "mocks" in this context, though?

[@MathRaven1910]

@@PacificSouthwestAir Did you say Brazilian??,i'm Brazilian and i are very intresting now,how and when they got a idea to opening a radio for serve the BR community in UK of course freely from Beebes and a commercial radio,and i never know how many Brazilians live in East England

[@ntmdisco]

7 minutes in is channel 103 using a reworked radio 1 jingle from the late eighties.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Not sure to be honest! My Radio 1 days ended in the 70s! LOL!!!

[@tvradiotimelines]

Hopefully, someone else here will know the answer!

[@laotian12innumberverse6]

The jingle was from the Jam package "The Best Show" created for KIMN in Denver, Colorado.

[@AnAltWindows7User]

Latin and center america tv timeline?

[@tvradiotimelines]

Thanks for the suggestion. I now have quite a long list of suggestions for new timelines although I have to say that my interest is at least partially driven by my own nostalgia so tends to focus on the UK and Europe.

[@AnAltWindows7User]

Why only europe and uk?

[@tvradiotimelines]

@@AnAltWindows7User I am based in the Uk so - I guess naturally - my principal interest lies there and I am also a massive Eurovision Song Contest fan so that extends the interest to Europe.

[@FlamingoPulse]

Due to how prominent it was in UK culture as the "original" UK commercial radio station, an honorable mention should be made on December 30, 1991 for Radio Luxembourg on 1440 AM ("208"). That was when English service of RTL closed and was replaced with German-language Oldies station "RTL Radio" which made it a simulcast of 93.3 & 97.0 FM serving the country of Luxembourg. That station changed to a Hot AC format in July 2015 and the FM stations are still on the air to this day. As for the 1440 AM transmitter, that shut down for the last time a few months later on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015.

[@tvradiotimelines]

Radio Luxembourg had a massive effect on radio in the UK but I felt that it was nevertheless slightly outside the scope of this project which aims to show the history of the network of legal commercial radio stations broadcasting from within the UK rather than of "the evolution of commercial radio in the UK" as a whole; it is a very fine line, I know, but, otherwise, it would have probably been appropriate to also include the onshore and offshore pirate stations of the 60s, 70s, and 80s as well which would have been enormously complex. All of that having been said, your "honourable mention" for good old "208" is entirely deserved!

[@raistherais]

Do something else please Great video anyway

[@tvradiotimelines]

I'm working on it - these things take a LONG time to research and put together!