GREEN APPLE RADIO - who remembers?

[Manikm909]

Hey - im sitting here having a small party in my kitchen....

then a tune came on...

Raumschiff Edelweiss (Official Video with lyrics) - YouTube​

https://www.youtube.com › watch





and it suddenly reminded me of my earliest introduction to sat tv - on 19e obvs back in the early 90s

GREEN APPLE RADIO

The Pirate Archive - Index page

www.thepiratearchive.net

That and MTV Party Zone (when MTV was free)

They were the days! Now it seems so irrelevant, due to the amount of source of music and TV - back then, if you didnt have Sat TV you were VERY limited.

This is what fuelled my fire, and is why i am where i am today!!!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Definitely not my kind of music, but can appreciate those that went out of their way to broadcast what they liked. Slough based from memory.

Mixcloud

www.mixcloud.com

 

[Manikm909]

omg some tunes right there - thanks @Channel Hopper

 

[ozumo]

Wish I knew about this back then! Out in the sticks all we had were tapes that were several generation copies.

 

[Manikm909]

yes and was MUCH better quality than FM (radio) signals...even though it was analogue sat.

 

[Channel Hopper]

yes and was MUCH better quality than FM (radio) signals...even though it was analogue sat.

Almost all the rigs used onsite were very poorly set up, cheaply built and often using an even cheaper low power transfer to the main transmitter. Pirates calculated the main unit would be discovered at some point by the home office and confiscated.

It took years for the government to realise the commercial stations (and the independents) were failing the 'yoof' (i believe there was one DJ on Radio 1 that stated pirate radio was out of touch or something similar), and come up with a suitable licence application. Community radio followed.

From 1985

Pirate Radio (Hansard, 14 January 1985)

Pirate Radio (Hansard, 14 January 1985)

api.parliament.uk

and 1987

I spy for the DTI

Radio Today reporters expose the Government's radio police. From November 1987.

www.amfm.org.uk

 

[Manikm909]

i remember KISS FM when it was a pirate radio station - soooo much better.

 

[manic01]

Laser 558 was a fav of mine.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I was dealing with a couple of stations in the early 80's, mainly running tapes and transmitter reconnaisance, but I did get involved with the odd studio work in the early 90's, the wierdest - and worst paying -an outlet in Chiswick (Power Road ?).

 

[ozumo]

i remember KISS FM when it was a pirate radio station - soooo much better.

KISSTORY is useless as well. BTW were you and another person called manik responsible for this classic? ;)

 

[Manikm909]

the problem with kisstory as time moves on, they play less and less older stuff, and more newer (old stuff) if that makes sense.

haha - no i - but iwsh i was....it was probably made using OCTAMED on one or two Commodore Amigas.


I do stream live old schoool sets from time to time but mainly uplifting trance nowdays.

 

[Manikm909]

you might like this set (One of my recorded sessions)
hxxps://livesets.com/djmanikm/session/20809

 

[ozumo]

Oh yes!

 

[Manikm909]

Live now

Mixlr

mixlr.com

 

[Channel Hopper]

I was dealing with a couple of stations in the early 80's, mainly running tapes and transmitter reconnaisance, but I did get involved with the odd studio work in the early 90's, the wierdest - and worst paying -an outlet in Chiswick (Power Road ?).

Ah, Guru Josh was his stage name. (Paul Waldon)

 

[Manikm909]

best track from Guru Josh - was Infinity

RIP Paul Walden

 

[ozumo]

Clubland TV on 28.2°E is currently playing some lovely chilled mixes of 90s tracks as part of its "Normal Programmes Suspended" coverage. Long may normal programming be suspended

 

[Manikm909]

Clubland TV on 28.2°E is currently playing some lovely chilled mixes of 90s tracks as part of its "Normal Programmes Suspended" coverage. Long may normal programming be suspended

Let me check it out . Will 1.8m be enough to get signal

 

[Channel Hopper]

Let me check it out . Will 1.8m be enough to get signal

No .

Since there is respect to the Queen, there will be a number of stations dropping (not that) the jockeys for the ten days of mourning. Radio Caroline started earlier.

It may be worth putting on some large memory sticks to capture the moments over the next week or two.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Holy crap ! Clubland is unworthy of their video offerings.

Despite the GT Media box being crap with audio, their output appears to be in mono.

(It's like DAB/DAB+ all over again)