Radio Jackie relaunches on Sunday
The date and time has now been announced - Radio Jackie relaunches on Sunday 19 October at 12 noon UK time (1100 UTC) in SW London on 107.8 MHz. Their Web site will be www.radiojackie.com and I presume there will be an Internet audio feed. At the moment the station is still broadcasting as Thames 107.8 at www.thamesradio.com where there is audio available. I'll be updating our feature story later this week, and again after the event.
I like stories with happy endings, especially when the good guys win. Radio Jackie was technically a pirate station, but was more professional and more popular in its listening area than some of the big stations. The only reason it didn't get the SW London community licence originally was bloody mindedness on the part of the Radio Authority, which was no doubt leaned on not to be seen to reward illegal broadcasting. Well, the people who ran Thames Radio ran it into the ground, attracted virtually no listeners, and deserved what they got - absolutely nothing. The Radio Jackie crew came along and rescued it, and within a few weeks there was a dramatic improvement in the station's programming and listening figures. These people are making radio programmes because they love radio, not to line some guy's wallet. If you want to find the real spirit of radio in London, don't go to Broadcasting House, go to 110 Tolworth Broadway!
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