Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

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Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by teckniqs » Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:23 pm

Does anyone know where this station came from?

....It came on 105.7 in April 1994 straight after Don FM went off air (Monday 28th March 1994) to apply for a licence and it was very strong in the Woking/Weybridge area. Wasn't around for long, two or three months I think.

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Albert H » Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:02 pm

I certainly heard it around the New Cross / Greenwich area around that time. They used to play a lot of "indie" rock and unsigned bands.
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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Freebass » Sat Aug 03, 2019 2:02 am

It used to come from Egham

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Albert H » Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:23 pm

In which case, it was getting out well!
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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Freebass » Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:24 am

Yes they used to get out well they had a high transmitter site 👍🏻

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by teckniqs » Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:44 pm

They weren't anything to do with Red Eye, were they?

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Freebass » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:20 am

They Knew the guy that owned Redeye, that’s how they got started.

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Atmosphere928 » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:52 am

There was a station over in Essex near Epping called ROCK FM THAT WAS ON 106mhz that was around the same time I’m sure they moved freq due virgin radio on 105.8. Was run a buy a bloke called Nigel the TX site was up a tree rig & was battery powered.
Only a few broadcasts per week.

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Re: Unknown FM 105.7 (Rock Station 1994)

Post by Albert H » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:14 pm

Nigel's Rock FM was an offshoot (sort of) of the old Radio Free London.

The REAL RFM was created by Dave Fuller and Claire Mansfield in 1984, and ran for about 5 years - mostly on Sundays.
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