horizon radio 1985

[famefm]

Does anyone know what became of the boss Chris Stewart

[famefm]

That's horizon radio London 1981/1985

[Albert H]

He went to Portugal to run a station down there. The story goes that he ran up some huge debts and then disappeared.

I last saw him in the Walworth Road some time around 2000 when I was with two friends (one of whom had been on Horizon), but he didn't want to be bothered with talking to us.

[famefm]

Thanks for that even though it's taken 6 months for someone to reply. I think Chris Stewart totally gave up on the radio around 1990

[Effemm]

Mix @ 6 on Drivetime just had to taped them days
Dmc mastermixes were n still are the dogs !!
Barry James i think it was back then
CJ Carlos was another who knew his stuff
Loved them days,

[famefm]

They were the best radio days of all before the kiss radio stile change the direction of London radio for the next 30 YEARS

[Effemm]

You mean Kids100 I guess ?

Kiss 94 was the bollox,So So many class shows,the USA mastermixes , the signal was quality all over, & another thing I remember, this era had great breakfast shows...somit that's never gna happen again sadly, great days

[famefm]

After the license yes but I think horizon was the main pioneer and it was shame they didn't stick around longer

[Albert H]

Nope - ten years earlier, the real pioneer was Radio Invicta - "the sound of midnight soul". They used to do a couple of hours on a couple of nights each week. Later, they became a Sunday station on 92.4MHz, usually in stereo.

In those days, a good aerial up a 23-storey block with 80 - 100 Watts would cover most of London, because there were far fewer stations, and the noise floor was much lower. We didn't have all the interference sources that do so much to wreck radio these days!

[famefm]

I knew about invicta but the owner closed it when Jfm and horizon went 24 hours so they weren't even running when the first licenses were advertised

[Albert H]

Bob Tomalski - the guy who ran Invicta - voluntarily closed the station when the first tranche of licences were advertised. Most of his DJs went to JFM or Solar. When the licence stitch-up became obvious, Bob re-started Invicta for about a year. Then the Law change happened, and he went legit, working for several stations and making adverts.

Sadly, he died in the late 90s (as I recall).

[famefm]

Was that his real name? I only knew the boss as tony John's

[duncanorak]

Bob Tomalski was Roger Tate on Invicta

[Horizon]

He went to Portugal to run a station down there. The story goes that he ran up some huge debts and then disappeared.

I last saw him in the Walworth Road some time around 2000 when I was with two friends (one of whom had been on Horizon), but he didn't want to be bothered with talking to us.

Wonderful story you tell here, you must have gone to the school of imagination. He went to Portugal, he has never been to Portugal, so that one is a lie and in the Walworth Road in 2000, must have been a ghost try http:/horizonradiolondon.com for the truth

[Horizon]

For those of you who want to know about Horizon Radio London 1981/1985 on 94.5fm and 102.5fm the story is unfolding now here http://horizonradiolondon.com. Written by the people who created the radio station so only contains the truth and no vivid imagination.

[famefm]

Facinating I can't wait to see the story and how about fame fm also who some people thought at first it was horizon returning with a new name?

[famefm]

Can't wait to hear an update about Chris Stewart I don't know anything about him but I remember he was a very good dj

[Effemm]

Seems the main man is back with a show on Chocolate Radio every weekend.
Not sure how long he’s been on this station but after reading the HRL website I done some digging and found him

http://www.talkinews.com/

[famefm]

What day and time is he on he might sound quite different as the last time I heard his voice he would have been about 35 now he is over 65 years old

[Effemm]

Sat & Sun 8-10 pm
Were all a good 30 yrs older now mate. No going back !
Look at Tony Blackburn, been in the game a very long time he still sounds the same