Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

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Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

Post by famefm » Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:10 am

I can't think of anyone as lighting 90.8 supreme 99.8 venture 99.6 and RJR are not on dab anyone know anything that has?

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Re: Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

Post by mpx » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:34 pm

Maybe it's because most of their listeners are on FM. The fact they've been on those frequencies so long negates the argument of no frequencies in London. Ofcom might as well license them.

Question is would they want to be?

The route to DAB is easier but how popular would that be?

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Re: Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

Post by teckniqs » Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:24 pm

It's a good question and no, not as far as I'm aware. Which is quite surprisingly actually come to think of it....

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Post by famefm » Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:44 am

Good answers and I was in Central London 2 weeks ago and it does seem like they have almost been forgotten lightning radio was the one I was listening to and was like a real blast from the past and there is nothing like the presentation outside the capital and RJR who reminded me of JBC from the second half of the 80s and the 1987 raid that can be seen on YouTube

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Re: Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

Post by famefm » Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:47 am

And no i don't think they would be interested if they are being left in peace go legal as it would cost a lot of money

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Re: Have any London reggae pirates gone legal dab

Post by famefm » Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:45 am

And the answer is none I don't know any reggae pirate who has gone dab

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