London FM Pirates Scan

[Lengman]

Front FM has returned on 90.2

And now they're on 89.4 and battling it out with the Yardies! Someone's feeling brave

[FFUK]

Is there something on 89.4 now ? London pirates reckon they own every dial.

[famefm]

Yes a Reggae station that has been on since 2013

[famefm]

Citylock is the name

[Casual]

Yeah to be fair (as Fame has stated) I'm pretty sure Citylock has been established on 89.4 in London since well before the mid-2010's! Not too sure why anybody would think it would be a good move to jump on that dial with those guys already there to be honest. I'd imagine you'd be asking for trouble.

Someone else on here may be in a better position to clarify this but in Front FM's area would 101.6 be a viable option? (Either side of Flex on the opposite side of London on 101.4 & Bizim on 101.8) Or is there an obvious reason why it's not in use? (e.g. some unknown pirate already occupying it or : long established local legal I'm unaware of using it) Live FM UK seemed to do pretty well on 101.5 back in the day before Flex were allocated 101.4. Just a thought....

[mpx]

Front FM's signal gets into North Kent quite well which is KMFM 101.6's coverage area.

A better frequency might be something like 89.6 as long as they don't get over to West London and interfere with Westside from Southall.

[Casual]

Front FM's signal gets into North Kent quite well which is KMFM 101.6's coverage area.

A better frequency might be something like 89.6 as long as they don't get over to West London and interfere with Westside from Southall.

Ahh OK fair do's re: 101.6, that's a no-go then! Maybe 89.6 could be a better choice then.

[FFUK]

isnt golden beats on 89.6 ? I was picking somthing up on it a few days ago, couldnt work out what it was though.

[mpx]

I've only ever heard Westside in S/SE/Kent, and quite weak, not surprising at 7 watts but still impressive. Check the webstream and compare. Never heard of golden beats, must be low power/small coverage area.

[mpx]

Getting something new and unidentified on 91.8 playing RnB/Hip Hop.
Stereo, No RDS. Sound quality is quite good, except for phase noise on the stereo pilot.
No jingles or IDs, just music.
First noticed it on Saturday.

[urbanocturnal]

Transmitters aren't coping well with the intense heat: WK-END 106.5 and Unique 101.2 keep intermittently dropping in signal strength at regular intervals, Divine 95.1's signal has just started drifting all over the place. 4Tune, having recently moved from 87.8 to 101.1, were drifting all of Sunday and yesterday before switching off completely.

[djkanga]

Getting something new and unidentified on 91.8 playing RnB/Hip Hop.
Stereo, No RDS. Sound quality is quite good, except for phase noise on the stereo pilot.
No jingles or IDs, just music.
First noticed it on Saturday.

Anyone got a number for them?
DM

[mpx]

Transmitters aren't coping well with the intense heat

Muzik FM on 87.9 was going up and down in power as well. Not sure what the point of that station is, seems to just play news talk with a weird delay echo.

[mpx]

Getting something new and unidentified on 91.8 playing RnB/Hip Hop.
Stereo, No RDS. Sound quality is quite good, except for phase noise on the stereo pilot.
No jingles or IDs, just music.
First noticed it on Saturday.

Anyone got a number for them?
DM

RDS popped up last week "_1VIBEZ_"
There may have been a studio number on the radio text. I'm out of the area now so can't check.

[urbanocturnal]

Picking up Origin on 100.3. A bit over-modulated, but with a strong signal and great music selection!

[Nick_G]

Is 4Tune FM back on 87.8? I picked up a pirate this morning on there playing funk. It was different to 4Tune FM's webstream though.

Anyone else getting this?

[bravedaveyboy]

Street Vibez is now on 91.8, presumably 90.6 was no good for them.

[reverend]

Quick bandscan from Central London (EC4) from deep inside a noisy building full of IT equipment, and using an SDR dongle and a wet piece of string antenna...

90.4 Whoa
90.8 Lightning
95.5 OnTop
98.1 Slamming Beats
99.5 Venture
99.8 Supreme Live
105.6 Playback

Next time I should bring a decent antenna and sit nearer a window!

[bravedaveyboy]

That's Kharisma, see my new post about this.

Is 4Tune FM back on 87.8? I picked up a pirate this morning on there playing funk. It was different to 4Tune FM's webstream though.

Anyone else getting this?

[bravedaveyboy]

Did a bandscan this afternoon using my Roberts Vintage radio with telescopic antenna. Bermondsey SE1 location (near Tower Bridge).

23 pirates found
New station on 87.8: Kharisma
Street Vibez has moved from 90.6 to 91.8

87.5 Live
87.8 Kharisma
88.4 Vision
89.4 Citylock
90.0 Hot
90.4 Whoa
90.8 Lightning
91.8 Street Vibez
93.8 Vibes
95.1 Divine
95.5 On Top
96.1 S-Dance
97.1 LSR
98.1 Slamming Beats
99.3 Digital Soul
99.5 Venture
99.8 Supreme
101.1 4Tune
102.0 Concious
102.4 Wax
104.7 Kream
105.6 Playback
106.5 Wk-End