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The Thameside Radio 90.2 Story

The Thameside Radio Story is about Thameside Radio 90.2:
Thameside Radio was a London based pirate radio station which broadcast every Sunday (and more)between 1977 and 1982. Tony Lloyd, Bob Edwards, The Intrepid Birdman, Alex Wright, Paul James, Terry Anderson and The Curly Man all presented shows on Thameside, as did many others. This is a live site so if you would just like a namecheck, want to get in touch, have any anecdotes or photos from anything to do with Thameside Radio 90.2 or even a Thameside Radio recording or a memory please email me.

Thameside Radio was a pirate radio station that led a revolution.

In the late 1970's the only national FM pop/rock station closed down at 7pm on Sundays. I was a teenager and 7pm symbolised the end of the weekend; no more music, time for a meal, school tomorrow, Saturday's party already becoming a faint memory. BBC Radio 1 had played the Top 30 and now they would hand over to Radio 2 who played the Mike Samms Signers - easy listening aimed at the over 60s. It was ghastly.

It was with disbelief that I found - when I nudged the tuning dial at 7pm - that just next to Radio 1 was someone still playing proper music. Thameside Radio quickly caught my imagination and that of many other Londoners. We tuned to 90.2 VHF just before 7pm every Sunday to catch the warm up music, the Thameside theme tune, the "Do you ever have difficulty finding a radio station playing music" jingle and then Thameside Radio who played our music. In addition to the music there were listeners' letters, quizzes and a growing number of events. The station also gradually changed to reflect our chaning interests and the changing times. While it is true that Thameside Radio was a pirate radio station they never behaved like one. They would always be on air at the right time, the signal wasn't hard to receive, any radio could get it, the sound quality was excellent and the Thameside DJs had a friendly but professional approach.

This is the story of Thameside Radio 90.2, the best radio station in London.

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The Thameside Radio Story is an achive of material about Thameside Radio 90.2, a London pirate station. It broadcast between 1977 and 1982. Tony Lloyd, Bob Edwards, The Intrepid Birdman, Alex Wright, Paul James, Ian Stewart, Terry Anderson and The Curly Man all presented shows, as did many others. More important were the listeners. This is a live site so if you would just like a namecheck, want to get in touch, have a Thameside Radio 90.2 related photo, Thameside Radio recording or a memory please email me.

Special thanks for mp3s, writing in or sending pictures to (amongst others) , Carol H, Olaf Star, Jessica D, Pyers E, Warren S, Stephen Sykes, John G, Mike E, itrilby for Radio Eric, Alex Wright, Aidan S, Dave "The Birdman", Alan Dolby, Rachel McIntyre (for Terry Anderson), Al at fmthen.com for the Thameside Radio Revisited podcasts, Terry/Decibel90 and Steve Scribbler.

I know that a lot of Thameside listeners and friends would like to get in touch with each other again. If you are happy to have e-mail forwarded do write in. Even if you don't have any new information it would be great to hear from you.

The content of this site is avalilable under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Martin Wood