Thameside Radio
Thameside Radio was an unlicensed radio station based in London UK. It launched in the winter of 1977 offering "very slick pop rock with competitions", according to Time Out magazine. According to the Richmond and Twickenham Times, they broadcast from "a certain Notting Hill tower block" – a reference to Trellick Tower.
The station received "30-40 letters each week" and the Richmond and Twickenham Times estimated listenership at "some 20,000 listeners". It pioneered new music and is noted by the New Musical Express for giving airplay to "Win a Night Out with a Well-Known Paranoiac" by Barry Andrews which was subsequently picked up by BBC Radio 1.
Increasing numbers of raids resulted in the station "losing 5 transmitters in 6 months" and Thameside "ceased live transmissions, taping its shows shortly before broadcast".
Recordings of a number of Thameside Radio shows are held by the British Library. Many shows are available for download from fmthen.com
In late 1984, Thameside set up the first London unlicensed TV station for a one-off event, which received coverage in the national press
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