Radio Concord was a pirate radio station which broadcast from west London on AM 225, medium wave between 1972 and 1976.[1]
Country | London |
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Launch date | 1972 |
Dissolved | 1976 |
The station sometimes broadcast from a house in Maida Vale where "Joe Strummer" lived with the 101ers. This was a politicised counterculture station, and would comment on issues like Northern Ireland and housing rights.[2]
DJs and staff
editThe following aliases appear to have been used on air:[3]
- El Supremo (The Supreme Dialect / Dalek) aka Tommy Arnold
- King Kong
- Joe Lung, aka Mrs Scum, Doo Wop King etc.
- Matt Black
- Len "almond slices" Deevish, aka Wolfman Fred, Keith York
- Jebediah Strutt, aka John the Baptist, The Amazing Spicer, Saskatoon Kid, Ezekial Fudge
- Simon Enfield
- Philip Day aka Philip Bendall
- Kelvin Michaels
- Dan Blocker
- Louis Deco
- Don "my old fruit" Stevens
- California Sunshine
- Anne Night in Gale Force 7
- Amy Turtle
- Anne Boleyn (with her head)
- Snoopy
- Charles De Gaul
- Captain Banana
- Dismal Dave
- Dave the Deserter
- Mick Dogfood
- Red Dirt and the Power Pack
References
edit- ^ "Radio Concord archive page".
- ^ "Pirate radio in London: The Clash, Keith Allen and biscuits". The Great Wen. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "DJs and staff". www.radioconcord.com. Retrieved 2019-11-09.