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| Broadcast area | London |
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| Frequency | 92.4 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Soul, jazz-funk, electro |
| History | |
First air date | December 1970 |
Last air date | July 1984 |
Radio Invicta was a pirate radio station that broadcast to London, and was the first of its kind to specialise in playing soul music. [1] It broadcast from December 1970 to July 1984, and was known by its slogan Soul over London and considered itself "Europe's first and only all soul station". [2] [3] [4] [5]
Many of the well known DJs on the soul, funk, and jazz-funk scenes at the time played on the station, including Froggy, Chris Hill, Tony Cleveland, Roger Tate, Derek Holmes, Andy Jackson, Steve Devonne, Steve Chandler, Steve Marshall,Tony Johns, and Herbie ( Mastermind Roadshow). The station would also launch the careers of Steve Walsh, Gilles Peterson, and Pete Tong.
Having originally broadcast during the week, from 1974-1978 the station broadcast solely on bank holidays. From 1978, it then moved to afternoons/evenings every Sunday. [6]
References
- ^ "Soul over London". Radioinvicta.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Radio Invicta - London pirate radio history - AM/FM". Amfm.org.uk. 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Radio Invicta: the genesis of black music radio in London .... still unfulfilled". Grant Goddard Radio Blog. 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Invicta - Mike Allen Capital Radio". Mikeallencapitalradio.com.
- ^ Bill Brewster (2014). Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-802-19436-7.
- ^ Kate Coyer; Tony Dowmunt; Alan Fountain (2007). The Alternative Media Handbook. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-82121-3.
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| Broadcast area | London |
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| Frequency | 92.4 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Soul, jazz-funk, electro |
| History | |
First air date | December 1970 |
Last air date | July 1984 |
Radio Invicta was a pirate radio station that broadcast to London, and was the first of its kind to specialise in playing soul music. [1] It broadcast from December 1970 to July 1984, and was known by its slogan Soul over London and considered itself "Europe's first and only all soul station". [2] [3] [4] [5]
Many of the well known DJs on the soul, funk, and jazz-funk scenes at the time played on the station, including Froggy, Chris Hill, Tony Cleveland, Roger Tate, Derek Holmes, Andy Jackson, Steve Devonne, Steve Chandler, Steve Marshall,Tony Johns, and Herbie ( Mastermind Roadshow). The station would also launch the careers of Steve Walsh, Gilles Peterson, and Pete Tong.
Having originally broadcast during the week, from 1974-1978 the station broadcast solely on bank holidays. From 1978, it then moved to afternoons/evenings every Sunday. [6]
References
- ^ "Soul over London". Radioinvicta.com. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Radio Invicta - London pirate radio history - AM/FM". Amfm.org.uk. 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Radio Invicta: the genesis of black music radio in London .... still unfulfilled". Grant Goddard Radio Blog. 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Invicta - Mike Allen Capital Radio". Mikeallencapitalradio.com.
- ^ Bill Brewster (2014). Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-802-19436-7.
- ^ Kate Coyer; Tony Dowmunt; Alan Fountain (2007). The Alternative Media Handbook. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-82121-3.
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