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The 80s was, no doubt, a *very* exciting time for radio (particularly pirate radio.) Radio Caroline (broadcasting from a ship moored off the East Anglian coast. Some pirates in London that catered to more niche markets. Black music station like LWR, TKO and Kiss and *Radio Kit* originally based in Stevenage (as Radio Newtown show casing the Kit Curran Radio Show) moved to Brentford and broadcasted from the tower blocks of the Green Dragon Lane estate as Radio Kit hosted by DJ Kit Curran

Good ol' GLR 94.9FM -- Greatly missed London Radio. A great station to work at, and to listen to, happiest time of my life. What have we got now? LBC and BBC Radio London going after the same people, launching phone-ins against phone-ins. Virtually all the commercial stations are either automated or just a re-broadcast of a national station. Radio 'X' is kind of doing some interesting stuff, and Absolute plays *some* good music. But there isn't a station doing anything mould breaking, entertainingly zany, or grown up like GLR did. I think moving BBC Radio London out of Marylebone High St and into Broadcasting House was a bit of a bum move. The station has lost its individuality, its just another 'brand' being churned out from a broadcasting factory.

Everybody falls over about Peel butTommy Vance was the best in my nook - was looking for a doc on him and Zero ... fuckin shameful.

GLR wasn't a new station at all, just Radio London by a new name.

GLR was crap, the old BBC Radio London was far better