Manchester United's Forgotten Radio Station 

Is this it? www.google.com/maps/@53.4637905,-2.2868489,3a,15y,186.72h,90.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srweLgfmq-XKBSctXZ_z45A!2e0!5s20080801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu That antenna actually looks like it's still there in 2023, so it might not be.

How times have changed. This would be behind a paywall now.

Legend has it, that during cold nights they would broadcast Sir Alex’s halftime “motivational speeches”, as it provided more heat than the gas board could.

Even though I have no interest in football, this is an interesting piece of history.

So that's why the Soviets had that big jamming station...

Love a bit of local radio via what was called the... "restricted service licence" ....although a lot of us also see this as a great "qrp experiment and certainly the signal was not restricted... Some clubs even sold little radios with earphones fixed on the channel ....great archive lewis 😊 😂

I used to be a member of two hospital radio stations that had LPAM licences. One was on 1413AM & the other on 1431AM. The 1431 station had an AM50 transmitter located in Sheffield, and a similar antenna but the pole was fibreglass. This was supplied to us by Radica.

Great video! As an American Manchester United supporter and a radio nerd, this is awesome. Glory Glory Man United!!!!!

Not from the UK but have always been a Man U fan and this was a great story. Thanks for sharing

Nice piece of nostalgia, I'd never heard of this station and I guess no-body had unless they lived near to Old Trafford. I'm imagining a parallel universe where the internet is never invented, United and City start building more and more powerful transmitters, and keep trying to jam each others signals. 😁

This would be an awesome idea for my local club in Australia. Probably over the Internet rather than over the airwaves though. Get some more interest in the club. When our club started up in the late 1990s, it became a sudden sensation and even had a short-lived TV show, hosted by a sports broadcaster who is now the mayor of the city!

Never knew it had a radio station. Nice vid lewis.

Crystal Palace FC had a station called Palace Radio on AM, don't know if it's still in operation. I used to pick up the signal from where I used to live in Brixton

Brilliant - somehow never knew of this station! Always thought Century had the rights for the United matches.

A fellow “radio nerd” checking in.

I didn't get any on the quiz. Though I'm not a huge sports fan. And not from the U.K., so my performance is level is about right.

I work in Leeds and on my commute to and from work I pass Elland Road the home of Leeds United. They used to have match day radio station that broadcast around the Leeds area. But now I think its all done online now.

I'm a fan of radio, your channel and MUFC,,, triple win... back of the net!.. Siuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Nottingham forest fan myself i know good work lewis

The 5 players at the end, i need some help... I think 1 was Jordi Cruyff? Not sure though. 2 was big Pete. 3 Irwin or Keane, I'm going Irwin. 4 Phil Nev? 5 was clearly Becks.

Matt & Jayne were a great team.

Actually, this LPAM station was a covert message outlet for the Manchester branch office of the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Thanks RM. a Very Cool Blast from the Past.....GOAL*****

I think it could be said that the station could be replaced by a stone tablet. "Is Manchester United winning?" "Answer: No"

I remember it as you always knew you were closer to the ground when you were in range.

Ah, the glory years.

I'm pretty sure the antenna was on the opposite side of the ground, somewhere around the location of where Hotel Football is now located, if not on that site (as it would have been over canal) but on the edge of the East Car Park? ( between the canal , matt busby way and the A5081) I worked in and around the area and remember driving past and wondering what the Cap. Hat Antenna was used for, I suspected it was for LP Broadcast, but as football is not my bag I never 'tuned in'. I've just had a root around on google street view on the older images but they only go back to 2008 and I can't see it. It definitely did look like the image at 05:58

Fans all over the world, 5 mile club radio station... DOH!

You always knew when you were getting close on match days when you could pick the station up.

niiice

Didn't LUFC have a station as well

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Algorithm did not show me this video.

I think you get a ship load of info. So I will buy a oversized popcorn bucket ready for the next episode! 👍🍿

First 😀 73 from Sweden

Some things are better left forgotten.

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Manchester is Blue

unless it could reach london, it is pointless