London Radio | Capital Gold | Tommy Vance | Richard Attenborough | Pirate radio | TN-88-122-038

THANES NEWS 24.10.88 RADIO - LAUNCH TOMORROW OF GREATER LONDON RADIO. _x
INTERVIEWS: Matthew BANNISTER, GLR ... it fills a gap in the market between Radios 1 and 2 ... Sir Richard Attenborough, Chen Capital Radio ... people will adhere to radio they 'MOW ... it has a great future ... Martin JACKSON, Broadcast Magazine ... will put radio back on the map .
cus Sir Richard Attemborough speaking into microphone announcing creation of Capital Gold; exteriors Capital Radio, Euston Road
interior studio GLR - gvs DI playing a record;
gvs DJS Tommy VANCE and Johnny WALKER.
montage DJs on air inc Tony Blackburn.
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[@sanchoodell6789]

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

[@TheZacDJ]

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.

[@Candolad]

Or commercial-free. GLR was too good and competition objected.

[@dunebasher1971]

@@Candolad Although as GLR's ratings were never anything to shout about, the competition didn't really have any worries.

[@broken1394]

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

[@christopherhulse8385]

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

[@voice.of.reason]

It was, because they sacked most of the DJs, a completely new line up after that idiot Bannister screwed it all up

[@voice.of.reason]

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