Introduction
I’ve you’ve been following the FM pirate radio scene in London for a few years, you’ll know that there are stations which have been around since the beginning of time, and stations which are here today and gone tomorrow. This page attempts to document all of the pirate radio stations which once operated in London, but have since closed down. Stations covered here operated between the 1990s and the present date.
For stations which are currently active, you can find details in the current pirate radio stations article.
Former Pirate Radio Stations
The stations in this list are considered to have closed down, either because I have positive confirmation that they have closed, or because they have not been logged for a very long time.
| Frequency | Name | Format | RDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87.5 | Dubwise FM | Dubstep, Drum ’n’ Bass | (scrolling + RT) |
| 87.5 | Bashment FM | Bashment, Hip-Hop, RnB, Soul | |
| 87.5 | Funky FM (Essex & Kent) | Drum ’n’ Bass, Dubstep, House, Trance | |
| 87.5 | Makora Radio | Religious | |
| 87.5 | Mystery FM (East Anglia) | ||
| 87.5 | Platinum | RnB, UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
| 87.5 | Sub Zero FM (Buckinghamshire & surroundings) | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 87.5 | UK’s Finest (Buckinghamshire & surroundings) | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 87.6 | Flava | Hip-Hop, UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 87.6 | Unity Radio | Electro, House, UK Garage | (scrolling + rt) |
| 87.7 | Dimension FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Old Skool, UK Garage | |
| 87.7 (stereo) | SOTS (Oxfordshire & Berkshire) | House | (scrolling) |
| 87.8 | Fatal FM | FATAL FM | |
| 87.8 (stereo) | Impact (Surrey & Sussex) | UK Garage | IMPACTUK |
| 87.9 | Energy FM | Gabba, Hardcore, Industrial, Speedcore, Techno | |
| 88.3 | Majestic Radio | Reggae | |
| 88.4 | Centerforce | ||
| 88.4 | Ice FM | House, UK Garage | |
| 88.4 | Resist FM (Essex & Kent) | ||
| 88.6 | D-Vine FM | UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 88.6 | Premier FM | Hard House | (scrolling) |
| 89.4 | London Underground | UK Garage | LONDON-U |
| 89.4 | Sweet FM | Hip-Hop, House, RnB | |
| 89.4 | Unknown FM | House | UNKNOWN |
| 89.6 | Touchdown FM | UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 89.6 | UK Obsession | UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
| 89.6 | UK Sexy | Electro, Electro-House, House | (scrolling) |
| 90.1 | Rude Bass FM (Essex & Kent) | ||
| 90.6 (stereo) | Fresh | Drum ’n’ Bass, Funk, House, Soul, Trance, UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 90.6 | Mix Vibes Radio | ||
| 90.6 | Y2K | Bashment, House, UK Garage | |
| 90.8 | Charge FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, UK Garage | |
| 91.6 | Innocence FM (Essex & Kent) | ||
| 91.7 | Charm FM (Essex) | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 91.8 | Soundz Radio UK (Essex & Kent) | House, UK Garage | S.R.U.K |
| 92.0 | Edge FM | UK Garage | |
| 92.0 | Power Jam | Reggae | |
| 92.0 | Pulse FM | UK Garage | |
| 92.0 | Scream London | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 92.3 | Weekend Rush | Hardcore | |
| 92.4 | Deja Vu FM | Hip-Hop, House, UK Garage | DEJAVUFM |
| 92.5 | Elite FM | UK Garage | |
| 92.7 | Freeze FM | Hip-Hop, House, RnB, UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
| 92.7 | Garage FM | UK Garage | |
| 92.7 | Mac FM | UK Garage | MAC FM |
| 92.8 | Atmosphere FM | ||
| 92.8 | Energy | Gospel, Hip-Hop, House | |
| 92.8 | Future FM | House, RnB, UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 92.8 | Hype Radio | Hip-Hop, House, RnB | (scrolling + RT) |
| 92.8 | Klash FM (Essex & Kent) | Breakbeat, House, UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 92.9 | Dice FM | Hip-Hop, House, UK Garage | |
| 92.9 | Klimaxx | Jungle, Reggae | |
| 92.9 | Lynx FM | Soca | |
| 92.9 | Pure Love Live | Hip-Hop, House, UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
| 93.0 | Breeze | Funk, Soul | BREEZE (+ RT) |
| 93.0 | Fresh 93 | UK Garage | FRESH_93 (animated) |
| 93.0 | Mint FM (merged into MintVybe) | House | |
| 93.0 | Spotlight Radio | RnB, Soul | |
| 93.0 | Soul Radio UK | Soul | SOULUK93 (+ RT) |
| 94.0 | Pure FM | UK Garage | |
| 94.0 | Silk Room FM | UK Garage | |
| 94.0 | Touch FM | House, UK Garage | TOUCH'94 |
| 94.2 (stereo) | TSOL | RnB, Soul | (scrolling) |
| 94.3 | Soundz FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Hardcore, House, UK Garage | SOUNDZ |
| 94.4 | Tempo Radio | Soca | TEMPO FM |
| 94.7 | Rude Bass FM (Essex & Kent) | ||
| 95.3 (stereo) | Storm FM | Electro, Electro-House, House, Reggae, RnB, Soul, UK Garage | STORM (+ RT) |
| 95.3 | Naspa Radio UK | Ghanaian | |
| 95.5 | Entice FM | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 95.6 | Climax | Acid House, Garage, House, Techno | |
| 96.1 | Dance UK | UK Garage | DANCE UK |
| 96.1 | Supreme FM | UK Garage | |
| 96.1 | Upfront FM | House, UK Garage | |
| 96.5 | Flirt FM | UK Garage | |
| 96.5 | Love FM | House, UK Garage | LOVE FM |
| 96.6 | Heat FM | ||
| 96.6 | Riddim FM | RIDDIM (+ RT) | |
| 96.6 | Sharpbeat | ||
| 96.7 | Pressure Radio (Middlesex & South London) | Drum ’n’ Bass, UK Funky, UK Garage | |
| 96.8 | Evolution UK | ||
| 97.1 | NRG Live | ||
| 97.8 | The Original 978 | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 97.9 | Bassline | Hip-Hop, Reggae, RnB | |
| 97.9 | Passion Live | House | (scrolling + RT) |
| 98.1 | Fantasy FM | Acid, Hardcore, Rave | |
| 98.2 (stereo) | R House FM | House | |
| 99.1 | Touch FM | House | TOUCH FM |
| 99.3 | 9nine3 | UK Garage | |
| 99.3 | Flashback FM | UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 99.3 | Taste FM | UK Garage | |
| 99.3 | Upfront FM (relaunched on 96.1) | House, UK Garage | |
| 99.5 | MintVybe FM | House | |
| 99.5 | Vybe FM (merged into MintVybe) | Drum ’n’ Bass, House | (scrolling) |
| 99.7 | Soul Train | Soul | |
| 99.7 | UK Pleasure Live! (Essex & Kent) | House | PLEASURE |
| 100.2 | True FM | House, UK Garage | |
| 100.3 | Kore FM | Hardcore, House, Techno | |
| 100.4 | Rinse FM (now community licensed on 106.8) | Breakbeat, Dubstep, Grime, Hip-Hop, House, UK Garage | |
| 101.2 | Xtreme FM (Essex) | XTREME | |
| 101.3 | Erotic FM | House, UK Garage | EROTIC |
| 101.3 | Eruption | Drum ’n’ Bass, Happy Hardcore | |
| 101.3 | Industry FM | Drum ’n’ Bass | (scrolling) |
| 101.5 | Flight FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Hardcore, UK Garage | |
| 101.5 | Temptation | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 101.7 | Frontline FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Hardcore, House, UK Garage | |
| 101.7 | Fusion FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Dubstep, Happy Hardcore, Hip-Hop, House, RnB, UK Garage, Trance | FUSION |
| 101.7 | Ice Cold FM | Breakbeat Hardcore, Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 101.7 | Laylow | Drum ’n’ Bass, Grime, House, UK Garage | |
| 101.7 | X-Treme FM | UK Garage | |
| 101.8 | Freek FM | UK Garage | |
| 102.0 | Chillin’ | Funk, House, Soul, UK Garage | (scrolling) |
| 102.0 | Smoove FM | House, UK Garage | SMOOVE |
| 102.4 | London’s Wax | Drum ’n’ Bass | (scrolling) |
| 102.5 | Juice | Hip-Hop, Reggae, RnB | |
| 102.5 | Phaze One | ||
| 102.7 | R&B Radio | RnB | |
| 102.8 | Urban Love Radio | Bashment, Hip-Hop, Reggae, RnB | (scrolling) |
| 103.0 | Delight FM | UK Garage | DELIGHT |
| 103.0 | Image Radio | House, UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
| 103.0 | London’s Most Wanted | ||
| 103.5 | U.J.R. FM | Deep House, Funk, Jazz, Soul | URBNJAZZ |
| 103.6 | Dost FM | Turkish | |
| 103.6 | RawFlex | Hip-Hop, House, RnB, UK Garage | |
| 103.7 (stereo) | Doot FM | Funk, Jazz | DOOT.FM |
| 103.8 (stereo) | Blues UK Radio | Reggae | BLUES FM |
| 103.8 | N Power | N-POWER | |
| 104.0 | Kasaba FM | Reggae | |
| 104.0 | Pure FM | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 104.2 | Don FM | DON FM | |
| 104.2 | Real FM | Grime, House, UK Garage | |
| 104.3 (stereo) | Logic FM | UK Garage | -LOGIC- |
| 104.3 | Ruud Awakening FM | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 104.5 | Cruise FM | Soul | |
| 104.6 | Time FM | UK Garage | |
| 104.7 | Hightz Live | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 104.7 | Sub Jam | UK Garage | |
| 105.15 | Itch FM | Hip-Hop | |
| 105.2 | Alliance FM | Hip-Hop | |
| 105.2 | House Wave Radio | House | |
| 106.0 | Dance FM | House, UK Garage | |
| 106.0 | Power Radio | Ghanaian | |
| 106.4 | On Point Radio | ||
| 106.5 | Force FM (London, Essex & Kent) | Drum ’n’ Bass, House, UK Garage | |
| 106.5 | Hyper FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Gabba | |
| 106.5 | Twist FM | Drum ’n’ Bass | |
| 107.3 | Attitude FM | Reggae | |
| 107.3 | London Soundz | Drum ’n’ Bass, UK Garage | |
| 107.6 | Dream | Hardcore | |
| 107.6 | Jamming FM | Drum ’n’ Bass, Happy Hardcore | |
| 107.6 | Lush FM | Hip-Hop, Old Skool, Techno, UK Garage | LUSH1076 |
| 107.7 | Afrique | ||
| 107.7 | Bless FM | Gospel | BLESS ME |
| 107.7 | Pure Magic | RnB | PURE MGC |
| 107.7 | Push FM | House | |
| 107.9 | Raw FM 107.9 | Breakbeat, Drum ’n’ Bass, House, Jungle, Old Skool | |
| 108.0 | Pulse London | Drum ’n’ Bass, Grime, House, UK Garage | (scrolling + RT) |
How You Can Help
Please bear in mind that the accuracy of the list depends on your feedback, so I would greatly appreciate any information about:
- The years during which these stations were active—I’d like to include a column in the table with information such as “Active Between: 1998–2003”, but currently I don’t have sufficient information to make this worthwhile.
- Stations which haven’t been listed.
- Extra information—RDS, RT, program format, website addresses…
You can send your updates via the contact page of this site, and I’ll get the information added as soon as possible. Please only send information which you know to be accurate though.