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Radio Free City was another familiar voice from the 1980's on the SW bands. That voice was also familiar to MW dxers in Scotland at one stage as well, as the station began on MW, before migrating to FM and finally SW.

 

 

1979_00_00_sun_radiofreecity_217m_1040-1110_marksnow-kb.mp3 A studio recording of Mark Snow hosting Breakfast 217, making mention of a court case the previous Wednesday for Radio Telstar
1979_00_00_sun_radiofreecity_217m_1120-1150_marksnow-kb.mp3 Another part of the above Breakfast 217 show

 

 

RadioFreeCity-95.7-Edinburgh-MarkSnow-19-1-80.mp3 Many thanks to The Pirate Archive for allowing us to link to this recording of Mark Snow on Radio Free City when it was operating on 95.7MHz FM

 

Issue 7 of the free radio magazine 'Soundwaves' contained the following report of raid on Radio Free City in December 1979, and the resulting court case

 

 

Issue 8 of the free radio magazine 'Soundwaves' issued in Spring 1980 contained a brief history of Radio Free City until that point as written by Mark Snow. The station did return, but on shortwave.

 

 

1980_09_14_sun_free_city_edinburgh_7375sw_marksnow-gh288.mp3 A short recording of the station with Mark Snow, as received in Leeds, when it was on 7375kHz shortwave.

 

 

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