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| Radio Telstar International operated from Edinburgh between 1977 and 1980 around the 1322kHz / 1332kHz region of the Medium Wave, announcing 222m. Some early history is contained in the letter and QSL below. |
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A letter and
QSL received by Ken, with a nice history of the station until mid 1979, and which also mentions |
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Above is a QSL letter received by Ian following the restart of transmissions in January 1980. And left, a sightly different copy (date) of the May 1979 station history letter as received by Ian. |
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Below are some newspaper cuttings relating to the January 1979 raid and subsequent court case. |
A report on the raid on Radio Telstar International from The Scotsman of Monday 8th January 1979. |
A followup report a month after the raid on Radio Telstar International from The Sunday Mail of 25th February 1979. |
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The court case for the raid on 7th January 1979 was held on 13th June 1979. |
A report of the court case relating to the January raid from Edinburgh's Evening News of 14th June 1979. |
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More newspaper reports on the June 1979 court case, this time in the national dailies. Above from the Daily Record of Thursday 14th June 1979. And left, a much more detailed report in The Scotsman of Thursday 14th June 1979. All newspaper clippings are by kind courtesy of Iain Swanston. |
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A history of Radio Telstar International up to the raid of January 1979 taken from 'Alternative Voice Magazine' Issue 10. |
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Radio Telstar International Audio Library
| 1980_05_18_sun_radio_telstar_1332am_0825-0925_daveanderson_c120_30-kb.mp3 New May 2024 | Dave Anderson with an hour of the breakfast show from 8:25am on Sunday 18th May 1980. Received in Western Scotland on 1332kHz, announced as 222m, where there was some splatter from BBC Northern Ireland which broadcast on the next channel of 1341kHz. |
56MB 60mins |
| 1980_05_18_sun_radio_telstar_1332am_0953-1015_daveanderson_brianscott_part_airchecked_c120_30-kb.mp3 New May 2024 | The final link from Dave Anderson on the above show, and then an airchecked recording of Brian Scott on the morning show after the news. There is a problem with the microphone on the 10am news, which unfortunately is quite low level and almost inaudible. As received in Western Scotland on 1332kHz. |
10MB 12mins |
| 1980_05_18_sun_radio_telstar_1332am_1300-1536_martindavis_paulalexander_part_airchecked_c60_78-kb.mp3 New May 2024 | Afternoon programming from 1pm on Sunday 18th May 1980 with Martin Davis and Paul Alexander. Tony Armstrong reads the on-hour news. As received in Western Scotland on 1332kHz. There is some warbling on the tape which is also muffled in places. |
89MB 98mins |
| 1984_01_01_radio_telstar_1332am_0045-0110 _brianscott_gordonday.mp3 New Jul 2025 | Radio Telstar International made a return to the air over New Year Eve 1983 into New Years Day 1984. These are a few minutes of airchecks of Brian Scott and Gordon Day recorded from 1332kHz in the early hours and are by kind courtesy of Alan Kidd. |
8MB 9mins |
| 1984_01_01_radio_telstar_1332am_1228-1250_martindavies.mp3 New Jul 2025 | From later in the day on 1st January 1984 here is a few minutes of Martin Davies as heard on 1332kHz, also courtesy of Alan Kidd. |
7MB 8mins |
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