I was on scr from the start till 99 then bought it and called it bounce fm..dont remember this story richard... dont recall it being a dance station more like raggae hiphop rnb.. still got all the tapes and posters Asterix and space was never on scr neither was any other dance DJs. There was on a different station and it wasn't SCR. Stop tell lie.. djchillout say so
My mate was dj reckless, I used to (badly) mc for him for a couple of years on fantasy fm, at first we shared a flat with SCR, if I remember rightly it was the brown block? We'd sit in the last 10 mins or so of dj Equaliser with his permanent hanging spliff out of his mouth, and once he'd done we'd borrow his light bulb, and pop into the bedroom where fantasy was set up and rinse our junglist show, sometimes 10 of us in there... Reckless was always awesome and had a string of very good emcees willing to come on and we basically had a party live on air, plenty of smoke, beer and phone calls, especially once fantasy moved on its own to the pink block.
Can't remember if we were Friday or Saturday, as it's a bit hazy now, but we had the 9-12 midnight show for a couple of years, we'd stop on till 2, 3 or 4 in the morning some nights before we popped the overnight tape on..
Yes we got the odd random visit by boss man and cliff, they would bollock us about having more than 4 guys in at once, and how loud reckless liked the stereo, but I'm sure he let us off because 1, we provided the decks bought from a mate, and 2 , the phone rang sometimes over 100 times during the show, meaning we made them money.
Bit late on the reply, I remember you on SCR, you were a legend. I did have a stint on SCR on playing dance records, possibly circa 1993. It was a Saturday night, but I don't recall any Fantasy DJs there at the time I was on. I know Winston was also on SCR, but am not sure what he was playing at the time. The Bantan would verify me being on SCR for a year or so back then. Hope you are well. Tat
With all due respect to SCR this article is not correct in stating they were the first pirate radio in Sheffield. Sheffield Peace Radio was launched in December 1983 at the time of the national conference of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmement (CND), held in Sheffield that year. Sheffield Peace Radio continued broadcasts, at weekends only, until it was raided by the DTI's Radio Investigation Service in March 1984. Four of the organisers were subsequently prosecuted under the Wireless Telegraphy Act and each fined £75. More on this, and the early land-based pirate radio stations can be found in "Rebel Radio" by John Hind and Stephen Mosco (1985).
I was on scr from the start till 99 then bought it and called it bounce fm..dont remember this story richard... dont recall it being a dance station more like raggae hiphop rnb.. still got all the tapes and posters Asterix and space was never on scr neither was any other dance DJs. There was on a different station and it wasn't SCR. Stop tell lie.. djchillout say so
My mate was dj reckless, I used to (badly) mc for him for a couple of years on fantasy fm, at first we shared a flat with SCR, if I remember rightly it was the brown block? We'd sit in the last 10 mins or so of dj Equaliser with his permanent hanging spliff out of his mouth, and once he'd done we'd borrow his light bulb, and pop into the bedroom where fantasy was set up and rinse our junglist show, sometimes 10 of us in there... Reckless was always awesome and had a string of very good emcees willing to come on and we basically had a party live on air, plenty of smoke, beer and phone calls, especially once fantasy moved on its own to the pink block.
Can't remember if we were Friday or Saturday, as it's a bit hazy now, but we had the 9-12 midnight show for a couple of years, we'd stop on till 2, 3 or 4 in the morning some nights before we popped the overnight tape on..
Yes we got the odd random visit by boss man and cliff, they would bollock us about having more than 4 guys in at once, and how loud reckless liked the stereo, but I'm sure he let us off because 1, we provided the decks bought from a mate, and 2 , the phone rang sometimes over 100 times during the show, meaning we made them money.
Some of my best memories made on those nights
Bit late on the reply, I remember you on SCR, you were a legend. I did have a stint on SCR on playing dance records, possibly circa 1993. It was a Saturday night, but I don't recall any Fantasy DJs there at the time I was on. I know Winston was also on SCR, but am not sure what he was playing at the time. The Bantan would verify me being on SCR for a year or so back then. Hope you are well. Tat
Seem to be an artificial on hRichard Benson. Needs to be on certain people that inspired a generation.j
There are inaccuracies in this article that need to be addressed . You should get a view from the people that inspired a generation.
Hi Brian. Thanks for the comment but I need more of an explanation than that. Cheers. Dan.
With all due respect to SCR this article is not correct in stating they were the first pirate radio in Sheffield. Sheffield Peace Radio was launched in December 1983 at the time of the national conference of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmement (CND), held in Sheffield that year. Sheffield Peace Radio continued broadcasts, at weekends only, until it was raided by the DTI's Radio Investigation Service in March 1984. Four of the organisers were subsequently prosecuted under the Wireless Telegraphy Act and each fined £75. More on this, and the early land-based pirate radio stations can be found in "Rebel Radio" by John Hind and Stephen Mosco (1985).