Blackpool Rock

Well, today the weather's certainly improved following yesterday's gale. (I'd have hated to have been on an offshore pirate last night, those waves were awesome or awful, depending how you see it ...)

All the usual attractions have re-opened, including the rides at Blackpool Pleasure Beach - where I spent most of this afternoon and evening. As well as the rides (I love the Infusion!) and arcades, shows etc, Blackpool Pleasure Beach also has its own "closed circuit" radio station played over the speakers throughout the park.

Holiday Rock FM is obviously connected to Rock FM, the Blackpool and Preston ILR on 97.4 - even has the same logo. First, a little bit about Holiday Rock FM - when I last visited Blackpool in 2001, it was called Kit Kat Radio (sponsored by ... guess who!).

Now a little bit about Rock FM - the hit music ILR for Blackpool and Preston, Rock FM started life in 1982 as Red Rose Radio. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, most ILRs started broadcasting different stations on their FM and MW frequencies; in 1990, Red Rose's FM frequencies became Red Rose Rock FM, which eventually morphed into simply Rock FM.

Ah well, enough of the history lesson ... now I'm off to see the famous Blackpool Illuminations!

Blackpool FM log

Arrived in Blackpool this afternoon, staying until Wednesday.

A stormy day, most of the rides and even the North Pier were closed (I began to wonder if I'd arrived off-season, the town seemed almost 'dead'!)

Ah well, still a good number of stations heard on my car radio ...

88.6 BBC Radio 2 (Winter Hill)
88.9 BBC Radio 2 (Llangollen)
89.3 BBC Radio 2 (Holme Moss)
89.8 BBC Radio 2 (Llanddona)
90.0 BBC Radio 2 (Morecambe Bay)
90.3 BBC Radio 3 (Sandale)
90.8 BBC Radio 3 (Winter Hill)
91.1 BBC Radio 3 (Llangollen)
91.2 Energy FM (Snaefell, Isle of Man)
91.5 BBC Radio 3 (Holme Moss)
92.0 BBC Radio 3 (Llanddona)
92.2 BBC Radio 3 (Morecambe Bay)
93.0 BBC Radio 4 (Winter Hill)
93.3 BBC Radio 4 (Llangollen)
93.7 BBC Radio 4 (Holme Moss)
94.2 BBC Radio Cymru (Llanddona)
94.4 BBC Radio 4 (Morecambe Bay)
94.8 BBC Radio Wales (Llanddona)
95.1 BBC Radio Manchester BBC_MANC
95.5 BBC Radio Lancashire (Hameldon Hill) BBC_LANC
95.8 BBC Radio Merseyside
96.1 BBC Radio Cumbria BBC_CMBR
96.3 Coast FM (North Wales)
96.5 Wave FM (Blackpool - from Blackpool Tower!) WAVE_965
96.9 The Bay FM (Morecambe Bay)
97.1 The Buzz 97.1 (Storeton)
97.4 Rock FM (Preston & Blackpool - from Winter Hill) ROCK_FM
97.7 XFM (Manchester)
98.2 BBC Radio 1 (Winter Hill)
98.5 BBC Radio 1 (Llangollen)
98.9 BBC Radio 1 (Holme Moss)
99.4 BBC Radio 1 (Llanddona)
99.6 BBC Radio 1 (Morecambe Bay)
100.4 Smooth FM (Winter Hill) SMOOTH
101.1 Classic FM (Holme Moss)
101.8 Classic FM (Morecambe Bay)
102.0 Galaxy FM (Manchester)
102.4 Wish FM (Wigan)
102.6 Signal One (Stoke on Trent)
102.8 Chorley FM (Chorley)
103.0 Piccadilly Key 103 (Manchester)
103.4 Marcher Sound (Wrexham)
103.9 BBC Radio Lancashire (Winter Hill) BBC_LANC
104.3 BBC Radio Cymru (Llangollen)
104.5 BBC Radio Lancashire (Lancaster)
105.1 Galaxy FM (Yorkshire - from Emley Moor)
105.4 Century FM (North West) CENTURY
106.2 Real Radio (Yorkshire - from Emley Moor)
107.0 The Bee (Blackburn)
107.3 Abbey FM (Barrow in Furness)
107.6 Juice FM (Liverpool)
107.9 Dune FM (Southport)