From The Heart of Lancashire, United Kingdom RED ROSE RADIO 301 METERS MEDIUM WAVE 97.3 VHF IN STEREO

Welcome to the Red Rose Radio Memories site. Please use the toolbar on your left to find your way around. Inside you can meet your favourite presenters and hopefully find out what they are doing now. We are including as many of the staff as possible including News and Technical operators and receptionists. Our aim is to capture some of the unique atmosphere generated by what was the "Jewel in the crown" of Independant Local Radio. We start in 1982 and go through to the 90`s, our end point has to be when the station dropped RED ROSE from it`s name. At this point we will provide a link to the current incarnation of the station which is 97.4 ROCK FM We hope you enjoy the memories of Lancashires Red Rose Radio This is a fansite catering those of us in Lancashire (and beyond) who fondly remember how Red Rose used to be. Andrew Brittain Our journey should begin on the 5th of October 1982 but I have not the time or patience to do everything chronologically, however I will certainly do the best I can and with YOUR help I feel sure that this site will continue to be a success. Jerry Rowlands Tony Cookson Any contributions would be greatly appreciated, especially if you were there and helped to make it all happen. I am also looking for people to help me edit the site and keep it as up to date as is humanly possible, if you can help in any way at all please do contact me. It doesnt have to be directly editing the site, you can submit articles on any past presenter or photographs from the many road shows. I would particularly like some pictures of the conversion of St. Pauls Church. Sally Moon RED ROSE 301 At 6 am on the fifth of October 1982 the Chairman of Red Rose Radio PLC,Millionaire businessman Owen Oyston welcomed us all to Red Rose Radio, Dave Lincoln was the first presenter on air that day, he was followed by Russell Harty, Keith Macklin and Allan Beswick though not necessarily in that order. Presenters came and went, and in some cases came back again !! Every presenter we have contacted has remembered Red Rose Radio with Great fondness and affection, I hope we can encapsulate a little of the Red Rose spirit on this little tribute site. "In Tune With Lancashire Loud and Clear 301" "In The Northwest ....... You Know What`s Best" Keith Macklin

Here we hope to chart the history and evolution of Lancashire`s

RED ROSE RADIO.

There are plenty of ex Red Rose Radio presenters still in the area on other stations so, if you had a particular favourite just visit their page to find details of their current station, including contact info via their station website.(if applicable)
We will also have contributions and gossip from the people who were there and made it all happen, and I don`t just mean the presenters.Red Rose Radio began broadcasting on the 5th of October 1982 from a converted church in Preston, Lancashire and was good local radio from day one.The Station has been through various re branding phases and is still going under the guises of 97.4 ROCK FM and MAGIC 999 But sadly (IN MY OPINION) it seems to have lost something, My kids Rave about ROCK FM so obviously I`m stuck in a time warp, times do change and things have to change with them.

I have no doubt that Rock FM and Magic are very good at what they do in local radio and I have no doubt there will be a site full of Magic and Rock FM memories in a few years time.

However we are here to enjoy the memories of what was the jewel in the crown of independant local radio and a big part of Lancashire life in the 1980`s and 90`s, Red Rose Radio and Red Rose Gold . The dropping of the Red Rose was a sore point across the county but the "powers that be" know better!(allegedley)

At least we are left with the memories of Red Rose Radio and Sally Moon in the afternoon, Dave Lincoln`s Morning Market and Allan Beswick`s phone-in with Alice on the phones and later, Rodney.Did you call 0772 561000 ? Not to forget the night crew, Derek Webster and Jerry Rowlands, Ian Calvert and Andy Brittain. There are also articles on local news from the period as covered by Red Rose Radio, including the Abbeystead disaster.

The Abbeystead disaster must still be the biggest challenge that has been faced by Red Rose Radio`s news room.

Red Rose Radio gave the news to the world through the IRN network. Local news bulletins were extended and Red Rose Radio recieved a letter of commendation from the IBA regional office a piece of which read.

"A tragedy of this nature stretches a radio station`s resources. It would seem that through this tragedy that Red Rose Radio has been drawn even closer to the community which it serves so well."

All text and graphics are © Copyright Shaun Wetton August 2003 If you have any problems with this web site, then please contact Shaun Last updated Friday, August 07, 2003

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