Birmingham

From Freeradio

Birmingham is the largest town of the West Midlands, and is England's second city.

Birmingham is ethnically diverse, with a large number of black and Asian people. As a result, Birmingham's airwaves have (at least since the 1980's) had a significant number of radio stations - both legal and pirate - serving diverse ethnic groups, especially black and Asian people.

At the end of 1988, many pirates in Birmingham - including big names such as PCRL and Enterprise FM - closed down to apply for the Birmingham community radio licence. There was much disappointment among free radio and community radio enthusiasts, when said licence was eventually awarded to Buzz FM who had little or no community radio experience. As a result, some of the pirates who had closed down - notably PCRL - slowly returned to the air.

Pirates in Birmingham have included:

ACR (Asian Community Radio) , Asian Radio Broadcasting , BWR (Birmingham Weekend Radio) , Classic FM Birmingham , Crucial FM , Enterprise FM , Fresh FM Birmingham , Hot FM , Groove FM Birmingham , Kiss FM Birmingham , Laser FM , MACR (Midland Asian Community Radio) , Metro FM Birmingham , Radio Millan , Radio Millarpay , PCRL , Power FM , Quest FM Birmingham , Sangam Radio , Sangeet Radio , Second City Radio , Solar Rock FM , Sunjam Radio , Sunrise FM Birmingham , Starlight FM , Unity FM Birmingham , WKRS

Areas adjacent to Birmingham include the Black Country