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  • HOME
  • HISTORY
  • NEWS & ABOUT US
  • THE HIGHBRIDGE SITE
  • THE PORTISHEAD SITE
  • THE DEVIZES SITE
  • THE SOMERTON SITE
  • THE PONTING COLLECTION
  • COLOURISED PHOTOS
  • RELATED STATIONS
  • AERO SERVICE
  • PUBLICITY MATERIAL
  • MEMORABILIA
  • VIDEOS
  • AUDIO FILES
  • LINKS
  • COAST STATIONS
  • HISTORY BOOKS

AUDIO FILES

PORTISHEAD RADIO - CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT 2000

Off-air recording of the closure announcement on GKB2 (in morse code), 30th March 2000

PORTISHEAD RADIO - ANNOUNCEMENT OF LAST BROADCAST

Off-air recording of the times of the last broadcast, in morse code (some fading). March 2000.

A PERSONAL FAREWELL

GKA R/O John Hocking interrupts the call band to say a personal farewell from Portishead Radio.

GKA LAST BROADCAST AND NARRATIVE

Ex-GKA R/O Ramsay Stuart narrates over the last broadcast and recalls that the callband wasn't switched off during a previous broadcast.....luckily he saved the day.....

GKA ATLANTIC WEATHER AND TRAFFIC LIST

Recording of GKA2 on 7th June 1995 introduced by Don Matheson (ex-GKA R/O) with the North Atlantic Weather followed by the Traffic List.

BBC RADIO BRISTOL - 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF GKA 1995

Interviews with staff and the general public during the 75th Anniversary celebrations of 1995.

BBC RADIO BRISTOL - INTERVIEWS FROM 1995

More interviews with GKA staff from 1995

BBC LOCAL RADIO - INTERVIEWS FROM 2000

Feature on GKA from 2000

PODCAST TRANSMISSION ABOUT PORTISHEAD RADIO

NOW ONLINE

Listen to ex-Portishead Radio R/O and historian Larry Bennett talk about the history of the radio station on the 'Highbridge Podcast'. Duration approximately 25 minutes.


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