Red Sands Radio 390
Issue: 1 Updated: 4th November 2021
Relegated from Senior Radio 390 Engineer Lawrence Bean's farm store room boxes of old tapes taken off the Red Sands Fort on the final day 28th July 1967
Tape Boxes etc are shown in chronological date order
Mike Raven Radio 390 Programme (Undated)
Mike Raven aka Austin Churton Fairman had helped set-up Radio Atlanta with his cousin Liberal Politician Oliver Smedley, responsible later for the death of Radio City boss Reg Calvert
Reveille Magazine Ad' for Mike Raven Radio 390 Programme
Mandy & Mike Raven (Jelle Boonstra Archive)
Mike moved to Radio Invicta assisting Tom Pepper (Harry Featherby) as programme controller and successor KING and for a time on Radio 390
Mike Raven Blues Show via XTRA
His top rated Blues Show was distributed by Xtra part of Transatlantic Records
Example of the Sunday Times Hour of Jazz (16th August 1966)
Blue Musician Alexis Korner hosted the weekly sponsored programme recorded in London, there are a good many in the collection!
The programme was also aired on Radio 270 that broadcast from a former Dutch Fishing Vessel the 'Oceaan VII' moored off the Yorkshire coast
According to Lawrence along with John (Ray) Glendinning in early 1967 suggested a largely taped output be introduced thus substantially reducing the number of people needed aboard the Fort and costs
Testament to the high volume of tapes and instructions that follow, and recordings generally available ...
Jonathan Hall's Note (Undated)
Motoring Sponsor Tags for Morning Melody
Memory Lane (9th July 1967)
There are a number of these programmes
The practice was to write run notes in a duplicate book for all tapes maintained by the duty Librarian
Magic Leader tape Detail 1
Tandberg Series 12 with spool of Wincarnis Ad's #s 9-10-11 NSW/R.1145 @7.5"ps for Radio 390
Napper Stinton Woolley Limited, were Independent Producers in Advertising, 15-19 Great Chapel Street, London WI Telephone Gerrand 6980
Their Soho location was between Dean and Wardor Street off Oxford Street, former telephone number Gerrard 2633 at number 19 before expansion
Leslie Stinton was the listed Director of the British Advertising Agency; which included Radio and Television Commercials with over £512.000 worth of contracts for British Government Advertising
Sounds of Brass bands (15th July 1967)
Sounds of Brass Bands (15th July 1967)
Keyboard Cavalcade (17th July 1967)
Radio 390 aimed at Women
Comedy Corner (22nd July 1967)
Comedy Corner Detail (22nd July 1967)
Memory Lane (22nd July 1967)
Memory Lane (23rd July 1967)
Happy Housewives (Reveille Magazine)
North of the Border (Undated)
Scottish Programme (23rd July 1967)
Scottish Programme (23rd July 1967)
Magic Leader Tape Detail 2
Cattleman - Part 1 & 2
Grace Gibson Radio Productions, City Mutual Building, 60 Hunter Street, Sydney, Australia
Produced the syndicated programme series run for a short time by Radio 390
Country Style (28th July 1967)
Country Style (28th July 1967)
A gimmick that worked for a short time!
Radio 390 Advertisments from Reveille Magazine
On the Scene (28th July 1967)
The final programme broadcast by Radio 390 the pre-recorded tape unceremoniously cut to facilitate the closedown by Edward Cole at just after 17.00 BST on 28th July 1967
Irish Music (29th July 1967)
The following programme tapes were prepared but never broadcast ...
Irish Music (29th July 1967)
Sunday Sounds 'Gilbert & Sullivan' (30th July 1967)
Business Programme
The Anniversary Show (30th July 1967)
Audio |
Edward
Cole extract of above Anniversary Show Sunday 30th July 1967
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On the Scene (30th July 1967)
'Spotlight'
the Seekers |
My Kind of Music |
The World Tomorrow Series (Numbered but Undated)
Garner Ted Armstrong was the voice of the programme and Vice President of the Radio World Wide Church of God from 1958, broadcast by a number of Offshore Stations
A considerable number of these in the boxes!
Closedown Messages
Short closedown message programme by Edward Cole
Pre-recorded short programme messages include Graham Gill, Roger Scott and Edward Cole