Translted from French:
60 candles for Manx Radio, The National Radio Service of the Isle of Manx under its official name. Manx Radio was the first commercial radio station in the British Isles. Was this a loophole in the BBC’s monopoly? No: the Isle of Manx has never been part of the United Kingdom. It is a possession of the British Crown, an island located between Great Britain and Ireland. It has a very high degree of autonomy, it does not depend on OFCOM and has its own audiovisual authority.
The station began broadcasting 60 years ago, on June 5, 1964. At the time, broadcasts were carried out from a trailer in Onchan, on land next to the transmitter and antenna.
At its inauguration, the station broadcast only in FM. From October 1964, a medium wave transmitter was put into service on 1595 Khz and to further improve reception a second transmitter was added on 1295 Khz.
Since 1978, in application of the Geneva Convention, the station has broadcast on 1368 Khz.
The 20 kW medium wave transmitter is located at Foxdale, in the center of the island. It is still active, in addition to FM on 89 97.2 and 103.7 MHz and in DAB+.
Manx Radio became famous for broadcasting some Radio Caroline North programs since it had to stop broadcasting from its ship, they are still programmed today and produced from the Radio Caroline ship.
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