History

The inside story

The tale of TX Magazine, Radio Today and AM/FM is quite a story, from the simple beginnings of a magazine listing the capital's pirates through to increasing influence, death threats and phone tapping. Here Stephen Hebditch reveals for the first time what really went on behind the scenes.

Prehistory

Kid stuff, early influences, the first pirates

TX Magazine

Early days, first ideas

Big Ideas — Radio Today

TX changes its name, new contributors

Growth Pains

TV stardom, pirate violence

The End of Print

Going out on a high, generation gaps, politics

The Birth of AM/FM

TQM, premium service lines, Chris Evans

The DTI Get Nasty

Mail interception, phone tapping,

AM/FM Online and the Internet

The early net, new ventures, now

2001

Today's radio, amfm.org.uk, thanks

Press Cuttings

TX's appearances in print