Upfront

All the gossip from a month on the dial

Caroline off air after laundry basket catches fire! The station was using said basket as part of its temporary aerial system after its 300 foot mast collapsed when it caught light.

Another Lenny Henry series at the Brixton Broadcasting Company is in the pipeline. Will the former JFM theme crop up as background music in this one too?

Fed up with the usual car stickers and T-shirts that all radio stations sell? Latest promo from the States is a radio set on your station's frequency that can't be tuned.

The result of that LWT programme 'exposing' the pirates: the airwaves even fuller than before and lots of record companies interested in getting their records powerplayed.

"Starforce will be back in two weeks"

Starforce spokesman on far too many occasions to remember

New Capital recruit Pat Sharpe was hiding his marriage to 'protect' his career. The powers that be didn't want a teenagers' idol that was happily married.

Did you know CFM was a illegal? We've had our doubts confirmed: it was listed in a recent survey of pirates in the Independent.

Best competition was the one held by Nick Power on Kiss FM to guess the name of Michael Jackson's new album. 'Send your answers to BAD competition at...'

Pepsi Cola want to sponsor the Top Forty as used by Radio One. The BPI want the deal to go ahead, but the BBC say no as it would mean plugs for Pepsi on the Sunday countdown.

"As we didn't decide to come on air until this afternoon, we've probably only got one listener"

South West Sound jock, showing amazing restraint for a DJ

LWR have launched their own version of New York soul station Kiss FM's famed Mastermix Dance Party. The Saturday Night Bust-Up will take place on 92.5 from 7pm.

In January, LBC had a second late night discussion for a couple of hours on the future of radio with Tony Blackburn, Bob Harris and Clive Bull. The last time they did this, they started at 11 and didn't finish till 3!

There are rumours of a Country and Western pirate station in London soon.