Between 1956-1965 and March 2007-present Radio Free Scotland (RFS)* broadcast through the sound channel of BBC television after God Save the Queen finished in the evening, and, later on, on 262 meters medium wave on the radio. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. March 2007 is the third month of the year It began on a Thursday, and ended 31 days later on a Saturday. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic "God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms It is the National Medium Wave (MW is a part of the Medium frequency (MF radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
The first broadcast interrupted a BBC newscast when viewers in Perth were told to stay tuned following sign off. Perth (Peairt is a town and former Royal burgh in central Scotland. This "pirate" radio transmission opened with the provocative statement: "This is Radio Free Scotland proclaiming to the nation that the fight for independence is on in earnest". This roving station was heard for almost a month in Glasgow, Ayrshire and Perth. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, The Scottish National Party announced official backing for Radio Free Scotland because of the government ban on broadcasts by the Scottish and Welsh nationalists on the BBC. The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish Plaid Cymru (plaɪd ˈkəmri The Party of Wales often referred to simply as Plaid) is a Political party in Wales.
The BBC later paid for the right to re-broadcast some RFS material and the SNP and Plaid Cymru gained the right, as other parties already had, to time on mainstream broadcasters. The Scottish National Party (SNP (Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba Scottis Naitional Pairtie is a Centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish Plaid Cymru (plaɪd ˈkəmri The Party of Wales often referred to simply as Plaid) is a Political party in Wales.
Leading figures in Radio Free Scotland included "Controller General", Gordon Wilson, who later became an MP (1974-1987) and was Chairman (Convener) of the SNP from 1979 to 1990. (Robert Gordon Wilson (born 16 April 1938) is a former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Douglas Henderson, also later an MP, was "Director of Programmes" between 1963-1965. Douglas Henderson ( 16 July 1935 &ndash 15 September 2006) was a Scottish politician Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland's oldest woman when she died, Annie Knight, hosted the station in her living room during 1962. Annie Knight ( June 6, 1895 &ndash November 27, 2006) was at age 111 believed to be the United Kingdom 's oldest person following
- Broadcasts legally on the internet and licensed by the mcps/prs alliance
Revival
Radio Free Scotland was restarted in March 2007 by Scottish Patriots on the Internet. The new website launched on the 24th of October 2007 to coincide with the SNP conference at Aviemore.
They broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday at 9pm.
This incarnation of Radio Free Scotland is currently staffed by:
Pax - host and server support
Friseal - webmaster and site support
Darkside - publicity
External links
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