Dread Broadcasting Corporation

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Dread Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast area London
Frequency 93.9 / 103.8 FM
Programming
Format Reggae, Lovers rock, African, Soul, Funk
History
First air date
1980
Last air date
1984

Dread Broadcasting Corporation, also known as DBC, was a 1980s West London pirate radio station which is credited as Britain's first black music pirate radio station. [1]

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History

It broadcast from the Neasden and Ladbroke Grove areas, and was founded by DJ Lepke (born Leroy Anderson) [2] [3] in the autumn of 1980. [4] [5] [6] Originally broadcasting on AM, it moved to FM at the end of 1981. [7] DBC would play reggae, lovers rock, African, soul, and funk.

Ranking Miss P (sister of Lepke) would originally start out on DBC, eventually moving onto a long career at the BBC. [8] Guest shows would include the likes of Joe Strummer from the band The Clash, Neneh Cherry and author Lloyd Bradley. [9]

Miss P, commenting on the station at the time: "There's never been a station run like DBC. Our format allows us to play music that would otherwise never be heard publicly. We create movement within the industry." [10]

The station featured on the BBC's Oxford Road Show programme in January 1982. [11]

DBC would eventually cease broadcasting in autumn 1984. [4]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Dennis, Tony (23 October 1981). "Black Pirates in the Grove". Time Out . Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dread Broadcasting Corporation founder Lepke has died". The Wire. 25 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Lloyd Bradley (13 April 2018). "DBC Lepke: A Dread Outta Control". RDMA Daily.
  4. 1 2 Hind, John & Mosco, Stephen. Rebel Radio: The Full Story of British Pirate Radio. Pluto Press, 1985. pp. 33–38.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Hebditch, Stephen. London's Pirate Pioneers. TX Publications, 2015. pp. 97–101.
  6. ↑ "The Living Dread". Stand Up and Spit. 31 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dread Beat?". Stand Up And Spit. 20 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Black to the future". The Independent. 1 November 2004.
  9. ↑ "We Spoke To Neneh Cherry About Working With Four Tet". Vice. 10 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Hebdige, Dick (1987). Cut'n'mix: culture, identity, and Caribbean music. Taylor and Francis, 1987. pp.  155–156. ISBN   978-0-906890-99-8.
  11. ↑ "Dread Broadcasting Corporation - BBC Teach". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020.
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