Frequency | 101.3 (as a Pirate) 9A (Bristol DAB) 9C (Cambridge SSDAB) |
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Programming | |
Format | House, breakbeat hardcore, happy hardcore, drum and bass |
History | |
First air date | 17 February 1993 (as a pirate) 17 May 2019 (online) 2 February 2021 (DAB) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Eruption Radio is a London-based radio station that broadcasts online and on DAB playing house, breakbeat and happy hardcore, and drum and bass as well as other genres. [1] [2] Eruption Radio originally started life in February 1993 as Eruption FM, a pirate radio station broadcasting from Waltham Forest, East London, broadcasting until February 2012. [3]
Eruption returned as an online station on 17 May 2019, with many of its original DJs. As of 2 February 2021, Eruption commenced broadcasting on small-scale DAB in the Bristol area, [4] [5] and Cambridge. [6]
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