Brian Parsons aka Zuppa Inglese did a show on this station. I am guessing around 1988. More information needed.
Brian Parsons aka Zuppa Inglese did a show on this station. I am guessing around 1988. More information needed.
Evidence shows that the station was on in 1999 and 2000, and we think it was run by Chicken George from PCRL fame. Watch this space.
Presenter list:
Chicken George
DJ Weetamix
Sammy Goulbourne
Daddy Cool
Daddy Studio
DJ Yellow Pages
Maria Del V
Birmingham’s sister station to the London Kool FM, both run by Justin Steele.
Kool FM Birmingham ran between 1996-2002
Our current research takes us back to 1932, where we find The Gramophone Depot, although we do expect to find it floating around much earlier too. As with all Gramophone dealers of the time, you would have expected to find vinyl on sale. What is different about this shop is we note their inclusion to the Birmingham Trades listings as ‘Gramophone Depot (The) (records), 29 City Arcade – suggesting it may have been just records on sale and not the means to play them.
It is then in 1941 that they move location to 59-61 Corporation Street B2 c/o Scotchers Ltd. We understand that to be a record shop within a Gramophone shop under different names. That won’t be the last time we see that happen, but was it the first? Remember WWII is in full swing at this time.
1943 sees yet another change to their listing. ‘Gramophone Depot (The), gramophones, records & radio specialists c/o Scotchers Ltd.
1944 the Gramophone Depot name disappears altogether with Scotchers remaining. So was the record shop dissolved into Scotchers? It does seem highly likely.