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Bob Tomalski remembers Radio Invicta, a 1970's Soul station that operated from London tower blocks.
IN THE BEGINNING...
In 1970 Radio Invicta led the way for specialist music radio stations by becoming the first soul pirate in Britain. For a few hours each weekend, followers in London could tune to 92.4FM and hear a selection of the latest black American releases - music only played by the BBC's fledgling Radio 1 if it crossed over into the national pop chart.
The station was founded by Tony Johns, an ardent soul devotee. Fourteen years later, in the Summer of 1984 Radio Invicta closed. Tony Johns remembers:
"When I was young I loved the American soul music of the time, but by the time I was of age, that type of music wasn't being played in the clubs. Annoyed by what they were playing, I started collecting the old soul music I liked - Motown, Atlantic and Stax."
"In the course of hunting these down I heard much new Soul which was just as good, but which you couldn't hear anywhere. There was just no outlet for it."
| Tony Johns at the microphone in 1975. Tony co-founded the station with Peter St. Crispian. |
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