Dream FM (Leeds)

Not to be confused with Dream FM (London).

Dream FM Leeds
Broadcast areaLeeds, West Yorkshire
Frequency99.9 FM / 107.8 FM / 104.9 FM
Programming
FormatHouse, Techno, Trance, Soul, Jazz-Funk, Hip Hop, Breakbeat hardcore,. Jungle
History
First air date
October 1992

Dream FM was a 1990s pirate radio station based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, that played a diverse range of dance music and was renowned for its professional style. It first broadcast on 104.9 FM in October 1992, changing to a simulcast on 99.9 FM then settling on FM 99.9 until early 1994 when it moved to 107.8 FM and could be received throughout Yorkshire.[1][2][3][4]

In 1995, Dream launched a campaign to become a legal station. However, despite a petition and public support, Dream would not secure a licence and instead one was awarded to Kiss 105. Dream was last heard around November 1995.

DJs and presenters on the station included Paul Taylor, Shock, Daisy & Havoc, Tantra [5] Countdown, Tony Walker, Chris Martin, DJ Chana + Jason from Happy Tunes, Marc Leaf and Mark Dawson, Carl Whitehead, & Leeds Legend and Record Shop Owner DJ Steve Luigi

  1. ^ Simon Reynolds: Energy Flash. Picador 2008, ISBN 978-0-330-45420-9, p.245.
  2. ^ "Dream FM - The Inside Story". Expletive Undeleted. 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Pirate Radio Article in Muzik 1995". 88to98co.uk. 20 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Dream FM: Inside Leeds' Legendary Pirate Station". The Culture Vulture. 18 April 2016.
  5. ^ "'Not bad for a woman?' The women who refuse to be written out of 90s rave culture". I-news.co.uk. 22 August 2018.