hello everyone,
i was wondering if there is a zx spectrum radio station available anywhere, especially a british one, i did search a bit but did not find any,
zx spectrum radio
Re: zx spectrum radio
This could have been a fantastic way of giving away games back in the 1980's - transmit a game over the airwaves to be recorded by people at home and then loaded!
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Re: zx spectrum radio
I have no idea how widespread this was but this was certainly a thing in my area (Norfolk) in the early 1980s. Either Radio Norfolk or Radio Broadland (I can’t recall which) had some or other computing-focused show on a Sunday teatime (or thereabouts) that every week would end with a broadcast of screeching that one would be primed to record to cassette for loading into one’s computer.
Trouble is, IIRC, it was only one format per week, so I think the broadcast of Spectrum programs amounted to a handful over a year - if indeed the show even remained on air that long.
The details are inevitably hazy but I do remember clearly this happening. Ring any bells for others?
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Re: zx spectrum radio
[mention]5MinuteRetro[/mention], yes it was trialled on BBC Radio 4 in the 80s as well. It was also tried on TV as well.
As for 8bit music (not Spectrum specific), you could try this.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1624
As for 8bit music (not Spectrum specific), you could try this.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1624