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Point Blank FM
Broadcast areaLondon
Programming
FormatElectronic Dance,
History
First air date
1994
Links
Websitewww.pointblank.fm

Point Blank FM is a London based internet radio station specialising in house music and other forms of classic and contemporary electronic music, with other shows focussing on a wider range of genres such as Soul, Jazz and World Music.

Point Blank FM’s first broadcast was in 1994 as a pirate radio station from Greater West London. Since its early days, it has grown from strength to strength over the years and remains one of the longest-running and most respected underground radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting 24 hours a day seven days a week.[1]

The station was praised in a 2008 The Guardian article.[2]

DJs and presenters on Point Blank include MR XS, DJ Harv, Scottie D, Toney White, Insideman, Gary Spires, Toby Musicology, Drew Karma, Pollo, Simon Andrews, Nipper Gill, Davey G, Gee Man, Andy Skin Up, Bill Muvatruka, Damian Charles, Ian Dee, Craig E Bee plus many more.

In April 2021, it was announced that the station would soon to join the Surrey DAB Mux.[3]

References

  1. ^ "About Us - Point Blank FM". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007.
  2. ^ Miranda Sawyer (2 November 2008). "You may think they're a bunch of amateurs..." The Guardian.
  3. ^ "Radio broadcast update April 2021". OfCom. 11 May 2021.