The original idea started as far back as 1992 as NRC FM, broadcasting several test transmissions with a 3 watt transmitter, then it became Castle Radio as originally planned, appearing on the airwaves in August 1993. Using the frequency 96.9 fm and running a more stable 10 watts rig broadcasting from a city centre tower block. Unlike any normal Pirate station where the aerial system would be on the roof of any building, Castle’s aerial was 4 floors from the top and sitting on a window sill, so the signal wasn’t always that good in the city of Nottingham, but south east of Nottingham, Trent Valley and even out towards the Vale of Belvoir area, the reception was very impressive.

With regular shows going out every Saturday evening, presenter’s offering there services ranging from people with legal radio experience to those already running there own pirate stations, even the station cleaner had a show ‘called the Two Hour Music Sweep, the vacuum cleaner could be very often heard while the music was playing.

We moved frequency a few times over the first couple of years, 96.8 then to 105.3 and then 103. In 1994 we packed our TX and aerial system in a suitcase and headed for Skegness in Lincolnshire and did a few broadcasts from there, the project known as Sandcastle Radio. Transmissions then moved to every Sunday afternoon, then to every Thursday where Castle Radio would link up with three other pirate stations, Centre Radio, Buzz FM and City FM forming the original Free Radio Network.         

The FRN big link-ups continued on a Wednesday and Thursdays and generated a regular and committed band of listener’s some of them even went on to become DJ’s on the Free Radio Network. A couple of more frequency changes later, 108 fm was to become the final home of Castle Radio, by then the station transmitter was running between 80 and 120 watts. Towards the end of 1997 wasn’t a good period as one of the members of the Free Radio Network was hit by a raid by the Radio investigations Service, and broadcasting from the warmth of a back bedroom moved to transmitting live programs from motor vehicles on top of some high hill on the outskirts of Nottingham. The broadcasts did eventually return to spare bedroom during 1998 to 2000 with a regular Friday evening dance show.

Castle Radio’s relationship with the FM band came to an end in 2000, other radio projects followed but nothing more on the FM band... well maybe just the odd broadcast. 2004 we helped out with an internet based radio station at the weekend’s with a dance music show, it continued till about 2007. Broadcasting on the internet again returned in 2008 with the FRN reforming, but the name Castle Radio was to be changed to The Superstation, a decision made easy as one of the jingle packages used by Castle in the 90’s was a old Superstation jingle package also used by Centre Radio. The Superstation name lasted a few months, and we renamed the station Power FM towards the end of 2008