Amber Sound Radio (pirate)

Amber Sound Radio was a pirate radio station based in Ripley, and one of the most popular in Derbyshire, it formed part of the Derbyshire Free Radio Union.

History
Amber Sound Radio was launched on August 18th 1979 by a radio man named Ashton Hopkins, who had the station join Ram Radio to fight for free radio, Amber Sound was raided off the air in 1986, but returned to the air in 1987, before closing for good in 1990.

Ripley-based community radio station Amber Sound FM was fictionally named after this station.

Jingles
Amber Sound used professionally sung resings of TM's "You" package, before switching to Alfasound in 1985, and to JAM in 1988.