Argosy Community Radio

Not affiliated with Argosy Media.

Argosy Community Radio (official callsign MAGY) is a community radio station in Northway.

Offshore roots
in 1971, the offshore pirate station Radio Argosy began broadcasting, the station was named after the ship it was on - the MV Argosy.

Radio Argosy was broadcast on 1485 KHz (announced as 202 metres) on AM, and used Pepper Tanner jingles what were later resung for the cancelled offshore station Sunshine Radio in Spain.

Radio Argosy was closed down in 1980, with everyone involved going their separate ways.

Relaunch as a community radio station
In 2006, A bunch of Radio Argosy executives got back together, and started a community radio station in Northway with the Argosy name. They built a model of the MV Argosy next to their studios to remember the offshore era.