main pages news music news  photo's our dj's friends moke int'vw record sales new orleans our history site map info/streams quick find: books/dvds our footage emergency african music baptists nold interviews rasta page soul interviews guest flyer wha nation      soundbites: kenya g's farewell run pcrl freddie id run leo chester show run africa lecture   some useful tips:  This site contains news paper cuttings relating to the radio station pcrl - found under the above link 'our history.'  If you would like to advertise here please contact the email address bottom center of this pag.e  Vintage photographs from days gone by under the above link: 'photo's' if you click the large staff picture you will be taken to another site that stores our archive.  The station's video footage has been stored at livevideo.com to watch it click 'our footage' above.  Talk-Back guest many times was Doctah X, he now has his own rebuilt web site. (www.ghettoology.co.uk) or Click on picture.. WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL PCRL 103.5 FM WEB SITE     -   WE HAVE BLACK HISTORY  -   WE  HAVE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS  -  LIVE VIDEO/AUDIO STREAMS -  REGGAE MUSIC -  SOUL/R&B MUSIC  -  READ THE DJ'S PAGES -  CHECK OUT THE NEWS PAGES    -  FIND THE LISTENERS E-MAILS  -  USE 15 SEARCH ENGINES   -   READ IN EIGHT LANGUAGES   -   LOCAL WEATHER/MOON & SUN TIMES   -  PUZZLES - RECORDS FOR SALE  -  MUSIC NEWS AN TRIBUTES    -      WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY    . . . . . . . PEACE . . .  MUSIC MASTER (PCRL'S FOUNDER) books the pilot crosswords the preditor mickey nold music master The number one Black community radio station in Europe. It's been a nineteen year struggle, but we thank you all for your continued support. The station has now come to an end, and this site has become a tribute to it's memory. Please enjoy your stay with us.   REGGAE GOSPEL R&B RAGGA LOVERS SOCA INFORMATIVE REVIVE NEWS TALK-BACK      BRAMU funds about to be pulled     Memphis R&B Producer Willie Mitchell dies   Teddy Bear dies - Teddy Pendergrass     Al Shapton speaks at Operation Black Vote, London     Chi-Lites "Squirell" Dies     UK Haitians still Missing After Earthquake        =Winnie Mandela threatens legal action over film Haiti Disaster - Bro' Pilot tells me that you can donate though The Marcus Garvey Foundation, Bank: Lloyds TSB, Sort Code: 30-93-82 Account No: 7169507. Please give generously! R. I. P. R. I. P. Former PCRL DJ Dies! (b.3-8-1959-d.10-1-2010) News just in that Mikey B., aka Michael Bassue (left in photo) has just died in Sheffield from pneumonia. Mikey was with PCRL in our early days (having previously been with BBC Radio Sheffield,) then he left us in 1987 to join Enterprise FM for a while and he later became a part of the doomed Buzz FM. The news comes to us from his cousin Rankin' Festus who fondly remembers Mikey training him in the use of studio equipment for his first PCRL show in 1986. Mikey was said to have later run Buzz FM & Club LaMystique for a while. Cecil and especially Pilot were shocked when they also were told about his death. On Tuesday 26th January Mickey Nold, Pilot & Cecil joined Mikey's family and friends including PCRL DJ's Rankin' Festus, Bee Jay, Calton C. & Daddy Studio in Sheffield's New Testament Church for his send off. Hundreds of family and friends were in attendance. The church service, gospel singers, choir and friends tributes was a wonderful tribute to his life. Our love is with the family at this time of great disappear. Please email us with your thoughts on this presenter and what he did for black radio.   ( run Mikey B show www.thepiratearchive.net)  Over our many years of broadcasting we have collected 100's of hours of video footage! Although a lot of it was already out there it was a bit hard to put it all together. So now a new page as been launched with over 40 PCRL clips that date back to 1986. More will be added if I get some response from some of the thousands of people in the footage! 25 years of music - come on crowd of people where are you now!   NEW PCRL TV PAGE also visit: MICKEY'S SOUL VID'S        pcrl's background:-     PCRL had a strong tradition where it's DJ's played honest music that spoke to the heart and the soul. This website was launched in May 2002 as an aid to the radio station's programming but since the station's demise, it has remained as a reminder of what was missing from UK radio today, that's a sense of worth. Our black history calendar brings you up to date for most of the events for this day/month going back nearly 2500 years! it includes musical performers' deaths and births. This includes; blues, jazz, jug-stars, soul, r&b, reggae, rap, soca, gospel, opera, painters, film producers, music producers, sports personalities and civil rights activists. The History pages are now our press cuttings and are being updated regularly. Remember PCRL lives on though YOU the community and although we are no longer on the air we can still speak to the world through this website. If you have something to say then contact us now. Thank you for your interest and we hope you can find some favorite memories of an era lost that was fought for by Cecil Morris & his friends with a freedom of speech and music never achieved previously in the United Kingdom.  The website costs money to run and has no paying adverts. If you would like to make a donation towards it's up-keep - we thank you PCRL HQ: Dudley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B5 7QY we need your feedback now:- pcrl103fm@hotmail.com rare records & dvd's for sale 400 titles added         more useful tips:  The second box down in the middle of the page was the media player that contains all the black history for this month, it has been removed due to lack of feedback.   Also in this section is a live news banner from the ShortNew.com web site and is made from what it's readers have found from the more unusual aspects in the news.  You can also comment on these items - it can be very funny at times - the other above banner brings you black news only.