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The Team here at Telstar focus on producing the very best entertainment for the people of Edinburgh, the Lothian’s, Fife, theBorders, Gibraltar and beyond. Keep and eye on our Website and Facebook page for all the up to date info

Radio Telstar began life as a pirate radio station in 1974 broadcasting to Gracemount, Edinburgh on FM with just 1 watt of output power. It was however on 7 November 1977 when Telstar moved up to the next level broadcasting on medium wave to the people of Edinburgh, The Lothians, Fife and The Borders. Within just a few months, Telstar had gained a large and loyal listenership and eventually Telstar increased its output power from 25 watts to 350 watts to further increase the coverage.

Telstar broadcast every weekend and on Bank Holidays on 222 metres medium wave on FM and on short wave.
In 1984 the decision was taken to close Telstar in order to try to gain a broadcast licence and we now broadcast online and look forward to broad casting on DAB in the near future.

You can find more information about Telstar’s long, sometimes turbulent and incredibly interesting history, arguably one of Scotland’s oldest commercial radio stations at our Pirate Years Facebook group