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London104.9 FMAlternative, Rock
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Playlist

Starman
Starman
David Bowie
09:14
True Faith
True Faith
New Order
09:09
Won't Get Fooled Again
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
09:04
Spike Island
Spike Island
Pulp
08:54
Disco 2000
Disco 2000
Pulp
08:50
Fire
Fire
Kasabian
08:47
Let's Dance
Let's Dance
David Bowie
08:39
Friday I'm in Love
Friday I'm in Love
The Cure
08:37
Hammer To Fall
Hammer To Fall
Queen
08:32
Waterfall
Waterfall
The Stone Roses
08:27

Top Songs

1 Just
Just
Radiohead
2 Flagpole Sitta
Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
3 The Captain (Live At Wembley)
The Captain (Live At Wembley)
Biffy Clyro
4 Your Girlfriend
Your Girlfriend
Blossoms
5 Fi - Hard To Beat
Fi - Hard To Beat
Hard
6 Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't've)
Ever Fallen in Love (with Someone You Shouldn't've)
Buzzcocks
7 The Drugs Don't Work
The Drugs Don't Work
The Verve
8 Longshot
Longshot
Catfish and the Bottlemen
9 Basket Case
Basket Case
Green Day
10 Holiday
Holiday
Green Day
11 Purple Haze (Live)
Purple Haze (Live)
Jimi Hendrix
12 A Song For The Lovers
A Song For The Lovers
Richard Ashcroft
13 Speed of Sound
Speed of Sound
Coldplay
14 Sheila (Live At The Scala, London / 2006)
Sheila (Live At The Scala, London / 2006)
Jamie T
15 London Calling
London Calling
The Clash
16 Revelry
Revelry
Kings of Leon
17 Somewhere Else (Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005)
Somewhere Else (Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005)
Razorlight
18 She Wants to Move
She Wants to Move
N.E.R.D
19 Two People
Two People
Sam Fender
20 Hey Joe (Live)
Hey Joe (Live)
Jimi Hendrix
21 Sale of the Century
Sale of the Century
Sleeper
22 End of a Century
End of a Century
Blur
23 Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version)
Gorillaz
24 Little Wing (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, February 24, 1969)
Little Wing (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, February 24, 1969)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
25 The Jean Genie
The Jean Genie
David Bowie
26 Set the Fire to the Third Bar (feat. Martha Wainwright)
Set the Fire to the Third Bar (feat. Martha Wainwright)
Snow Patrol
27 Sabotage
Sabotage
Beastie Boys
28 Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
Coldplay
29 Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Republica
30 The Sound of Silence
The Sound of Silence
Disturbed
31 No Rain
No Rain
Blind Melon
32 Charmless Man
Charmless Man
Blur
33 Big Yellow Taxi
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell
34 What Became of the Likely Lads (Reworked Version)
What Became of the Likely Lads (Reworked Version)
The Libertines
35 Diane Young
Diane Young
Vampire Weekend
36 Closer
Closer
Kings of Leon
37 It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
R.E.M.
38 Fi - Suburban Knights
Fi - Suburban Knights
Hard
39 Ready for the Floor (Soulwax Dub)
Ready for the Floor (Soulwax Dub)
Hot Chip
40 Fi - Cash Machine (Radio Edit)
Fi - Cash Machine (Radio Edit)
Hard

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About the Radio Station

City
London
Frequency
104.9 FM
Language
English
First Air Date
21 September 2015

Radio X is a British National commercial radio station that is owned by Global and focuses on alternative music, primarily indie rock. The station was originally launched in 1989 as a pirate radio station named Q102, before being renamed Xfm in 1992. It became a legally licensed London-wide station in 1997, and in 2015 began national broadcasting under the name Radio X​. It has been located at Capital\'s headquarters at Leicester Square, London since 1998, when it was acquired by the Capital Radio Group, now part of Global Radio​​. The station has a significant history of employing personalities who have gone on to achieve greater fame, including Russell Brand, Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Simon Pegg, Christian O\'Connell, and others​1​. As of March 2023, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 2.0 million, according to RAJAR​​. The station currently employs a diverse group of presenters, engineers, journalists, and producers, with Chris Moyles and Johnny Vaughan being among the notable presenters​. Radio X is contactable via telephone, with numbers provided for both the station and the studio, and also provides an email format for contacting specific individuals at the station​​.

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30 Leicester Square , London WC2H 7LA
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