XFM 104.9

XFM has come a long way since it's early days of being a tiny London pirate station. They managed to get a restricted licence in the first instance to allow them to broadcast legally and then eventually in (I think) the early 90's a full-time licence was awarded on 104.9 to allow broadcast within the M25 motorway area, i.e. London and surrounding. It was originally independently owned, but a few years ago was taken over by the Capital group, who manage a number of other London stations. Ok, so how can I review this excellent station when I live in Northampton, and am in London probably twice a year for a mere number of hours? Well as I said at the ...  Read the complete review

Xfm was once called "London's only Alternative". After spending AGES with temporary radio licenses, they finally built up a strong enough listener base to justify a permanent license. The quality and variety of the music then was INCREDIBLE. They played everything from Mogwai to Arab Strap, and championed a lot of bands that have now become mainstream. It's not so long ago that many of the people in the top of the indie charts were fledgling indie kids and getting their first and only airplay on Xfm. Ricky Gervaise of 11 O'clock show fame was a DJ on the old Xfm, and along with the others produced a great mix. ...  Read the complete review

Independent Radio: X-FM 104.9 This radio station is a refreshing change to the norm. It broadcasts a wide range of music the majority of which ranges from The Prodigy to Marilyn Manson to The Stereophonics. For the older members of the audience like myself tracks from The Cure, The Jam, The Specials and other such bands can be regularly heard. It is a good place to hear groups from the following categories: indie, rock, hip hop, rap and techno. Session music is also a regular feature, allowing listeners to hear new and old bands alike perform outside of the controlled environment of a recording studio. It was as a result of listening to one ...  Read the complete review

When your young and want to listen to alternative types of music, there isn't much out there. Unless you want to listen to Capital FM or Kiss 100 which only play pop, garage and trance. At times this can get rather annoying thats why XFM is getting more and more young and old people listening as well as playing indie and rock they also play some new age metal which is excellent. If it wasn't for XFM many young people would have to listen to S Club 7 or Steps there enough to make you want to kill yourself. XFM also plays many different types of music from: Rock - Papa Roach, The Offspring, Korn and many others. Indie - Pulp, Muse, Blur ...  Read the complete review

Fans of indie and alternative find themselves almost without any representation in pop charts and playlists filled to bursting with plastic pop and pop-garage. So to finally find a station that is dedicated to our music is a welcome joy. Xfm broadcasts to London and surroundings at 104.5 fm, also on Sky Digital and the internet via www.xfm.co.uk. It plays anything that doesn't get representation on the mainstream stations such as Lowgold, Regular Fries, the Dandy Warhols and many more. It also mixes in a nice amount of the more well-known bands like Radiohead, Muse, Pulp and Coldplay. The DJs are a nice mixture of lively personalities and musical ...  Read the complete review