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 black history wha nation      soundbites: 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    visit site archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pcrlfm.co.uk       Christmas day takes-away 'Santa Baby'    Woolworths' Role in Civil Rights      Jazz world mourns Freddie Hubbard     Black British Music News      'No Woman No Cry' writer Vincent Ford  dies         Jay-Z, Mary J Blige accused of Beat Burglary     =10% of Birmingham schools to be make private!!   Timmie Rogers once joked about the posibility of a  Black US President - But now this has really happened! Some of the jokes are 40 years old, if you know your black history you will 'get them' , featuring Ossie Davis - click triangle and listen to this historic recording - Oh Yeah! CLICK HERE TO VIEW PCRL EXT. VIDEO-PLAYER PCRL wishes America great change. One of the great Civil Rights anthems "A Change Is Gonna Come" is a 1964 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written by Cooke and first recorded in 1963 and released under the RCA Victor label shortly after his death in late 1964. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, the song came to exemplify the sixties' Civil Rights Movement. The song has gained in popularity and critical acclaim in the decades since its release. The recently departed Andrew Alexander Terry, born July 1940, Texas. His father ran Terry's Records there, but they later moved to Detroit. Mike played baritone sax on many Motown classics including most of the rare Detroit/Chicago Northern soul classics too.  He later concentrated on arranging music. Many of his tracks were made to perfection before the artistes even sang on them. PCRL via Bill Randal made a 60 minute programme about him when he returned to Detroit after a 20 year absence in 1993.  More info: Click triangle to listen (1 hr) Mike Terry 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.