Being only 7 when it originally launched (yep, curse me for being young etc) GLR was possibly the most supercool station in London for years until it was remodelled for crappy chat people like Vanessa Feltz and Jon "I have kids argument" Gaunt to talk rubbish to cab drivers.
Well it was launched 20 years ago, as this Guardian Organ Grinder blog post reminds us:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/24/radioI became hooked on GLR just about the time XFM was sold to Capital and I went to university just outside London, it became my lifeline to find out what was going on, with Gary Crowley giving me my lost fix of all things London. Before that I tuned in for lots of random stuff, but mainly for the music they played. To say it was eclectic was an understatement
As with all great radio, it came to an end too soon, but for the years it was about it left some good memories with a lot of people (and some great Chris Morris/Wayne Carr recording to still listen to)
You don't know what you got till its gone, etc...
Edit: ooh err, I think I;ve got dates and times mixed up when it all changed, but I did listen, honest