NEIGHBOURS FM
In The News:
A London DJ has launched a controversial new
station called Neighbours FM. The station is being part run by the DJ and
is going out live from his home every night from midnight. It is broadcast
on Local FM and streamed on the web.
The station plays dance music and this DJ
doesn't use headphones, he uses his bass reflex Denon.
His immediate neighbours of course weren't
happy at all, after threatening to come round to put an end to the Denon
and snap his transmitter down, they tried to use a court injunction to
cease the station's transmissions and the mysterious vibrations around
their house at 3AM.
The DJ, Simon Evans claims he started Neighbours
FM because he suffered from acute insomnia and that his neighbours grew
a conifer so high that it brushed against his bedroom window. He had a
large CD collection and several thousands of MP3's downloaded from various
sources including Audiogalaxy, so he decided to put them to good use. The
station has developed a considerable listenership on the web and around
the local London area due to it's specialised hardcore dance blended with
heavy metal. "it is particularly popular with late night taxi drivers"
he sais.
Meanwhile the decision is pending as to whether
the radio authority should rip up his license and whether the ISP should
cut off his internet connection.
The DJ's Neighbours, Mr & Mrs Pendlesbury
also were keen to point out that he hoovered at 5AM and was caught training
the dog to bark at 4AM.
And one New Year's Eve, he did Neighbours
FM from the roof, placing the speakers on the tiles, one neighbour who
lives across the street said "Neighbours FM is deafening, nevermind the
FM broadcasts I can hear it clearly without turning on the radio, and when
I do turn the stereo on and tune it to Neighbours FM it's so loud that
it's distorted"
Outside of court the DJ declined to comment
except to say "catch the Mix in the house every night from 2AM".
Outraged letters to the editor of a local newspaper from where the show originates..
Dear Waltham Times
I am writing in order to convey the outrage
of a small residential street of Waltham where I live. We are a group of
semi-detatched houses with moderate sized gardens, there are a few trees
and the property value of the area is actually wuite considerable. However
all this recently started to change when a certain neighbour named Simon
Evans moved in. Now every night from after Midnight comes an earsplitting
row from his house. I am just settling into sleep when DJ Quicksilver echoes
across the street.
We the residents are usually subjected to
hours of dance mixed with thrash metal from the wee hours into the morning
light, little bits of voice which sound like a fairground announcer come
over, and I for one believe banging my hand against my bedpost would be
a better night's sleep.
Angry Percy Whitehall.
I am writing in regard to DJ Simon Evans who
as you know broadcasts live from his home to an audience of several hundred
thousand. His home radio station isn't exactly discrete though, he broadcasts
using a state of the art Denon and speakers half the size of a wall of
a house. Though usually based in the bedroom, he has been known to take
his show external. Broadcasting deafening audio garbage from a speaker
resting on the chimneypot.
Not a thought is given to those that surround
him, and those whose property values have taken a skydive after a local
newspaper publicised the station (Neighbours FM) have tried to put a stop
to his activities in court. He has ignored Police, a county court judge
and even a fire crew in his absurd resolve to go on with his unbelievable
radio station of ignorance and contempt.
Now as an insult to injury, he has taken his
regular TV Aerial down and replaced it with a pole resembling a cellular
phone mast, in an effort so it's believed that his show can still be received
in Ipswich.
I am writing in the hope that a campaign can
be started in this newspaper, to end Infernal Racket FM , or as some neighbours
have put it(Rather Listen To A Cat In Agony FM).
I actually live next door to this guy, Mercifully not the adjoining wall, but the other side. Nevertheless the living room still feels like a broken funfair ride whenever this radio station starts. I have given up trying to sleep normally at night, I jhave now taken up nights in a factory, it is a lot superior to being at home I tell you. It was that is, until last Monday when I got back from work at 10AM and settled down in bed to get my days' sleep before the next shift. Just as I pulled the covers over the walls started to rumble then the next thing I heard was "the Bank Holiday special, Neighbours FM goes 24/7", I fistgrindedly wished guns were legal in Britain, but I resolved to get one anyway. I am afraid that at this point I went outside found a pile of bricks and then did the obvious with it.
But One resident did more
News Story:
A London DJ Simon Evans, the owner and broadcaster
of Neighbours FM which goes out live nightly from his home, has allegedly
received death threats and bomb threats from his vigilante counterparts
in the local area. The threatening phone calls alegedly received have caused
alarm with the area's public servants.
Mr Simon Evans was quoted as saying "I have
a different postman every week, when they learn it's my house on their
rounds they refuse to do the round in case they're carrying a Belfast no
more or a diseaseolope."
Neighbours FM whose broadcasting hours were
2am-6am, has recently gone 24/7 to the delight of fans, but to the
disgust of the whole of the Waltham area.
One neighbour said "he must be buying more
and more powerful amplifiers, because it's getting louder every week"
Another local resident said "The vibrations
from the speakers have put a crack in my house".
Neighbours FM's extended hours have already
caused it to start to come to a head in the area, yesterday morning a Ford
Sierra with no numberplates drove into the side of Mr Evans house, the
masked driver then exited the car, brought a compact ladder out of the
boot and ascended to Mr Evans' roof and then went on to severely vandalise
the transmitter. The Ford Sierra caught fire and was gutted, police have
not been able to identify it's owner or the driver.
DJ Simon Evans declined to comment except
to say "that as long as it's a free country, I'll continue to provide free
music"
The neighbours are trying yet another injunction
and some who have joined militaristic vigilante groups have gone on try
much more, the story continues...