I would have been under 10 years old at the time, and didn't really listen to much radio as a little kid. I do remember the clearest Radio 1 FM reception round here was 98.9.

I remember this & the Holme Moss 98.8 test loop at the time. I think both transmitters were on low power until full FM roll out was complete.

I was so excited at the time and would have been 11 back then, it felt like such a huge change as I could retune my Saisho AM / FM clock radio to 98.9 and a couple of months later at Christmas my Matsui 'Hi-Fi'. Now at 43 I've almost finally stopped listening to Radio 1 apart from Scott Mills but it has been a good run. Weirdly my listening has harked back to those days and I mostly listen to Absolute 80's in the same low quality mono from the 1053 / 1089 days, without the interference.

98,4 was in the midlands from sutton coldfield then switched to 97.9 where it still is today.

Round here - South Wales & The West - it was initially 98.7 FM - moved to 99.5 later!

Radio 1 better watch out Caroline is coming for them very slowly 1 station at a time free radio for the uk and europe