Clyde Tower, Aston

 

One of the many PCRL studio homes in 1990s, located on the Birchfield Road at the 6 Ways roundabout. Demolished in 2006. This image is from 1968. Tower images are rare as people thought they were ugly I suppose.

View from the Tower looking towards the city, image from 1966. Like all of our studio's they were located at high points on the landscape in order to get a good signal to an adjacent tower where a transmitter would be located on the roof. We only used 10 watts power, but at Bank Holidays may be as much as 100 watts as we had more advertisers working with us then.

Sadly like all of the towers we used have now been demolished. Clyde died in 2006. Thanks go out to all the renters who let us use their homes while away on holidays. I wonder if any of the DJ's have memories to share about this block?

Music Master life tribute song

 

Thanks to Leroy Shaihi Chimelo Hayles & Fitzroy Hanno

Funeral details & recorded footage

 Service recording here from 11-03-2026

Pulled by two black shire horses endowed with Jamaican colours/flag (image: Rhonda)

Cecil Morris podcast tribute

 PCRL Presenters remember Cecil's radio station

Ranking Festus's/Amlak Tafari guests:

(from left to right)

Brother Pilot

Chicking George

Little Richie

Calypso Queen

Orlando M

Goodbye Cecil

 Very sad day today with the loss of PCRL's founder, Cecil Abraham Morris, aged 79. He was such an inspiration to hundreds of radio DJ's that he helped over the years, we all thank him for his kind help and support. RIEP

CAM outside his shops

He was the founder of the Peoples Community Radio here Birmingham. Over the years he helped over 250 DJ's by providing them with a radio program. Through his agency he also booked/managed many local/national/international bands. He also introduced Black cinema to the Midlands and for a short time and ran a television station. (also known as Music Master and CAM Morris on Face Book

More information about Cecil Morris click here his dedicated page

Three white doves released during Cecil's burial

Windrush Award 75

Cecil Morris & Bini (acsho) Brown, Symphony Hall, Cecil Morris (PCRL founder) received a 'Windrush 75' award in July, 2023.

Cecil & Bini Brown

While the Symphony Hall hosted a concert, a separate Windrush 75 Awards Ceremony that recognised Windrush pioneers took place earlier in the year in June 2023 at the Birmingham Rep as part of a wider community event organised by the Blackstory Partnership. 

Additionally, other community groups and individuals in Birmingham received funding or were recognised through various initiatives to mark the 75th anniversary, including: 

The Blackstory Partnership for their commemorative event and awards ceremony.

Arts All Over The Place for their Windrush Stories project.

Birmingham Education Partnership for producing educational resources for schools.

Shades of Black for their "Meeting Windrush" project.

Bishop Dr Derek Anthony Webley MBE DL, Co-Chair of the Windrush Cross-Government Working Group, who was appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to the Windrush Generation.