Back in the day I worked at @RadioX or, as it was known then, Xfm. First I was station assistant, then – once we'd been awarded a London-wide licence in 1997 – Head of Music. But I'm getting ahead of myself. 1/20

In the years building up to full-time launch, we ran a series of RSL (restricted service licence) broadcasts. We had a small transmitter at the top end of Highgate, and with the wind in the right direction could be heard over much of London 2/20

In 1992 we ran two of these. I'd stay at the studio for the four weeks of the broadcast, working from 6am until 2am the following day, grabbing four hours sleep on the sofa then starting again. It was nuts, but it felt like we were doing something important. 3/20

During the second broadcast we kept a pair of guestbooks. People would come in to be interviewed, sign the books and have their photo taken. At the end of the month one was raffled off for charity, and I somehow ended up with the other. 4/20

All the photos were taken at the Xfm studio, which was in the offices of Fiction Records in Charlotte St, in September and October 1992. Here's a few highlights. 5/20

Damon Albarn. Blur were six months away from Modern Life Is Rubbish, and active supporters of the station. The following year Damon and Graham Coxon played a short acoustic set at our Great Xpectations show in Finsbury Park 6/20

Another band who played at Great Xpectations: Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. I roadied for Carter a few times, and earned my "Crazy Carter Crew" t-shirt catching crowd surfers at Brixton Academy. Wish I still had it. 7/20

Billy Bragg with with DJ @janicelongdj. Billy was another vocal supporter, and for a while we ran a discussion show where Billy and Gary Bushell would argue the toss over a wide range of subjects. 8/20

Julian Cope with station controller Sammy Jacob. In six years at Xfm Julian was my favourite guest. Funny, smart, charismatic, interested in everything, and gracious to the core. 9/20

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. We started just as Britpop did (we playlisted 'The Drowners' before its release during our first broadcast in April that year), but even then it seemed like new music and new comedy went hand-in-hand. 10/20

Miki Berenyi from Lush, Gerard Langley and Paul Mulreany from The Blue Aeroplanes, Edwyn Collins and The The's Matt Johnson. 11/20

Original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin from The Sundays, and the mighty Lesley Rankine from Silverfish (Hips, Lips, Tits, Power!) 12/20

Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler from Suede in happier times, visiting Xfm to promote the band's second single, Metal Mickey. Between them sit the two guestbooks. 13/20

Beatles expert Mark Lewisohn with DJ Gary @CrowleyOnAir, New Order's Peter Hook with Janis Long, Chas Smash and Suggs from Madness, and the Wonder Stuff's Miles Hunt with Xfm's Dani Parry. 14/20

Jarvis Cocker. Pulp were another band championed by Xfm before they bothered the charts, and I'm not sure the early version of the station has ever been given the credit it deserves its part in promoting Britpop. Radio 1 were certainly listening hard. 15/20

The Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle and Pete Shelly (RIP), plus Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge from Swervedriver. Bonus fact: Adam used to play football in Hyde Park for a jumpers-for-goalposts team called Wednesday Wednesday. They played on Tuesdays. 16/20

Mark E. Smith's signature. I don't know why there's no picture. He was brought into the station by DJ David Bates, who worked at his then-label, Fontana. David had a Vietnam-era themed show and would dress the studio in cargo netting to get in the mood. 17/19

David Bates again (in the background), plus Robert Plant and myself. Plant was also on Fontana. To this day it's the only time I've ever asked to have my photo taken with a musician. 18/19

Xfm finally got a London-wide licence in 1997, and broadcast for a year before the station was sold to the Capitol Radio Group. I resigned, knowing that the music policy would suffer, although I'm delighted @JohnKennedy is still flying the flag. 19/20

We had a great year, though. And somewhere I have what's almost certainly the first photo of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant together. But that's for another time. 20/20