The station was founded in January 2017 by Hugh Evans (Moose), Russ Collington (Dewsbury), Peter 'Pete' Bailey and Benjamin 'Mark' Woodhouse, all formerly of Team Rock.

Through the loyalty of their fan base, the company hit its first major milestone in July 2017, successfully crowd equity funding £153,282 from 853 individual investors.

A predecessor in the same market was Team Rock, a company based in London and High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, which published music magazines and operated an online radio station.

[4] On 11 January 2018, it was announced the first Annual General Meeting of FT Industries Ltd, holding company of Primordial Radio, would be held in Lincoln at the Lincolnshire Show Ground on Saturday 21 April 2018.

[9] The official post-AGM event #Drinkininlincoln took place in the evening, featuring live performances from Big Boy Bloater and the Limits, Massive Wagons and The Virginmarys.

[24] Both of these partnerships culminated in the first announcement of the newly named Primordial General Mayhem '22 for 22–23 April 2022,[25] with Friday and Saturday headliners Those Damn Crows and Dinosaur Pile-up respectively.

Included on the bill are: As December Falls, Bob Vylan, Millie Manders and the Shutup, Seething Akira, Skarlett Riot and Ward XVI.