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Pirate radio in the United Kingdom
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Pirate radio in the United Kingdom has been a popular and enduring radio medium since the 1960s, despite expansions in licensed broadcasting, and the advent of both digital radio and internet radio. Although it peaked throughout the 1960s and again during the 1980s/1990s, it remains in existence today. Having moved from transmitting from ships in the sea to tower blocks across UK towns and cities, in 2009 the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom estimated more than 150 pirate radio stations were still operating.
The MV Mi Amigo, once home of Radio Caroline, mid 1970s
The MV Mi Amigo, once home of Radio Caroline, mid 1970s
Dread Broadcasting Corporation, groundbreaking black pirate radio station
Dread Broadcasting Corporation, groundbreaking black pirate radio station
Pirates - 1993 documentary focusing on East London pirate radio
Pirates - 1993 documentary focusing on East London pirate radio
Pirate radio aerial installations on rooftops in NW London, early 2000s
Pirate radio aerial installations on rooftops in NW London, early 2000s
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A pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license.
REM Island was a platform off the Dutch coast used as a pirate radio station in 1964 before being dismantled by the Netherlands Marine Corps.
REM Island was a platform off the Dutch coast used as a pirate radio station in 1964 before being dismantled by the Netherlands Marine Corps.
In 1926 WJAZ in Chicago, Illinois, challenged the U.S. government's authority to specify operating frequencies and was charged with being a "wave pira
In 1926 WJAZ in Chicago, Illinois, challenged the U.S. government's authority to specify operating frequencies and was charged with being a "wave pirate". The station responded with this February 1926 publicity photograph of its engineering staff dressed as "wave pirates".