Pirate Radio - The Who Sell Out, Irish Pirate Radio, Mv Mi Amigo, Pirate Radio in North America, Pirate Radio in Europe (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: The Who Sell Out, Irish pirate radio, MV Mi Amigo, Pirate radio in North America, Pirate radio in Europe, Pirate radio in the United Kingdom, Radio Free Roscoe, Pirate radio in Asia, St Agnes Place, Marine, &c., Broadcasting Act 1967, The Allston Mall, Pirate radio in Australasia, Fab 40, Radio First Termer, Pirate radio in Kerry, Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting, Caroline Overdrive, Pirate radio in France, Pirate radio in the Middle East, Pirate radio in Limerick, Micropower radio, Pirate Radio USA, Tower Block Dreams, Radiovision. Excerpt: Pirate radio in Ireland has had a long history, with hundreds of radio stations having operated from within the country. Due to past lax enforcement of the rules, the lack of commercial radio until 1989, and the small physical size of the country, pirate radio has proliferated up to recent years. They were tolerated by the government which only occasionally raided them in an effort to show compliance with Irish law, although the national broadcaster, RTE, took a harsher approach, including radio jamming. Whilst the number of recorded pirate radio stations was in the hundreds, only a few have been notable enough to be remembered. This is because at different stages, pirate stations were the mainstay of radio listenership, particularly in Dublin. Unlike other countries, Irish pirate stations were almost always on land, with publicly available phone numbers and addresses, advertising and known presenters. A recent government crackdown now means Ireland has one of the most hardline anti-pirate policies in Europe, and few major stations survive. Stations nowadays are usually FM-based. In the 1980s however, most major stations broadcast on both MW and FM. There have also been several shortwave pirate stations in Ireland, but pirate shortwave broadcasting has declined greatly, as w...