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What is Pirate Radio?As Below/above Turn on the radio Blackbeards on right about now Pirate Radio - videoPirate Radio - what is it?An example of a popular pirate (unlicensed) radio station in the U.S. today is Boulder, Colorado's "KBFR". Pirate radio is a growing phenomenon. What does "Pirate Radio" mean?Pirate radio stations are usally one or two-person operations airing home-brew entertainment and/or iconoclastic viewpoints. In order to avoid detection by the authorites (The Man, FCC, etc), they tend to appear irregularly, with little concern for the niceties of conventional program scheduling. Most are found in Europe chiefly on weekends and major holidays, and mainly during the evenings in North America, often just above 6200.0 kHz, just below 7000.0 kHz (6955 and 6995 kHz are common pirate frequencies) and just above 7345 kHz. These sub rosa stations and thier addresses are subject to unusally abrupt change or termination, as well as their frequency of transmission, to avoid being cought by the FCC. Free Radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. They operate in defiance of FCC rules, which often seem to be more concerned with protecting the big broadcasting interests. Pirate Radio - what does it mean?An unlicensed radio station, often broadcasting political or controvercial material. The term was coined in the 1960's with "Radio Caroline", which broadcasted from a ship just outside of British territorial waters. Today's pirate broadcasters often play dance music not normally heard on comercial stations, or are intended to provide entertainment or opinions outside the mainstream. The pirate radio station broadcasted trance music into the early hours of the morning. Pirate Radio - meaningillegal broadcasting on the fm dial yo blud im going to play some tunes on flava fm 87.6 londons leading pirate radio station |
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