American Reacts to Britain's War Against Pirate Radio!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

JJ, I'm so glad that you covered this, as during the mid to late '80s I was a DJ for a pirate radio station in South London called Quest FM, we were continually being raided by the 'DTI' (The Department for Trade and Industry) so much so, there was a record produced by an artist called 'DTI' the track was "Keep This Frequency Clear" it was a way of the pirate stations hitting back at the Government, who were trying to close us all down.

[@JJLAReacts]

Wow! I commend you for sticking it out and changing the world! Bravery in the name of art 🙌

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@JJLAReacts It wasn't easy, we had equipment and music seized by The DTI, but it only made us more determined to continue.

[@Ade2bee]

KISS FM was amazing at first, it's just a normal commercial radio station now and only is a shadow of what it was, sort of like MTV I feel honoured to have lived through this time and actually done some stuff with KISS FM and their associates station elsewhere

[@Arctic_Architect]

Look up John Peel and the influence he had on bringing new bands, artists and genres to the youth of the day everything from punk and reggae to dance, indie and hardcore metal. A true legend of the radio waves and so formative in many peoples music in the UK

[@klaxoncow]

He's heard of John Peel from an earlier video. But he should watch someone that focuses on him, sure.

[@Cleow33]

And a massive nonce.

[@johnpipere83]

Apart from hating pirate radio Tony Benn was a great man and MP

[@carolineskipper6976]

Came here to say just that. He may not have been on the right side in this story- but he was a much respected and hard working MP, who was usually on the right side of history.

[@14percentviking]

Agreed

[@markmckinney4149]

He didn't always get it right, but he damn well didn't get much wrong. We could do with more like him around today.

[@steveparkes]

The only time I've ever paid to see an MP. A fantastic public speaker.

[@petermizon4344]

@@johnpipere83 YRS EVERYTHING WAS NEW TO THEM OLDIES LOL THE MUSIC, TRANSISTOR RADIOS ETC

[@Ayns.L14A]

I've said it before and i'll say it again....... WATCH "THE BOAT THAT ROCKS"....it's a classic

[@patsydf]

Yup! was going to post the same remark, brilliant film. One of those films to be watched many times over.

[@bobclarke1815]

The guy dancing, was doing Northern Soul.

[@tobyleigh1507]

DJ Johnnie walker retired on Sunday after 58 years starting on Radio Caroline

[@JJLAReacts]

I'm glad he was able to turn it into such a long career! Good for him 🙌

[@wendypow1963]

He was my favorite DJ on Radio Caroline, followed closely by Dave Lee Travis.

[@Escapee5931]

The movie "The Boat That Rocked" was renamed in the US as "Pirate Radio".

[@brian9731]

Really funny movie with great music. Any similarity between actual true facts and the plot is apparently pure coincidence BUT it was all the funnier because the characters WERE based a little more closely on real DJs, some of whom moved over to legal radio including the BBC and some of those are still on air to this day. Johnny Walker, who happens to have broadcast his last show on BBC Radio 2 this week before retirement due to ill health, was portrayed in the movie as the cool character who spent some time on radio in America. "Whispering" Bob Harris remains on air playing his own curated playlists, specialising mainly in Country and Americana - he was the graveyard shift DJ character who even some of the others on the boat didn't know about. Tony Blackburn (the first voice on Radio 1) is also still on air and in my opinion is just as good as ever, if not better, despite being over 80.

[@patriciacarter1147]

I remember my dad got my sister and I a transistor radio one week and I used mine at night with Luxenburg - with ear plugs of course under covers so the parents couldn't see us awake late. Then Caroline came out and we could use them all day, loved them radios.

[@JJLAReacts]

LOL yes!!!

[@gwaptiva]

It's not that strange the Post Office was in charge: It was a government agency in charge of delivering not just mail, but also telegrams (and telex etc etc), so they were in charge of assigning frequencies for particular purposes to particular organizations. It was to ensure that your grannies gardening radio programme wouldn't interfere with the defence of the realm. And that's of course why they came down so hard on pirate radio. And yes, I loved listening to pirate radio across the north sea in my youth: Radio MiAmigo primarily. PS A massive correction: Tony Benn was not a dick, he was a legend

[@JJLAReacts]

Ah I see, makes sense that the Post Office was in charge because of telegrams, thanks! I guess there's more for me to learn about Tony Benn ☺️

[@Snarnler]

​@@JJLAReactshe was a champion of the underdog and gave up his title. Much missed by some of us.

[@mej6519]

pirate radio was our social media back in the day, its where we heard of all the illegal raves that where going on. its where we heard the freshest tunes long before they hit the commercial record stores, the pirates where just as much part of the rave scene as the raves themselves.

[@felonmarmer]

"You can't just declare something illegal!" Excuse my laughter.

[@TheCornishCockney]

He still believes in “democratic government” bless him.

[@angeladormer6659]

Tony Blackburn was a Radio Caroline DJ and is still working. He has become a revered Golden Oldie. The fingers of the BBC reach into many pies even now. A law unto themselves. They banned songs or had lyrics change to fall in line with their policies and probably still do. They sanitized Graham Norton, too.

[@AlexByth]

I would think the thing with Radio 1 not playing "The Last Waltz" was that they were trying to appeal to younger people and "The Last Waltz" was rather staid "older people music". And certainly not the kind of upbeat song you would want to start your opening breakfast show with.

[@dVb9]

John Huston's surname is pronounced 'Hooston'. Although he was a renowned director in his own right, you might be more familiar with his daughter, the actress Anjelica.

[@Snarnler]

Thank you for pointing that out.

[@stephenbrough8132]

"People Just do Nothing" highly recommended - a fly on the wall type comedy about a group of pirate radio enthusiasts into Garage music, taking themselves a bit too seriously considering how few listeners they have.

[@vaudevillian7]

Seconded!

[@BonkersAboutAlice]

MC Grinda is my hero.

[@stephenbrough8132]

@@BonkersAboutAlice I think Charbuddy is my favourite character.

[@Coops985]

@@stephenbrough8132 obviously cha buds Is the boy lol

[@JJLAReacts]

I just looked it up and it seems hilarious! Thanks for recommending!

[@Cleow33]

The Brixton riots weren't just because of that one incident. The New Cross Fire and subsequent 'investigation' was also a factor, as was the rise of the NF and massive youth unemployment.

[@johnallsopp6324]

NZ had a similar situation in the 1960s and had pirate stations like Radio Hauraki.

[@snowfirma5423]

Centuries ago, I used to listen to pirate stations, Radio Caroline,Radio London and Radio Luxembourg on my small translator radio under my pillow while in bed.

[@Upemm]

Me too Radio Luxembourg and Caroline mostly.

[@TfL1901]

JJ, when it comes to Britain, there is *more times than not* an overwhelming racial component... Many civil rights laws regarding Housing discrimination, Employment Discrimination, Police Discrimination, and more have only existed in the last 50-60 years directly because they were fought for by immigrant communities, in conjunction with progressive native English people, which in turn has benefited everyone.

[@Snarnler]

Tony Benn was one of the few politicians that had some integrity. Made me sad to see such comments about a bloke who actually gave up you title.

[@14percentviking]

One of the few good politicians of my lifetime

[@aroemaliuged4776]

Tony been in the sixties still had a fascist flag insinuating He thought britian was a virtue He was behind the times

[@aroemaliuged4776]

MTV didn’t have Lionel Ritchie? But this at the time ! MTV was trying to be 🆒 cool Lionel Ritchie was 3 years ago so not cool You need to get the prospective of teenagers in their time line

[@aroemaliuged4776]

MTV didn’t have Lionel Ritchie? But this at the time ! MTV was trying to be 🆒 cool Lionel Ritchie was 3 years ago so not cool You need to get the prospective of teenagers in their time line

[@aroemaliuged4776]

Apparently he wasnt in his own timeline

[@marieparker3822]

John Reith, a Scot, was a Calvinist. He was very high-minded and unbending. I don't believe for a moment that he admired Mussolini and Hitler.

[@utterlee]

That moment made me choke. He was absolutely not a fascist sympathiser.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

As a teenager I was an avid pirate station listener. And then in the 80s, when I was in my 30s and living in London I discovered the new generation of stations. Great stuff.

[@AskFuzzy78]

THE BOAT THAT ROCKED.... It's a movie about this. Well worth a watch.

[@petermizon4344]

IN THE NORTH BLACK PEOPLE ALWAYS WELCOME IN THE CLUBS BUT DOWN SOUTH NOT QUITE AS MUCH, in the 1970S

[@Deltic07]

Yes, this fella seems very badly informed or perhaps skimped on the research.

[@CathyCrolla]

i used to listen to pirate radio back in the 1960s radio caroline, you also used to pick the police on the radio as well.

[@TheCornishCockney]

As a kid,sticking a radio under your pillow and listening to Caroline and still being awake at 2am. The sound “quality” was rough though. Bought a lot of music on the strength of something new heard on the pirates. Great days. Then The Old Grey Whistle Test came along so props to the beeb for that essential programme.

[@klaxoncow]

♪♫ Marconi plays the mamba ♪♫ ♪♫ Listen to the radio ♪♫ ♪♫ Don't you remember? ♪♫ ♪♫ We built this city... ♪♫ ♪♫ We built this city... ♪♫ ♪♫ We built this city... ♪♫ ♪♫ ...on Rock 'n Roll !! ♪♫

[@chashopkins6667]

I listen to BBC radio for a few hours every day. BBC might possibly have it's faults but it's output doen't have any adverts, this is such a massive relief, you can actually enjoy it and not be interrrupted every 5 mins with some idiot trying to sell car insurance.

[@PaulWilliams-ko5fu]

In 1946 BBC Radio was organised into 3 channels The Home Service: featuring news, current affairs, plays, comedy, drama serials, magazine shows and documentaries with occasional classical music. The Third Programme: featuring classical music, educational programmes, sport and talks. The Light Programme: featuring light music (crooners, folk music, Jazz, dance bands) drama serials and comedy programmes. This worked well until the mid 1950s and the emergence of Rock and Roll. Suddenly you had young people who would not want to listen to the same music as their parents, and shows like Housewives Choice or Workers Playtime. To make matters worse because of the "needle time" rules in which Radio stations were restricted to the amount of hours they could play records every day (the Musicians Union said more records played on the radio meant less live work for their members, the Record Companies said the more times records were played on the radio the less incentive there was for members of the public to go out and buy the singles of the songs they could hear on the radio anyway) quite often the latest hits in the charts were mainly heard as covers from groups the BBC employed, rather than the original song by the original artist. If you wished to hear pop music on the BBC in the early sixties the only programmes available were: Saturday Club a 2 hour live programme on Saturday mornings with pop artists playing live. Mid day Spin a 45 minute programme playing the hits week day lunchtime. Pick of the Pops a 2 hour programme on Sunday afternoon playing the top 20 chart. The BBC trying to be all things to all people pleased no one and when the Pirates launched from Easter 1964 BBC Radio lost a lot of young people who listened to radio. When the Pirates were closed the BBC changed into 4 stations Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio 3 Radio 4 The Home Service became Radio 4 The Third Programme became Radio 3 The Light Programme became Radio 2 Radio 1 was the new Pop Music station. However there was no increase in the budget for BBC Radio for the new station so Radio 1 and Radio 2 several times a day would broadcast the same programme. Needle time was still in force so the new Pop station was still restricted in the amount of records they could play in a day. Radio 1 made a virtue out of this restriction, by inviting the important groups and artists of the day to record sessions for them or perform live on certain programmes. From 1967 the Government also allowed to set up small local radio stations in parts of England. With the election of a Conservative Government in 1970 there were moves to end the monopoly of the BBC in radio which led to the opening of the London radio stations LBC and Capital Radio in 1973. But even commercial radio was governed by the restrictions of "needle time" which lasted until 1988. If you wish to see the type of programmes that were on BBC Radio just Google BBC Genome.

[@el_es]

@RingwayManchester has a nice set of documentaries about this :)

[@JJLAReacts]

I just checked out their channel! Thanks for sharing!

[@vaudevillian7]

@@JJLAReactsit’s a great channel

[@eddievision]

Also he didn't mention you had to pay a reciever licence to the BBC but what undermined that was the portable transistor radio,a bit like The BBC trying to still get money for the TV licence but online content is undermineing that today....

[@spursgog835]

During the 60s I always listened to pirate radio as there was no choice.

[@katashworth41]

I love Jimmy The Giant, does some really interesting social commentary videos.

[@jillybrooke29]

Loved Radio Luxembourg, then on Radio 1 Emperor Rosco and the other DJs were great. I lived up the road from the Brixton Riots, very scary for everyone, I had little kids and they were rioting, breaking windows and burning cars at the end of my road.

[@davidsds473]

A shoutout to: Powerjam, Vibes FM, and Lightning FM. They were three main pirate stations I used to listen to.

[@gamingtonight1526]

To listen to the radio, BBC or commercial stations, you don't need a licence any more. It's free. As long as you don't own a TV - like me!

[@nolaj114]

Just had to pause and go listen to "Flowers in the Rain".. I remember that song as child just entering her hippiehood. I haven't heard or thought about it for decades. Nice memory, simpler times.

[@JillHughes-n1h]

Radio Caroline .the sounds of the national 😊Tony Blackburn ,still around 😊

[@domramsey]

It's a gross over simplification to blame "The BBC" for much of this. They are relatively independent compared to the government agencies that really fought/enforced this stuff ( Ofcom, the DTI, the IBA, the Post Office etc). Also worth noting that one of the big issues with the pirate stations is that they often block out legitimate, licensed radio. Part of the license is there to ensure that stations don't use too wide a frequency or too much power. The video is pretty accurate but it does romanticise it quite a lot.

[@marieparker3822]

Radio Caroline was a ship in the North Sea - Great! It was FAB!!! But the killjoys eventually boarded it and dragged the existing DJs off it.😢

[@michaelhodgson662]

I was given a little radio by a family friend who showed me where to find radio Luxembourg. I went to school very tired about 8 or 9 year old having been awake into the small hours.

[@scotmax8426]

enjoyed this a lot :D gave me brilliant memories of my first ever flat. out my kitchen window i could see the high flats (15 story buildings) (( there was five of them and they were called the five fingers in the sky)) and aye, you could see the anteannae easily on the veranda lol. we listened to it nightly, they even had a phone in!! where you phoned the phone box on the corner lol and yes, inevitably one night it was raided live on air lol talk about exiting stuff! lol loved it all! and well done to each and every one of them. control the air waves? lol aye, good luck with that one ;) was going to suggest as a wee fun thing to watch the boat that rocks, but i see others have said so too lol, good wee film.

[@wendypow1963]

All the top DJs and Top of the Pops presenters started out on Radio Caroline...Dave Lee Travis, Johnny Walker, John Peel, Kenny Everett, Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Saville(?) and more. My siblings and I were glued to Radio Caroline and Radip Luxembourg in the 1960s whilst mum and dad enjoyed the easy listening, plays and comedy sketches the BBC aired.

[@Robhalifax]

A couple of points. 1. Tony Benn was a great man. 2. Grime music is intrinsically linked with criminality.

[@auldfouter8661]

Yes the Meriden Motorcycle Coop was a runaway success- not !

[@niallrussell7184]

Post Office was responsible for the Telegraph system, that transmitted messages - delivered to people much like normal post.

[@christinewhelan7949]

Absolutely depended on Radio Luxembourg, listened to in the dark, under the bedcovers.

[@tinawaggoner8166]

I, like many others on here, used to listen to Radio Luxemburg under the covers of the bed with my sister late at night. We would sneak marmite sandwiches with us and just enjoyed listening to the radio.

[@anthonyv6962]

Growing up in S. Florida we had so pirate radio stations. Around 1988 when I started driving and through the 90s anytime I would get down around Miami I would scan all the frequencies. Often I would find pirate hip hop and reggae stations. But the best station was a public channel 91.3 WLRN at 2 AM almost every night Clint O'neill (rip) would come on with his show Sounds of the Caribbean playing reggae till sunrise. He was so smooth talking over the record etc. a legend.

[@newuk26]

I never understood how we had commercial television from the 1950's but had to wait until the 1970's to get commercial radio.

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

41:10 Pirate radio men charged Wirral News 28 Nov 1985..... They transmitted from a tower block in Moreton, a friend of mine had an ex yellow Telecom van which they must have thought was DTI as every time we drove past the transmitter went silent. It was easy for the DTI to find those transmitters but the studio was remote and fed from the telephone line. Allegedly ? .......

[@terry9325]

Remember the days when you had to pay for a radio licence it was abolished about fifty years ago , about the time miniature transistor radios came on the market ,making it impossible for the BBC to track down millions of mobile portable radios .

[@gailstevens6831]

And yet they still charge for tv licences!

[@berrytyrant]

Check out the film 'the boat that rocked'...

[@MrChasanDayve]

Brought back memories of late night listening to Nick Manasseh on KISS in the late 80's and Energy Radio 87.9FM in the early 90's

[@WookieWarriorz]

yea the movie the boat that rocked is right up your alley, lots of big british actors and that classic indie british movie vibe and its about the priate radio on a boat but also pirate radio was on installations in the ocean that were created to defend london during ww2 were used, they look like at-at's or something, you should react to a video about them. BTW fun fact 5:45 infant mortality is much lower in the uk than the usa. Btw all bbc content is still completely ad free and even even product bias free.

[@vincentvega9863]

Ultimately community radio or local radio has been killed off now by a new enemy. Commercial radio itself has canalised the local stations to create bigger stations. Example, I grew up in Plymouth with Plymouth Sound and Pirate FM. Plymouth Sound got took over by Heart becoming Heart Plymouth. Then the merged that station with Heart Exeter, Heart Torbay, Heart North Devon and Heart South Hams and left just Heart Devon. So from over 30 stations to half that. This same thing happened all over with most stations getting bought out by the Hots radio network, Greatest Hits radio, Global radio network...all buying up all the local stations and then eventually shutting them down to become national stations. It's like we're going backwards! 😡

[@patsydf]

I used to tune into Radio Caroline as soon as I got home from school, made the parents mad!

[@steveparkes]

Bad equipment and antennas mean the signal on the harmonics of the frequency can be stronger than the legal signals. Thats how emergency frequencies can get jammed. It's normally a complete accident and happens with anything that broadcasts rf including stuff that shouldn't leak any rf. If you look at the right frequencies you can tell if the neighbour is charging their phone or starting their car. Incidentally this is how the TV detector vans worked you asked about a few weeks back. They did work. The post office just didn't have the number of them in service that was suggested.

[@MisterEE100]

Tony Benn, turned into a half decent MP later in life, fighting for the people and getting rights for workers.

[@vaudevillian7]

Tony Benn was a legend, highly recommend looking into him more (like Ian Hislop 😂)

[@eddisstreet]

After the Marine Offences Act 1967, I continued to listen to Caroline until it went off air in March 1968 - it was only after that that I started to listen to BBC Radio 1

[@scottwebb1978]

Talking of voice of America in the 90s I use to listen to a programm on shortwave radio about radio and communications it was alled Communications World it was on a Saturday hosted by Kim Andrew elliot

[@brian9731]

The BBC gets a LOT of bad rap and I too have many criticisms of them. However, I have a lot more good to say about them than bad. In general, they are very good at what they do on radio (and TV) and they do it without the frankly dreadful and annoying adverts and constant promises (as you get on commercial radio) of winning large sums of money as an incentive to listen. How about making your output actually good and engaging and people will listen anyway like they do to the BBC in their millions‽

[@christinecoombs3536]

Does anyone remember the episode of “the Goodies” which satirised the offshore pirate radio station. 😂

[@sphinx3r]

If you wanna see a good movie about pirate radio, there's a great British movie called "The boat that rocked". It's not very historically accurate, but it's close enough and stars a lot of great actors.

[@DJKC]

That 1st clip isn't London. It's Ipswich. The irony being the building in the left used to be Radio Orwell. Which was a local legal station!

[@petermizon4344]

ALSO COMPANIES LIKE KELLOGS WERE ADVERTISING OFFSHORE AND WERE WARNED THAT IF THEY KEPT AVOIDING TAXES THEY WOULD BE STOPPED FROM TRADING IN UK

[@JungleTunes94]

There are still pirates out there just not many people have analogue tuners now and you can just do it online so I guess its less worth it. I had an older car with an old tape player so would love going into any city even a few years ago. 2pm Monday afternoon listening to 90s jungle and garage on the radio with relative amateurs on the mic. Most of the music played on the 80s-00s pirates was not commercial and the labels and producers would actively encourage djs to play it and say what it was as it was promotion. I remember on many occasions hearing a tune and running into town the next day to track down a copy.

[@markmckinney4149]

Ronan O'Riley is arguably the most important man in modern British music history.

[@scousenotenglish2819]

Huston = HOOSTUN. He directed loads of Humphry Bogart films, The malteze falcon, prizzi's honor, african queen, annie, man who would be king etc etc. And tons more massive and famous films

[@marieparker3822]

Radio Caroline kept broadcasting until the very last second when the killjoys from the Department of Trade and Industry (I think it was) physically removed the record and physically arrested the DJ - tragic!

[@Diovanlestat]

Oh dear Tony, you were the choosen one, you failed us, you let us down. 😢

[@vaudevillian7]

I’m from a Jamaican family but you have to remember the scale of demographics, black people only started to arrive in Britain in any number during the 1960s - there wasn’t a large former slave population in the UK that began in the 17th century like you had in the US, where by the time of the Revolution 20% of the population was black. Today in the UK with the black population being the largest its ever been it’s still only 3.7% - in the US it’s now 13.6%

[@JL-uq6dq]

in parallel with the second wave of pirate radio you also have the illegal party movement, culminating in the gvt banning music with repetetive beats.

[@JL-uq6dq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGecm4F8iauDpJosi=VJ7ZkRU_egmE4kUO

[@utterlee]

I would take the accuracy of this video with a pinch of salt.

[@TheCornishCockney]

Corporation man by any chance?

[@paulmidsussex3409]

There was a movie made - The Boat that Rocked.

[@andreasimpson273]

I remember Caroline when young use to listen to it often. There wasn't many black people around in the 70's when I was at school but had a friend and never saw him stopped for going in anywhere maybe certain areas. The spinner looked like Wigan Casino went in the late 70's

[@scotmax8426]

forgot to say, that yeah, this was also (the second wave i mean) around the time of cb radios being a thing, having cards made up for when you eyeballed etc! lol negatori big mamma lolol bizarrely fun times. (anyone remember the horrid spiteful sods that'd pin your coax so your signal was fooked lol the swines)

[@benjames9158]

You probably know Georgie fame as well

[@londo776]

there are still lots Pirate stations in London On FM And still a lot on shortwave At weekends

[@vallejomach6721]

14:58 'As far as I'm aware' - He's not aware. There's plenty of issues...he seems to be describing co-channel interference where you have two transmitters on the same frequency and their signals overlap and cause problems for receivers. However, you also have issues when you have adjacent interference where you have signal frequencies that are close to each other AND something called intermodulation interference when signals from two or more transmitters combine to make new frequencies that also can potentially interfere with other signals. Also, very strong transmitters can overload nearby receivers and cause them to lose their signal thus causing malfunctions and loss of service that way too. This guy rarely makes good videos...a lot of poorly researched half-baked garbage...like the Cod Wars wally.

[@reysgotplans5005]

I'd love you to learn more about black British history and culture! I think you'd find it fascinating!

[@Mike-James]

Caroline now has a licence to transmit.

[@marieparker3822]

That supposed notice ' No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs' is fictional.

[@Arctic_Architect]

Is it f**k. I remember seeing this as a kid in the 70s. There were also ones with ‘no actors’ which meant no homosexuals or lesbians.

[@veroniquewolff8963]

That notice was real, i remember seeing it too.

[@steveparkes]

The last one around was the No Travellers, that's only recently vanished, relatively, despite all of them being illegal since the early 70s.

[@bobclarke1815]

You should watch "The Boat That Rocked"

[@jamiemacdonald5203]

The government complained about race relations then the 90's exploded and people of all races and class got together in a field with a soundsystem and had a good time. And to the surprise of absolutely no one the government and the police outlawed that too. The government and the BBC feel they have a god given right to get to be the ones who decide what information they think you can handle and exactly how much of said info you get and how you should feel about it. Their constantly on their moral high horse reminding you just how great and enlightened they are. Meanwhile every few years they have recurring pdf-file scandals, and let's not forget the sheltered, ran cover for and kissed the ass of arguably Britain's most high profile and most prolific s*x offender. A man who when it came to victims was basically an equal opportunist didn't matter if it was girls, boys women including seniors he even had a key to the morgue. And he's not the only one they've had there.

[@Tgs-z9w]

Radio carolina it was calied out in the sea yall❤

[@johnpipere83]

Highbury fields 1990 Kiss FM launch party what a day.

[@BonkersAboutAlice]

Checkout when Craig David sang with the guys from the show People Just Do Nothing. MC Grinda and his crew

[@nolaj114]

I can't see the name Craig David without thinking of Bo Selecta. 😅

[@bobclarke1815]

The BBC disdn`t pay the artists because they didn`t play their records.

[@mary-y8x8h]

A certain J. Savile had his first breaks with the pirates...

[@AnyoneForToast]

I want to party with that pirate radio station that you want to create...

[@bobclarke1815]

Radio Caroline was the first. then there were dozens.

[@xKynOx]

There are some still near me mostly Drum and Bass.

[@stephenleader-s9x]

You can't keep giving licences. There aren't that many free frequencies.

[@LateBoomer-sl1dk]

Mexican Border Blasters were the American equivalent. What ZZ Top's "Heard It On the X" is about.

[@JJLAReacts]

Oh wow! I haven't heard of that! Thanks!

[@2005Guyver02]

I would take all info on the Wiki with a hand full of salt: It can be edited by anyone! It's has a lot of propaganda and a sliver of truth (most of which is Twisted).

[@archiebald4717]

Radio Luxembourg 208 MW!

[@gracefuller9981]

What are you doing currently? Podcasts are basically a radio station Rogan is basically a radio station If you set up with other channels to either prerecord or go live Give them each a time slot….. do 24 hours and because KZbin etc the whole world is listening, it’s always 5pm somewhere

[@angrybob3594]

The issue is not the music in the UK. It is not race, though it does look that way. It is control of, well, whatever it deems it wants. This is predominantly the realm of large institutions. The Post Office, The BBC and again the Post Office. Music has had far more focus because it is very visible. However, in the last few decades, the Post Office has been prosecuting area managers (Post Masters) for fraud based on a law intended to support traffic offences and speeding cameras. They had an accounting system that was not working correctly, and it accounted for closing balances. Many Post Masters were prosecuted and sent to prison, fined and sacked, or disgraced and gained criminal records preventing them from getting new jobs. It has since been found that the computer system was at fault, and management is supporting that error to save face, costs, and damages in the millions. The institutions are the villains, and generally, the idea that the general population was against a section of society, like most things, is the spin put out by those same institutions. Whipping up anti-some-group or another sentiment is dishonest. Politicians are all about supporting the institutions of the land. The problem with this article is that the author discusses the symptoms of the problem. It is the maintenance of power by those who have it. Tony Benn was a left-wing politician, and Margret Thatcher was on the right. It is not political in that sense it is more a social and social class issue, or monied or not. To me, it is empowered or not. I suggest you look up some stuff on the Post Office and its systems, as well as the ongoing procedures and compensation. It is no one thing; it is an embedded systemic problem within some national institutions. It is not a problem with the people of the country. Yes, there are racists in the UK, a small minority of active ones. Most are just ignorant people who, if educated and exposed to minorities, would see their value and value them.

[@Tgs-z9w]

A few blokes was selling tobbaco of the north sea on a boat for tax reasons true only as far back as he 90s

[@shrike1313]

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