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A pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. [1] In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially when the signals cross a national boundary.
Nov 13, 2009 · A 2009 British film about a pirate radio station in the North Sea that played rock and roll music in the 1960s. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost and others, directed by Richard Curtis.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Richard Curtis
- 2009-11-13
Learn about the origins and evolution of pirate radio, from border blasters to offshore stations to microbroadcasters. Explore the challenges and controversies of unlicensed radio in different countries and regions.
The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America) is a 2009 comedy drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh.
Britain's most famous pirate radio station took to the airwaves again for a month in 2014 from the Mersey Bar Lightship in Liverpool. The original pirate radio station – which was named after President Kennedy’s daughter Caroline – was based on two ships anchored outside U.K. territorial waters to avoid government control.
PIRATE RADIO spielt für Euch 24/7 nur feinsten ROCK - INDIE :: GRUNGE :: ALTERNATIVE und modern Rock von 1990 bis heute. PIRATE RADIO ist auch über DAB im Band 3, Kanal 10C 213,36 Megaherz und online unter www.digitalpirate.de empfangbar.
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The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame has been set up to honour the stars, the broadcasters, from that golden era of music radio. This site is a tribute to the people who endured a daily battle with the elements to provide a soundtrack to the swinging sixties. (The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame is a British-based website. It only includes those DJs who ...
