Monday, August 20, 2012

Ireland's first pirates

Very interesting article about early pirate radio stations in the Republic of Ireland.


"While much has been written of Ireland’s ‘Super Pirate’ radio stations like Radio Nova and Sunshine Radio, and some stations like Phantom have made the great leap to respectability, there is a whole hidden history to Irish pirate radio that has gone largely unexplored. The earliest pirate radio stations in Ireland were schoolboy efforts which the state wished to suppress quickly, and which in some ways were ahead of official broadcasting..."

To read whole article go to: http://rabble.ie/2012/05/02/history-original-pirate-material/

Source: Garry Stevens' radio board: http://members7.boardhost.com/PirateRadio/msg/1345455276.html

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