tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post5725530884501601232..comments2024-03-26T23:12:14.323+00:00Comments on Shortwave DX blog: Laser Soul Hitsuk dxerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16914337005866804699noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post-31756626970586696972017-12-17T11:48:10.812+00:002017-12-17T11:48:10.812+00:00Nice to know Gary from the 80's. Nice to see h...Nice to know Gary from the 80's. Nice to see he's still doing radioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post-91498735637146020692017-10-01T20:46:31.027+01:002017-10-01T20:46:31.027+01:00But surely the radio landscape has changed since t...But surely the radio landscape has changed since the 1990's? The legalization of community radio stations by the Blair government (something campaigned for by many landbased FM pirates for decades) has shifted the playing field significantly. My home city has had dozens of pirates over the years, but we're down to an occasional bank holiday station now, running only a couple of watts. All the guys that used to be on FM pirates are now on community radio stations and/or the dozen or so internet streaming stations that are local to the area. <br /><br />OFCOM has been a very different regulator to the IBA - on the one hand licenses for stations like Rinse FM in London and even Radio Caroline; on the other hand, they apparently can monitor hundreds of frequencies in thousands of locations by remote computer link and are said to be more than aware of the regular free radio operations nationwide. <br /><br />I agree with you in some ways, free radio was great during the 80's and 90's, on FM, MW and shortwave. I used to love tuning in every day to local stations, Irish stations, and shortwavers like Radio East Coast Commercial, WMR, Radio Atlantis, Pamela, and so on. But the laws have become tighter and more draconian, OFCOM have tech on their side, and the youth cultures that led to the explosion of stations in the 80s and 90s (especially in urban areas) are catered for online. <br /><br />As for Laser Soul Hits, I think you are being a bit harsh. The Laser organization continues to provide a near daily service on 6205 kHz, and is one of the most prolific of the British pirates on shortwave at the present time. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post-79465834721553807442017-09-28T16:10:13.532+01:002017-09-28T16:10:13.532+01:00Streaming music over the internet hardly constitut...Streaming music over the internet hardly constitutes a bona fide free radio operation. Another predictable snoozefest; a far cry from the revered risk-takers of the 90's when UK free radio was at its pinnacle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com