A new radio documentary captures the impact of Irish pirate radio stations in the 1980s. Russell Padmore, who spent 27 years as a BBC correspondent, said he owes his media career to Irish pirate radio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During this morning’s Breakfast Show (March 28), the broadcasting legend staged a brief takeover of the station, to mark 60 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the old adage goes: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” That certainly applies to the ...

For Ivan James, pirate radio is not only a major-market problem. He is president of M-4Media, which owns KJVI(FM) in Robert Lee, Texas. His station has been frustrated by a pirate who has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The writer of a new musical about revolutionary pirate station Radio Caroline has said there is a "real appetite" for high-quality ...

Pirate radio stations emerged in Britain as a response to strict broadcasting limits and a lack of representation for ...

A new law in Florida makes operating a pirate radio station a felony carrying a five-year prison sentence. The Federal Communications Commission says the state is a hotbed of illegal operators, but a ...

Review of Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age, by Adrian Johns, W.W. Norton & Company, 2011, ISBN-10: 0393068609, $26.95, 279 pages. In last year’s The Master Switch ...

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball was locked out of her studio in a pirate radio takeover by Tony Blackburn. During this morning’s Breakfast Show (March 28), the broadcasting legend staged a brief ...

The writer of a new musical about revolutionary pirate station Radio Caroline has said there is a "real appetite" for high-quality stage productions in regional venues. Vikki Stone, from Saffron ...