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Pirate radio stations

2009-06-24T06:34:11Z

Draadloos:

Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. Most pirates transmit using [[SSB]], using modern ham radio equipment, although some use [[AM]], transmitting with vintage equipment. It has become more common for some pirates to transmit images using [[SSTV]]. A small handful have experimented with [[FM]] and even some of the digital modes like [[RTTY]], [[PSK31]] and [[HELL]] as well as plain [[CW]].

There is a wide range of programming styles. Some pirates mostly play music, others produce their own radio dramas. There are quite a few [[:Category:Pirate radio esoterica|inside jokes]] contained in programs, due to the close-knit community of operators and listeners. These include things such as the [[Rodent Revolution]], checking one's [[Tire Pressure]], and so on.

Most communication with the operators of pirate stations is done via a [[maildrop]] or by email.

== North American Shortwave Pirate Stations ==

=== # ===
*[[6YVOS]] - Voice of Smoke
*[[6YCAT]]

=== A ===
*[[Acid]]
*[[Action Radio]]
*[[All Your Base Radio]]
*[[Alliance 4 Free Radio]]
*[[Altered States Radio]]
*[[Alternate Elvis]]
*[[Amiga Computer Generated Radio]]
*[[Anarchy One]]
*[[Ann Hoffer]]
*[[Anteater Radio]]
*[[Anti-Voice]]
*[[APRN]]
*[[Attention 69 Numbers Station]]

=== B ===
*[[Betty Boo Radio]]
*[[Big Brother Radio]]
*[[Big Johnson Radio]]
*[[Big Thunder Radio]]
*[[Black Box Radio]]
*[[Black Rider Radio]]
*[[Blind Faith Radio]]
*[[Bob Dylan Radio]]
*[[Bob Yonas Pirate Show]]
*[[Bozo Radio]]
*[[Brother Stair Numbers]]
*[[Buckeye Radio]]
*[[Buckwheat Radio]]
*[[Bull Frog Radio]]

=== C ===
*[[Captain Morgan]]
*[[Canadian Bootlegger]]
*[[Carribean Sound System]]
*[[Carrefour Radio]]
*[[CBZO]]
*[[Cell Phone Radio]]
*[[CFBN]] - Fly By Night Radio
*[[CGWN]]
*[[Channel Z Radio]]
*[[Christian Rock Radio]]
*[[CHKN]]
*[[CKLW]]
*[[CNBS]]
*[[Crazy Elmo's Relay World]]
*[[CRSM]] - Radio Scottish Montreal
*[[CRSN]] - Radio Star of the North
*[[CRTC]]
*[[Crunch Radio]]
*[[CSIC]] - Sea Sick
*[[CUMM]]
*[[CXDX]]

=== D ===
*[[Damn It Radio]]
*[[DC Radio]]
*[[Dead Cat Radio]]
*[[Defiance! 90]]
*[[Desert Crossing Radio]]
*[[Down East Radio]]

=== E ===
*[[East Coast Beer Drinker]]
*[[East Coast Music Radio]]
*[[EBO Radio]]

=== F ===
*[[Free Hope Experience]]
*[[Freedom 40]]
*[[Friday Radio]]
*[[Full Metal Jacket]]

=== G ===
*[[Good Evening Radio]]
*[[Grasscutter Radio]]
*[[Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy]]
*[[Ground Level Network]]
*[[Ground Zero Radio]]

=== H ===
*[[Halloween Radio]]
*[[Happy Halloween]]
*[[Happy Hanukkah Radio]]
*[[He-Man Radio]]
*[[High Times Radio]]
*[[Hip Hop Radio]]
*[[Hit Parade Radio]]
*[[HKMS]] - Harold Krishna's Music Service
*[[Hobart Radio International]]
*[[Hope Radio]]
*[[Hope Radio International]]
*[[Howdy Doody Radio]]

=== I ===
*[[Indira Calling]]
*[[International Voice of Global Free Radio]]
*[[Iron Man Radio]]

=== J ===
*[[Jamba Family Radio]]
*[[James Bond Radio]]
*[[Jazz]]
*[[Jerry-Rigged Radio]]
*[[Jimmy the Weasel]]
*[[Jolly Roger International]]
*[[Jurassic Radio]]
*[[Jury Rigged Radio]]

=== K ===
*[[K2000]]
*[[Kansas Midland Railroad]]
*[[KAT]] - Kitty Kat Radio
*[[KBZO]]
*[[KDED]] - Voice of the Grateful Dead
*[[KFAT]]
*[[KFUDD RADIO]]
*[[KHAL]]
*[[KICK]]
*[[KIPM]] - Illuminati Prima Materia
*[[KKLR]]
*[[KLVB]]
*[[KMCR]] - Magic Carpet Radio
*[[KMOM]]
*[[KMRZ]]
*[[KMUD]]
*[[KNBS]] - Cannibis Shortwave
*[[KOLD]]
*[[KPF-941]]
*[[KPRC]]
*[[KPRX]]
*[[KQRP]]
*[[Kracker Radio]]
*[[Kranker Radio International]]
*[[KRAQ]]
*[[KRMI]] - Radio Michigan International
*[[KROK]]
*[[KTVI]]
*[[KULP]]
*[[KUNT]]
*[[KUSA]]
*[[KXKVI]] - Interplanetary Radio
*[[KXVN]]
*[[KXXX]]

=== L ===
*[[LAD]] - Voice of the Night
*[[Le Voz de los Moody Blues]]
*[[Liberty!]]
*[[Liquid Radio]]
*[[Lounge Lizard Radio]]

=== M ===
*[[MAC]]
*[[Maple Leaf Radio]]
*[[Mash-Up Radio]]
*[[Melvin Malfunction Radio]]
*[[Microdot Radio]]
*[[MIDI Radio]]
*[[Midnight Radio]]
*[[Miss Beasley's Radio Show]]
*[[Moonshine Radio]]
*[[Mouth of Mohammad]]
*[[My New Underpants]]
*[[Mystery Science Radio]]
*[[Mystic]]
*[[Mystic Voice of the Western Pirates]]

=== N ===
*[[NAPRS]] - North American Pirate Relay Service
*[[North Jersey Coast Radio]]
*[[Northwoods Radio]]

=== O ===
*[[Old Turkey Radio]]
*[[Old Vampire Radio]]
*[[Omega Radio]]
*[[One Voice Radio]]
*[[Orbital Mind Control Satellite]]
*[[Outlaw Radio]]
*[[Oxycontin Radio]]

=== P ===
*[[Pan Global Wireless]]
*[[Paragon Radio]]
*[[Partial India Radio]]
*[[Peruvian]]
*[[Pigmeat Radio]]
*[[Pirate Radio Boston]]
*[[Pirate Radio Homosexuality]]
*[[Pirate Radio New England]]
*[[Possum Hunting Radio]]
*[[Primitive Radio]]
*[[Project 301]]
*[[Punxsutawney Pothead Radio]]
*[[Purple Nucleus Of Creation]]

=== Q ===
*[[Quantum State Laboratory]]

=== R ===
*[[Radio 13 International]]
*[[Radio 43]]
*[[Radio 49]]
*[[Radio 6X]]
*[[Radio Aesop]]
*[[Radio Al Fansome]]
*[[Radio Airplane]]
*[[Radio Anarchy]]
*[[Radio Angeline]]
*[[Radio Ano Nuevo]]
*[[Radio Audibon]]
*[[Radio Azteca]]
*[[Radio Beaver]]
*[[Radio Bingo]]
*[[Radio BLANDX]]
*[[Radio Bob's Communication Network]]
*[[Radio Cambodia]]
*[[Radio Cando]]
*[[Radio Clandestine]]
*[[Radio Comedy Club International]]
*[[Radio Conelrad]]
*[[Radio Confusion]]
*[[Radio Cyclops]]
*[[Radio Dead Man]]
*[[Radio Dewey Canyon]]
*[[Radio Doomsday]]
*[[Radio Drift]]
*[[Radio Eleven]]
*[[Radio Esoterica]]
*[[Radio Espiritu]]
*[[Radio EXP]] - Voice of Free FM
*[[Radio Farside]]
*[[Radio First Termer]]
*[[Radio Flatulence]]
*[[Radio Flatus]]
*[[Radio Fluffernut]]
*[[Radio Fornication]]
*[[Radio For the Common Man]]
*[[Radio Free America]]
*[[Radio Free Euphoria]]
*[[Radio Free Jesus]]
*[[Radio Free New York]]
*[[Radio Free Salvation]]
*[[Radio Free Speech]]
*[[Radio Fusion Radio]]
*[[Radio Ganymede]]
*[[Radio Garbanzo]]
*[[Radio Gumby International]]
*[[Radio Hallowe'en]]
*[[Radio Headlights]]
*[[Radio Ice Cream]]
*[[Radio Invisible]]
*[[Radio Ireland International]]
*[[Radio Is My Friend]]
*[[Radio Is Not Radio]]
*[[Radio Jamba International]]
*[[Radio Lymph Node International]]
*[[Radio Mauser World Wide]]
*[[Radio Metallica Worldwide]]
*[[Radio Mexico]]
*[[Radio Mindweb]]
*[[Radio Morania]]
*[[Radio Navidad International]]
*[[Radio Neptune Universal Service]]
*[[Radio Newyork International]]
*[[Radio North Coast International]]
*[[Radio Nonsense]]
*[[Radio Ogalalla]]
*[[Radio Ohm]]
*[[Radio Okeechobee]]
*[[Radio One]]
*[[Radio Paisano]]
*[[Radio Peace]]
*[[Radio Politzania]]
*[[Radio Poncho-Villa]]
*[[Radio Pus]]
*[[Radio Sausalito]]
*[[Radio Smooth]]
*[[Radio Strange]]
*[[Radio Three]]
*[[Radio 2]]
*[[Radio Tornado]]
*[[Radio USA]]
*[[Radio Wolf International]]
*[[Radio X]]
*[[Radio XANAX]]
*[[Ragnar Radio]]
*[[Random Radio]] - WRBA
*[[Rastafarian Radio]]
*[[Rave On Radio]]
*[[Relaxation Radio]]
*[[Revolution Radio]]
*[[Revolutionary Voice of Plainville]]
*[[RFM]] - Radio Free Massachusetts
*[[RKNA]] - Rock of North America
*[[Robot Radio]]
*[[Rock It Radio]]
*[[Roman Numerals Numbers Station]]

=== S ===
*[[Samurai Radio]]
*[[Scream of the Butterfly]]
*[[Secret Mountain Laboratory]]
*[[Shadow Radio]]
*[[Shorty Longwire]]
*[[Slim Shady Radio]]
*[[Society of Industrialized Music]]
*[[Solid Rock Radio]]
*[[SPAM Radio]]
*[[Special Ed]] (Possum Hunting Radio)
*[[Sunshine Radio]]
*[[SW3]]
*[[Sycko Radio]]

=== T ===
*[[Take It Easy Radio]]
*[[Tangerine Radio]]
*[[The Asylum]]
*[[The Car Show]]
*[[The Crooked Man]]
*[[The Crystal Ship]]
*[[The Edge]]
*[[The Fox]]
*[[The Jersey Devil]]
*[[The Joint]]
*[[The Kid Radio]]
*[[The Mad Daddy]] - ZNS-4
*[[The Oasis]]
*[[The Voice of Deadly Nightshade]]
*[[Tube Radio]]
*[[Tuna Radio]]

=== U ===
*[[UATWR]] - Up Against The Wall Radio
*[[Undercover Radio]]
*[[UNID]] - Unidentified Pirate Radio
*[[Union City Radio]]
*[[United Patriot Militia Bingo]]
*[[Up Against The Wall Radio]]
*[[URGZ]]

=== V ===
*[[Victory Radio]]
*[[Virtual Broadcast System]]
*[[Voice of An American]]
*[[Voice of Anarchy]]
*[[Voice of Bob]]
*[[Voice of Bono]]
*[[Voice of Bozo]]
*[[Voice of Broadcast Freedom]]
*[[Voice of Captain Ron]]
*[[Voice of Christmas]]
*[[Voice of Communism]]
*[[Voice of Free America]]
*[[Voice of Free Long Island]]
*[[Voice of Gilligan]]
*[[Voice of Hell]]
*[[Voice of Influenza]]
*[[Voice of Intoxication]]
*[[Voice of Journey]]
*[[Voice of Juliet]]
*[[Voice of Laryngitis]]
*[[Voice of Mike Gaukin]]
*[[Voice of Monotony]]
*[[Voice of Pancho Villa]]
*[[Voice of Prozac]]
*[[Voice of Scotland]]
*[[Voice fo Shakerag]]
*[[Voice of Stench]]
*[[Voice of the Angry Bastard]]
*[[Voice of the Daleks]]
*[[Voice of the Dead]]
*[[Voice of the Epileptic Catfish]]
*[[Voice of the Inky Pen]]
*[[Voice of the Kentucky Fried Rodents]]
*[[Voice of the New World Order]]
*[[Voice of the Purple Pumpkin]]
*[[Voice of the Rainbow]]
*[[Voice of the Robots]]
*[[Voice of the Rock]]
*[[Voice of the Runaway Maharishi]]
*[[Voice of the Smooth]]
*[[Voice of the Unknown Monkey Spanker]]
*[[Voice of Tomorrow]]
*[[Vox America]]

=== W ===
*[[Wack Radio]]
*[[WAMP]]
*[[WARI]] - Alt. Radio International
*[[WARP]] - Weird Alt. Radio Programming
*[[WAZU]]
*[[WBBD]]
*[[WBIG]]
*[[WBMR]] - Black Mountain Radio
*[[WBNY]]
*[[WBST]]
*[[WBZA]]
*[[WBZO]]
*[[WCCC]]
*[[WCPR]]
*[[WCR]]
*[[WCTU]]
*[[WCYC]]
*[[WDDR]] - Desperate Rock & Roll
*[[Weather Radio]]
*[[WEED]]
*[[WENJ]]
*[[WFAT]]
*[[WFU2]]
*[[WGOP]]
*[[WHDA]] - We Hate Dead Air
*[[WHIP]]
*[[WHJR]]
*[[WHO]]
*[[WHOT]]
*[[WHYP]]
*[[WILD]]
*[[Wild Imagination Radio]]
*[[WISL]] - Wistle Stop Radio
*[[Witch City Radio]]
*[[WJAM]]
*[[WJFK]]
*[[WJLR]]
*[[WJPL]]
*[[WKAR]]
*[[WKHZ]]
*[[WKIK]]
*[[WKND]] - We're K9 Dog
*[[WKZP]]
*[[WLAR]]
*[[WLBG]] - We Love Bob Groove
*[[WLIS]] - We Love Interval Signals
*[[WLR]] - Wire Line Radio
*[[WMAD]]
*[[WMIR]]
*[[WMFQ]] - Where's My F*cking QSL?
*[[WMLK]]
*[[WMOE]]
*[[WMPR]] - Micro Power Radio
*[[WMR]] - We Monkey Radio (or possibly "Wee Monkey Radio")
*[[WNDR]] - World uNergrounD Radio
*[[WNOT]]
*[[Wolverine Radio]]
*[[WORK]]
*[[WPBS]] - Wild Pirate Broadcast Station
*[[WPMS]] - Free Womens Radio
*[[WPON]] - The Weapon
*[[WPUP]] - We're Pot Using Puppes
*[[WQSL]] - The Verification Station
*[[WRAR]] - We Rock and Rap
*[[WRBI]]
*[[WRCA]]
*[[WRCR]] - Reality Check Radio
*[[WRDM]] - Roy D. Mercer
*[[WREC]] - Radio Free East Coast
*[[WRFW]] - Radio Free Wisconsin
*[[WRPD]] - Warped
*[[WRRN]] - World Republican Radio Network
*[[WRTR]] - Robert Tilton Radio
*[[WRV]] - Radio Virus
*[[WSKO]] - Sycko Radio
*[[WSKY]]
*[[WSM]] - Grand Ole Opry Radio Net
*[[WSRN]]
*[[WSWL]]
*[[WTCR]] - Twentieth Century Radio
*[[WTPR]] - Tire Pressure Radio
*[[WTWP]]
*[[WVOL]] - Voice of the Loon
*[[WVOR]]
*[[WWCR - World Wide Crackpot Religion]]
*[[WWEO]]
*[[WWRR]] - World Wide Redneck Radio
*[[WWW]]
*[[WYDX]] - Why Do U DX?
*[[WYMN]] - Women Radio
*[[WYYZ]]

=== X ===
*[[XEROX]] - Radio Duplicado
*[[X-Mas Day Radio]]
*[[X-Ray Yankee Zulu]]
*[[XYZ]]

=== Y ===

=== Z ===
*[[Z Radio]]

== North American Mediumwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Lubavitcher Radio]] Radio Moshiach & Redemption

== European Shortwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Alfa Lima international]]
*[[Cupido Radio]]
*[[Jolly Roger Radio International]]
*[[Kiwi Radio]]
*[[Laser Hot Hits]]
*[[Mystery Radio]]
*[[Orion Radio]]
*[[Radio Black Arrow]]
*[[Radio Borderhunter]]
*[[Radio Free London]]
*[[Radio Spaceshuttle International]]
*[[Radio Spaceman]]
*[[Spider Radio]]
*[[Weekend Music Radio]]
*[[WNKR]]

== European VHF Pirate Stations ==
*[[Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)]]

== Elsewhere in the World ==
*[[Radio Piraña Internaciónal]]

[[Category: Radio station lists]]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-23T21:31:43Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP. '''Lapke:''' “''(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!''”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner.
''' Lapke:''' “''I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.''”
After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “''DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.''”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

== External Links ==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Orvgq3DHE Interview with Ranking Miss P]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ode47brQVLg Interview with DJ Lapke]

[http://www.myspace.com/rebelradiodbc DBC on MySpace]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-23T21:27:28Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “''(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!''”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, ''goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.''” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “''DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.''”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

== External Links ==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Orvgq3DHE Interview with Ranking Miss P]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ode47brQVLg Interview with DJ Lapke]

[http://www.myspace.com/rebelradiodbc DBC on MySpace]

User:Draadloos

2009-06-22T05:16:02Z

Draadloos:

Hello, I go by Draadloos.
I am a general radio enthusiast with a passion for Pirate Radio.
I live in a cold dark corner of the North West Territories in Canada.

It is my belief that though pirate radio may not always be political in content, it will always be political in nature. The electromagnetic spectrum belongs to all. Regulatory body's, like the FCC or the IC here in Canada, are entrusted with the management of the airwaves in the understanding that they keep the people's best interests as the priority. When this is no longer the case, it is the duty of the responsible citizen to engage in civil disobedience. But there is no need to be stuffy about it, as Emma Goldman put it "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution"

User:Draadloos

2009-06-22T05:15:21Z

Draadloos: New page: Hello, I go by Draadloos. I am a general radio enthusiast with a passion for Pirate Radio. I live in a cold dark corner of the North West Territories in Canada. It is my belief that thoug...

Hello, I go by Draadloos.
I am a general radio enthusiast with a passion for Pirate Radio.
I live in a cold dark corner of the North West Territories in Canada.

It is my belief that though pirate radio may not always be political in content, but it will always be political in nature. The electromagnetic spectrum belongs to all. Regulatory body's, like the FCC or the IC here in Canada, are entrusted with the management of the airwaves in the understanding that they keep the people's best interests as the priority. When this is no longer the case, it is the duty of the responsible citizen to engage in civil disobedience. But there is no need to be stuffy about it, as Emma Goldman put it "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution"

Talk:Pirate radio stations

2009-06-22T04:57:47Z

Draadloos: /* New Section */

I'd like to see an index put in here, so that you can go see pirate stations A*, B*, and so on. Please help me; I don't know what I'm doing.

:Great suggestion, the list is getting quite long. I'll add an alpha index. --[[User:Cosmikdebris|Cosmikdebris]] 11:52, 22 September 2007 (EDT)

== New Section ==

I'd like to start adding some of the London FM Pirates from the 80's like DBC and Radio Sunshine.
Would anyone object to adding a 'European VHF Pirates' section, or something of the like?. --[[User:Draadloos|Draadloos]] 00:57, 22 June 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Pirate radio stations

2009-06-22T04:57:15Z

Draadloos: New section: New Section

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:17:48Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

== External Links ==

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Orvgq3DHE Interview with Ranking Miss P]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ode47brQVLg Interview with DJ Lapke]

[http://www.myspace.com/rebelradiodbc DBC on MySpace]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:16:55Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Orvgq3DHE Interview with Ranking Miss P]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ode47brQVLg Interview with DJ Lapke]

[http://www.myspace.com/rebelradiodbc DBC on MySpace]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:16:35Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Orvgq3DHE Interview with Ranking Miss P]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ode47brQVLg Interview with DJ Lapke]
[http://www.myspace.com/rebelradiodbc DBC on MySpace]

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:07:20Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984.

File:DBC.jpg

2009-06-22T04:06:25Z

Draadloos: DBC Logo

DBC Logo

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:05:52Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:DBC.jpg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T04:01:49Z

Draadloos:

[[Image:http://mog.com/images/users/0000/0004/6523/images/1205790010.jpeg|right]]The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984

Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)

2009-06-22T03:56:16Z

Draadloos: New page: The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it be...

The DBC began it’s life in 1979 as a medium wave reggae pirate station in West London. Responding to an almost complete lack of representation for the black community on the radio it became the first major London urban pirate radio station. The founders, DJ Lapke and Rankin Miss P, were members of the reggae aristocracy being the brother and sister of Alpharita Constantia Anderson, better known as Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley. After acquiring a second hand medium wave transmitter from Better Badges (a button-badge manufacturer and major player in the punk scenes), DJ Lepke started transmitting QRP.
'''Lapke:''' “(We) had it strong but the hill on the North Circular blocked the signal down to Ladbroke Grove... but if the clouds were in the right position it could reach as far as France!”

As is usually the case when people have a just cause, goverment interventions only served to strengthen resolve. DBC got it’s first raid on a Sunday evening over dinner. ''' Lapke:''' “I invited them in for a cup of tea and they waited till I finished my dinner. They asked me: Is that your transmitter? I said yes! And did you set it up? I said yes! But they had set me up! If Id have said no then they couldnt have nicked me. I told them Im doing it for my people and they respected that... but they still nicked me.” After some time and searching a VHF FM unit was purchased to replace the confiscated MW transmitter. the Dread Broadcasting Corporation was back on the air and louder then ever.

Regular transmissions started every Friday evening from 6 to midnight. In true rebel style each broadcast was pre-recorded in a studio and transmitted from the roof of an unknowing apartment block. ''' Miss P:''' “DBC was a phenomenon but the Rebel Radio method of broadcasting was also extremely dangerous, with the DJs often risking life and limb for their Friday night transmissions. Sometimes youd get stuck in the lift with the cassette decks, aluminium poles and the transmitter with people staring at us, wondering what was going on. One time the lift got stuck between two floors... It was freezing at the top of the tower block and we had to watch the rig not only for the D.T.I. but also in case other outfits (because many others had sprung up in the wake of the DBC) tried to steal it.”
After several arrests and confiscations the Dread Broadcasting Corporation went off the air in 1984

[[Image:http://mog.com/images/users/0000/0004/6523/images/1205790010.jpeg]]

Pirate radio stations

2009-06-21T06:59:05Z

Draadloos: /* European Shortwave Pirate Stations */

Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. Most pirates transmit using [[SSB]], using modern ham radio equipment, although some use [[AM]], transmitting with vintage equipment. It has become more common for some pirates to transmit images using [[SSTV]]. A small handful have experimented with [[FM]] and even some of the digital modes like [[RTTY]], [[PSK31]] and [[HELL]] as well as plain [[CW]].

There is a wide range of programming styles. Some pirates mostly play music, others produce their own radio dramas. There are quite a few [[:Category:Pirate radio esoterica|inside jokes]] contained in programs, due to the close-knit community of operators and listeners. These include things such as the [[Rodent Revolution]], checking one's [[Tire Pressure]], and so on.

Most communication with the operators of pirate stations is done via a [[maildrop]] or by email.

== North American Shortwave Pirate Stations ==

=== # ===
*[[6YVOS]] - Voice of Smoke
*[[6YCAT]]

=== A ===
*[[Acid]]
*[[Action Radio]]
*[[All Your Base Radio]]
*[[Alliance 4 Free Radio]]
*[[Altered States Radio]]
*[[Alternate Elvis]]
*[[Amiga Computer Generated Radio]]
*[[Anarchy One]]
*[[Ann Hoffer]]
*[[Anteater Radio]]
*[[Anti-Voice]]
*[[APRN]]
*[[Attention 69 Numbers Station]]

=== B ===
*[[Betty Boo Radio]]
*[[Big Brother Radio]]
*[[Big Johnson Radio]]
*[[Big Thunder Radio]]
*[[Black Box Radio]]
*[[Black Rider Radio]]
*[[Blind Faith Radio]]
*[[Bob Dylan Radio]]
*[[Bob Yonas Pirate Show]]
*[[Bozo Radio]]
*[[Brother Stair Numbers]]
*[[Buckeye Radio]]
*[[Buckwheat Radio]]
*[[Bull Frog Radio]]

=== C ===
*[[Captain Morgan]]
*[[Canadian Bootlegger]]
*[[Carribean Sound System]]
*[[Carrefour Radio]]
*[[CBZO]]
*[[Cell Phone Radio]]
*[[CFBN]] - Fly By Night Radio
*[[CGWN]]
*[[Channel Z Radio]]
*[[Christian Rock Radio]]
*[[CHKN]]
*[[CKLW]]
*[[CNBS]]
*[[Crazy Elmo's Relay World]]
*[[CRSM]] - Radio Scottish Montreal
*[[CRSN]] - Radio Star of the North
*[[CRTC]]
*[[Crunch Radio]]
*[[CSIC]] - Sea Sick
*[[CUMM]]
*[[CXDX]]

=== D ===
*[[Damn It Radio]]
*[[DC Radio]]
*[[Dead Cat Radio]]
*[[Defiance! 90]]
*[[Desert Crossing Radio]]
*[[Down East Radio]]

=== E ===
*[[East Coast Beer Drinker]]
*[[East Coast Music Radio]]
*[[EBO Radio]]

=== F ===
*[[Free Hope Experience]]
*[[Freedom 40]]
*[[Friday Radio]]
*[[Full Metal Jacket]]

=== G ===
*[[Good Evening Radio]]
*[[Grasscutter Radio]]
*[[Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy]]
*[[Ground Level Network]]
*[[Ground Zero Radio]]

=== H ===
*[[Halloween Radio]]
*[[Happy Halloween]]
*[[Happy Hanukkah Radio]]
*[[He-Man Radio]]
*[[High Times Radio]]
*[[Hip Hop Radio]]
*[[Hit Parade Radio]]
*[[HKMS]] - Harold Krishna's Music Service
*[[Hobart Radio International]]
*[[Hope Radio]]
*[[Hope Radio International]]
*[[Howdy Doody Radio]]

=== I ===
*[[Indira Calling]]
*[[International Voice of Global Free Radio]]
*[[Iron Man Radio]]

=== J ===
*[[Jamba Family Radio]]
*[[James Bond Radio]]
*[[Jazz]]
*[[Jerry-Rigged Radio]]
*[[Jimmy the Weasel]]
*[[Jolly Roger International]]
*[[Jurassic Radio]]
*[[Jury Rigged Radio]]

=== K ===
*[[K2000]]
*[[Kansas Midland Railroad]]
*[[KAT]] - Kitty Kat Radio
*[[KBZO]]
*[[KDED]] - Voice of the Grateful Dead
*[[KFAT]]
*[[KFUDD RADIO]]
*[[KHAL]]
*[[KICK]]
*[[KIPM]] - Illuminati Prima Materia
*[[KKLR]]
*[[KLVB]]
*[[KMCR]] - Magic Carpet Radio
*[[KMOM]]
*[[KMRZ]]
*[[KMUD]]
*[[KNBS]] - Cannibis Shortwave
*[[KOLD]]
*[[KPF-941]]
*[[KPRC]]
*[[KPRX]]
*[[KQRP]]
*[[Kracker Radio]]
*[[Kranker Radio International]]
*[[KRAQ]]
*[[KRMI]] - Radio Michigan International
*[[KROK]]
*[[KTVI]]
*[[KULP]]
*[[KUNT]]
*[[KUSA]]
*[[KXKVI]] - Interplanetary Radio
*[[KXVN]]
*[[KXXX]]

=== L ===
*[[LAD]] - Voice of the Night
*[[Le Voz de los Moody Blues]]
*[[Liberty!]]
*[[Liquid Radio]]
*[[Lounge Lizard Radio]]

=== M ===
*[[MAC]]
*[[Maple Leaf Radio]]
*[[Mash-Up Radio]]
*[[Melvin Malfunction Radio]]
*[[Microdot Radio]]
*[[MIDI Radio]]
*[[Midnight Radio]]
*[[Miss Beasley's Radio Show]]
*[[Moonshine Radio]]
*[[Mouth of Mohammad]]
*[[My New Underpants]]
*[[Mystery Science Radio]]
*[[Mystic]]
*[[Mystic Voice of the Western Pirates]]

=== N ===
*[[NAPRS]] - North American Pirate Relay Service
*[[North Jersey Coast Radio]]
*[[Northwoods Radio]]

=== O ===
*[[Old Turkey Radio]]
*[[Old Vampire Radio]]
*[[Omega Radio]]
*[[One Voice Radio]]
*[[Orbital Mind Control Satellite]]
*[[Outlaw Radio]]
*[[Oxycontin Radio]]

=== P ===
*[[Pan Global Wireless]]
*[[Paragon Radio]]
*[[Partial India Radio]]
*[[Peruvian]]
*[[Pigmeat Radio]]
*[[Pirate Radio Boston]]
*[[Pirate Radio Homosexuality]]
*[[Pirate Radio New England]]
*[[Possum Hunting Radio]]
*[[Primitive Radio]]
*[[Project 301]]
*[[Punxsutawney Pothead Radio]]
*[[Purple Nucleus Of Creation]]

=== Q ===
*[[Quantum State Laboratory]]

=== R ===
*[[Radio 13 International]]
*[[Radio 43]]
*[[Radio 49]]
*[[Radio 6X]]
*[[Radio Aesop]]
*[[Radio Al Fansome]]
*[[Radio Airplane]]
*[[Radio Anarchy]]
*[[Radio Angeline]]
*[[Radio Ano Nuevo]]
*[[Radio Audibon]]
*[[Radio Azteca]]
*[[Radio Beaver]]
*[[Radio Bingo]]
*[[Radio BLANDX]]
*[[Radio Bob's Communication Network]]
*[[Radio Cambodia]]
*[[Radio Cando]]
*[[Radio Clandestine]]
*[[Radio Comedy Club International]]
*[[Radio Conelrad]]
*[[Radio Confusion]]
*[[Radio Cyclops]]
*[[Radio Dead Man]]
*[[Radio Dewey Canyon]]
*[[Radio Doomsday]]
*[[Radio Drift]]
*[[Radio Eleven]]
*[[Radio Esoterica]]
*[[Radio Espiritu]]
*[[Radio EXP]] - Voice of Free FM
*[[Radio Farside]]
*[[Radio First Termer]]
*[[Radio Flatulence]]
*[[Radio Flatus]]
*[[Radio Fluffernut]]
*[[Radio Fornication]]
*[[Radio For the Common Man]]
*[[Radio Free America]]
*[[Radio Free Euphoria]]
*[[Radio Free Jesus]]
*[[Radio Free New York]]
*[[Radio Free Salvation]]
*[[Radio Free Speech]]
*[[Radio Fusion Radio]]
*[[Radio Ganymede]]
*[[Radio Garbanzo]]
*[[Radio Gumby International]]
*[[Radio Hallowe'en]]
*[[Radio Headlights]]
*[[Radio Ice Cream]]
*[[Radio Invisible]]
*[[Radio Ireland International]]
*[[Radio Is My Friend]]
*[[Radio Is Not Radio]]
*[[Radio Jamba International]]
*[[Radio Lymph Node International]]
*[[Radio Mauser World Wide]]
*[[Radio Metallica Worldwide]]
*[[Radio Mexico]]
*[[Radio Mindweb]]
*[[Radio Morania]]
*[[Radio Navidad International]]
*[[Radio Neptune Universal Service]]
*[[Radio Newyork International]]
*[[Radio North Coast International]]
*[[Radio Nonsense]]
*[[Radio Ogalalla]]
*[[Radio Ohm]]
*[[Radio Okeechobee]]
*[[Radio One]]
*[[Radio Paisano]]
*[[Radio Peace]]
*[[Radio Politzania]]
*[[Radio Poncho-Villa]]
*[[Radio Pus]]
*[[Radio Sausalito]]
*[[Radio Smooth]]
*[[Radio Strange]]
*[[Radio Three]]
*[[Radio 2]]
*[[Radio Tornado]]
*[[Radio USA]]
*[[Radio Wolf International]]
*[[Radio X]]
*[[Radio XANAX]]
*[[Ragnar Radio]]
*[[Random Radio]] - WRBA
*[[Rastafarian Radio]]
*[[Rave On Radio]]
*[[Relaxation Radio]]
*[[Revolution Radio]]
*[[Revolutionary Voice of Plainville]]
*[[RFM]] - Radio Free Massachusetts
*[[RKNA]] - Rock of North America
*[[Robot Radio]]
*[[Rock It Radio]]
*[[Roman Numerals Numbers Station]]

=== S ===
*[[Samurai Radio]]
*[[Scream of the Butterfly]]
*[[Secret Mountain Laboratory]]
*[[Shadow Radio]]
*[[Shorty Longwire]]
*[[Slim Shady Radio]]
*[[Society of Industrialized Music]]
*[[Solid Rock Radio]]
*[[SPAM Radio]]
*[[Special Ed]] (Possum Hunting Radio)
*[[Sunshine Radio]]
*[[SW3]]
*[[Sycko Radio]]

=== T ===
*[[Take It Easy Radio]]
*[[Tangerine Radio]]
*[[The Asylum]]
*[[The Car Show]]
*[[The Crooked Man]]
*[[The Crystal Ship]]
*[[The Edge]]
*[[The Fox]]
*[[The Jersey Devil]]
*[[The Joint]]
*[[The Kid Radio]]
*[[The Mad Daddy]] - ZNS-4
*[[The Oasis]]
*[[The Voice of Deadly Nightshade]]
*[[Tube Radio]]
*[[Tuna Radio]]

=== U ===
*[[UATWR]] - Up Against The Wall Radio
*[[Undercover Radio]]
*[[UNID]] - Unidentified Pirate Radio
*[[Union City Radio]]
*[[United Patriot Militia Bingo]]
*[[Up Against The Wall Radio]]
*[[URGZ]]

=== V ===
*[[Victory Radio]]
*[[Virtual Broadcast System]]
*[[Voice of An American]]
*[[Voice of Anarchy]]
*[[Voice of Bob]]
*[[Voice of Bono]]
*[[Voice of Bozo]]
*[[Voice of Broadcast Freedom]]
*[[Voice of Captain Ron]]
*[[Voice of Christmas]]
*[[Voice of Communism]]
*[[Voice of Free America]]
*[[Voice of Free Long Island]]
*[[Voice of Gilligan]]
*[[Voice of Hell]]
*[[Voice of Influenza]]
*[[Voice of Intoxication]]
*[[Voice of Journey]]
*[[Voice of Juliet]]
*[[Voice of Laryngitis]]
*[[Voice of Mike Gaukin]]
*[[Voice of Monotony]]
*[[Voice of Pancho Villa]]
*[[Voice of Prozac]]
*[[Voice of Scotland]]
*[[Voice fo Shakerag]]
*[[Voice of Stench]]
*[[Voice of the Angry Bastard]]
*[[Voice of the Daleks]]
*[[Voice of the Dead]]
*[[Voice of the Epileptic Catfish]]
*[[Voice of the Inky Pen]]
*[[Voice of the Kentucky Fried Rodents]]
*[[Voice of the New World Order]]
*[[Voice of the Purple Pumpkin]]
*[[Voice of the Rainbow]]
*[[Voice of the Robots]]
*[[Voice of the Rock]]
*[[Voice of the Runaway Maharishi]]
*[[Voice of the Smooth]]
*[[Voice of the Unknown Monkey Spanker]]
*[[Voice of Tomorrow]]
*[[Vox America]]

=== W ===
*[[Wack Radio]]
*[[WAMP]]
*[[WARI]] - Alt. Radio International
*[[WARP]] - Weird Alt. Radio Programming
*[[WAZU]]
*[[WBBD]]
*[[WBIG]]
*[[WBMR]] - Black Mountain Radio
*[[WBNY]]
*[[WBST]]
*[[WBZA]]
*[[WBZO]]
*[[WCCC]]
*[[WCPR]]
*[[WCR]]
*[[WCTU]]
*[[WCYC]]
*[[WDDR]] - Desperate Rock & Roll
*[[Weather Radio]]
*[[WEED]]
*[[WENJ]]
*[[WFAT]]
*[[WFU2]]
*[[WGOP]]
*[[WHDA]] - We Hate Dead Air
*[[WHIP]]
*[[WHJR]]
*[[WHO]]
*[[WHOT]]
*[[WHYP]]
*[[WILD]]
*[[Wild Imagination Radio]]
*[[WISL]] - Wistle Stop Radio
*[[Witch City Radio]]
*[[WJAM]]
*[[WJFK]]
*[[WJLR]]
*[[WJPL]]
*[[WKAR]]
*[[WKHZ]]
*[[WKIK]]
*[[WKND]] - We're K9 Dog
*[[WKZP]]
*[[WLAR]]
*[[WLBG]] - We Love Bob Groove
*[[WLIS]] - We Love Interval Signals
*[[WLR]] - Wire Line Radio
*[[WMAD]]
*[[WMIR]]
*[[WMFQ]] - Where's My F*cking QSL?
*[[WMLK]]
*[[WMOE]]
*[[WMPR]] - Micro Power Radio
*[[WMR]] - We Monkey Radio (or possibly "Wee Monkey Radio")
*[[WNDR]] - World uNergrounD Radio
*[[WNOT]]
*[[Wolverine Radio]]
*[[WORK]]
*[[WPBS]] - Wild Pirate Broadcast Station
*[[WPMS]] - Free Womens Radio
*[[WPON]] - The Weapon
*[[WPUP]] - We're Pot Using Puppes
*[[WQSL]] - The Verification Station
*[[WRAR]] - We Rock and Rap
*[[WRBI]]
*[[WRCA]]
*[[WRCR]] - Reality Check Radio
*[[WRDM]] - Roy D. Mercer
*[[WREC]] - Radio Free East Coast
*[[WRFW]] - Radio Free Wisconsin
*[[WRPD]] - Warped
*[[WRRN]] - World Republican Radio Network
*[[WRTR]] - Robert Tilton Radio
*[[WRV]] - Radio Virus
*[[WSKO]] - Sycko Radio
*[[WSKY]]
*[[WSM]] - Grand Ole Opry Radio Net
*[[WSRN]]
*[[WSWL]]
*[[WTCR]] - Twentieth Century Radio
*[[WTPR]] - Tire Pressure Radio
*[[WTWP]]
*[[WVOL]] - Voice of the Loon
*[[WVOR]]
*[[WWCR - World Wide Crackpot Religion]]
*[[WWEO]]
*[[WWRR]] - World Wide Redneck Radio
*[[WWW]]
*[[WYDX]] - Why Do U DX?
*[[WYMN]] - Women Radio
*[[WYYZ]]

=== X ===
*[[XEROX]] - Radio Duplicado
*[[X-Mas Day Radio]]
*[[X-Ray Yankee Zulu]]
*[[XYZ]]

=== Y ===

=== Z ===
*[[Z Radio]]

== North American Mediumwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Lubavitcher Radio]] Radio Moshiach & Redemption

== European Shortwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Alfa Lima international]]
*[[Cupido Radio]]
*[[Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)]]
*[[Jolly Roger Radio International]]
*[[Kiwi Radio]]
*[[Laser Hot Hits]]
*[[Mystery Radio]]
*[[Orion Radio]]
*[[Radio Black Arrow]]
*[[Radio Borderhunter]]
*[[Radio Free London]]
*[[Radio Spaceshuttle International]]
*[[Radio Spaceman]]
*[[Spider Radio]]
*[[Weekend Music Radio]]
*[[WNKR]]

== Elsewhere in the World ==
*[[Radio Piraña Internaciónal]]

[[Category: Radio station lists]]

Pirate radio stations

2009-06-21T06:57:13Z

Draadloos: /* European Shortwave Pirate Stations */

Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. Most pirates transmit using [[SSB]], using modern ham radio equipment, although some use [[AM]], transmitting with vintage equipment. It has become more common for some pirates to transmit images using [[SSTV]]. A small handful have experimented with [[FM]] and even some of the digital modes like [[RTTY]], [[PSK31]] and [[HELL]] as well as plain [[CW]].

There is a wide range of programming styles. Some pirates mostly play music, others produce their own radio dramas. There are quite a few [[:Category:Pirate radio esoterica|inside jokes]] contained in programs, due to the close-knit community of operators and listeners. These include things such as the [[Rodent Revolution]], checking one's [[Tire Pressure]], and so on.

Most communication with the operators of pirate stations is done via a [[maildrop]] or by email.

== North American Shortwave Pirate Stations ==

=== # ===
*[[6YVOS]] - Voice of Smoke
*[[6YCAT]]

=== A ===
*[[Acid]]
*[[Action Radio]]
*[[All Your Base Radio]]
*[[Alliance 4 Free Radio]]
*[[Altered States Radio]]
*[[Alternate Elvis]]
*[[Amiga Computer Generated Radio]]
*[[Anarchy One]]
*[[Ann Hoffer]]
*[[Anteater Radio]]
*[[Anti-Voice]]
*[[APRN]]
*[[Attention 69 Numbers Station]]

=== B ===
*[[Betty Boo Radio]]
*[[Big Brother Radio]]
*[[Big Johnson Radio]]
*[[Big Thunder Radio]]
*[[Black Box Radio]]
*[[Black Rider Radio]]
*[[Blind Faith Radio]]
*[[Bob Dylan Radio]]
*[[Bob Yonas Pirate Show]]
*[[Bozo Radio]]
*[[Brother Stair Numbers]]
*[[Buckeye Radio]]
*[[Buckwheat Radio]]
*[[Bull Frog Radio]]

=== C ===
*[[Captain Morgan]]
*[[Canadian Bootlegger]]
*[[Carribean Sound System]]
*[[Carrefour Radio]]
*[[CBZO]]
*[[Cell Phone Radio]]
*[[CFBN]] - Fly By Night Radio
*[[CGWN]]
*[[Channel Z Radio]]
*[[Christian Rock Radio]]
*[[CHKN]]
*[[CKLW]]
*[[CNBS]]
*[[Crazy Elmo's Relay World]]
*[[CRSM]] - Radio Scottish Montreal
*[[CRSN]] - Radio Star of the North
*[[CRTC]]
*[[Crunch Radio]]
*[[CSIC]] - Sea Sick
*[[CUMM]]
*[[CXDX]]

=== D ===
*[[Damn It Radio]]
*[[DC Radio]]
*[[Dead Cat Radio]]
*[[Defiance! 90]]
*[[Desert Crossing Radio]]
*[[Down East Radio]]

=== E ===
*[[East Coast Beer Drinker]]
*[[East Coast Music Radio]]
*[[EBO Radio]]

=== F ===
*[[Free Hope Experience]]
*[[Freedom 40]]
*[[Friday Radio]]
*[[Full Metal Jacket]]

=== G ===
*[[Good Evening Radio]]
*[[Grasscutter Radio]]
*[[Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy]]
*[[Ground Level Network]]
*[[Ground Zero Radio]]

=== H ===
*[[Halloween Radio]]
*[[Happy Halloween]]
*[[Happy Hanukkah Radio]]
*[[He-Man Radio]]
*[[High Times Radio]]
*[[Hip Hop Radio]]
*[[Hit Parade Radio]]
*[[HKMS]] - Harold Krishna's Music Service
*[[Hobart Radio International]]
*[[Hope Radio]]
*[[Hope Radio International]]
*[[Howdy Doody Radio]]

=== I ===
*[[Indira Calling]]
*[[International Voice of Global Free Radio]]
*[[Iron Man Radio]]

=== J ===
*[[Jamba Family Radio]]
*[[James Bond Radio]]
*[[Jazz]]
*[[Jerry-Rigged Radio]]
*[[Jimmy the Weasel]]
*[[Jolly Roger International]]
*[[Jurassic Radio]]
*[[Jury Rigged Radio]]

=== K ===
*[[K2000]]
*[[Kansas Midland Railroad]]
*[[KAT]] - Kitty Kat Radio
*[[KBZO]]
*[[KDED]] - Voice of the Grateful Dead
*[[KFAT]]
*[[KFUDD RADIO]]
*[[KHAL]]
*[[KICK]]
*[[KIPM]] - Illuminati Prima Materia
*[[KKLR]]
*[[KLVB]]
*[[KMCR]] - Magic Carpet Radio
*[[KMOM]]
*[[KMRZ]]
*[[KMUD]]
*[[KNBS]] - Cannibis Shortwave
*[[KOLD]]
*[[KPF-941]]
*[[KPRC]]
*[[KPRX]]
*[[KQRP]]
*[[Kracker Radio]]
*[[Kranker Radio International]]
*[[KRAQ]]
*[[KRMI]] - Radio Michigan International
*[[KROK]]
*[[KTVI]]
*[[KULP]]
*[[KUNT]]
*[[KUSA]]
*[[KXKVI]] - Interplanetary Radio
*[[KXVN]]
*[[KXXX]]

=== L ===
*[[LAD]] - Voice of the Night
*[[Le Voz de los Moody Blues]]
*[[Liberty!]]
*[[Liquid Radio]]
*[[Lounge Lizard Radio]]

=== M ===
*[[MAC]]
*[[Maple Leaf Radio]]
*[[Mash-Up Radio]]
*[[Melvin Malfunction Radio]]
*[[Microdot Radio]]
*[[MIDI Radio]]
*[[Midnight Radio]]
*[[Miss Beasley's Radio Show]]
*[[Moonshine Radio]]
*[[Mouth of Mohammad]]
*[[My New Underpants]]
*[[Mystery Science Radio]]
*[[Mystic]]
*[[Mystic Voice of the Western Pirates]]

=== N ===
*[[NAPRS]] - North American Pirate Relay Service
*[[North Jersey Coast Radio]]
*[[Northwoods Radio]]

=== O ===
*[[Old Turkey Radio]]
*[[Old Vampire Radio]]
*[[Omega Radio]]
*[[One Voice Radio]]
*[[Orbital Mind Control Satellite]]
*[[Outlaw Radio]]
*[[Oxycontin Radio]]

=== P ===
*[[Pan Global Wireless]]
*[[Paragon Radio]]
*[[Partial India Radio]]
*[[Peruvian]]
*[[Pigmeat Radio]]
*[[Pirate Radio Boston]]
*[[Pirate Radio Homosexuality]]
*[[Pirate Radio New England]]
*[[Possum Hunting Radio]]
*[[Primitive Radio]]
*[[Project 301]]
*[[Punxsutawney Pothead Radio]]
*[[Purple Nucleus Of Creation]]

=== Q ===
*[[Quantum State Laboratory]]

=== R ===
*[[Radio 13 International]]
*[[Radio 43]]
*[[Radio 49]]
*[[Radio 6X]]
*[[Radio Aesop]]
*[[Radio Al Fansome]]
*[[Radio Airplane]]
*[[Radio Anarchy]]
*[[Radio Angeline]]
*[[Radio Ano Nuevo]]
*[[Radio Audibon]]
*[[Radio Azteca]]
*[[Radio Beaver]]
*[[Radio Bingo]]
*[[Radio BLANDX]]
*[[Radio Bob's Communication Network]]
*[[Radio Cambodia]]
*[[Radio Cando]]
*[[Radio Clandestine]]
*[[Radio Comedy Club International]]
*[[Radio Conelrad]]
*[[Radio Confusion]]
*[[Radio Cyclops]]
*[[Radio Dead Man]]
*[[Radio Dewey Canyon]]
*[[Radio Doomsday]]
*[[Radio Drift]]
*[[Radio Eleven]]
*[[Radio Esoterica]]
*[[Radio Espiritu]]
*[[Radio EXP]] - Voice of Free FM
*[[Radio Farside]]
*[[Radio First Termer]]
*[[Radio Flatulence]]
*[[Radio Flatus]]
*[[Radio Fluffernut]]
*[[Radio Fornication]]
*[[Radio For the Common Man]]
*[[Radio Free America]]
*[[Radio Free Euphoria]]
*[[Radio Free Jesus]]
*[[Radio Free New York]]
*[[Radio Free Salvation]]
*[[Radio Free Speech]]
*[[Radio Fusion Radio]]
*[[Radio Ganymede]]
*[[Radio Garbanzo]]
*[[Radio Gumby International]]
*[[Radio Hallowe'en]]
*[[Radio Headlights]]
*[[Radio Ice Cream]]
*[[Radio Invisible]]
*[[Radio Ireland International]]
*[[Radio Is My Friend]]
*[[Radio Is Not Radio]]
*[[Radio Jamba International]]
*[[Radio Lymph Node International]]
*[[Radio Mauser World Wide]]
*[[Radio Metallica Worldwide]]
*[[Radio Mexico]]
*[[Radio Mindweb]]
*[[Radio Morania]]
*[[Radio Navidad International]]
*[[Radio Neptune Universal Service]]
*[[Radio Newyork International]]
*[[Radio North Coast International]]
*[[Radio Nonsense]]
*[[Radio Ogalalla]]
*[[Radio Ohm]]
*[[Radio Okeechobee]]
*[[Radio One]]
*[[Radio Paisano]]
*[[Radio Peace]]
*[[Radio Politzania]]
*[[Radio Poncho-Villa]]
*[[Radio Pus]]
*[[Radio Sausalito]]
*[[Radio Smooth]]
*[[Radio Strange]]
*[[Radio Three]]
*[[Radio 2]]
*[[Radio Tornado]]
*[[Radio USA]]
*[[Radio Wolf International]]
*[[Radio X]]
*[[Radio XANAX]]
*[[Ragnar Radio]]
*[[Random Radio]] - WRBA
*[[Rastafarian Radio]]
*[[Rave On Radio]]
*[[Relaxation Radio]]
*[[Revolution Radio]]
*[[Revolutionary Voice of Plainville]]
*[[RFM]] - Radio Free Massachusetts
*[[RKNA]] - Rock of North America
*[[Robot Radio]]
*[[Rock It Radio]]
*[[Roman Numerals Numbers Station]]

=== S ===
*[[Samurai Radio]]
*[[Scream of the Butterfly]]
*[[Secret Mountain Laboratory]]
*[[Shadow Radio]]
*[[Shorty Longwire]]
*[[Slim Shady Radio]]
*[[Society of Industrialized Music]]
*[[Solid Rock Radio]]
*[[SPAM Radio]]
*[[Special Ed]] (Possum Hunting Radio)
*[[Sunshine Radio]]
*[[SW3]]
*[[Sycko Radio]]

=== T ===
*[[Take It Easy Radio]]
*[[Tangerine Radio]]
*[[The Asylum]]
*[[The Car Show]]
*[[The Crooked Man]]
*[[The Crystal Ship]]
*[[The Edge]]
*[[The Fox]]
*[[The Jersey Devil]]
*[[The Joint]]
*[[The Kid Radio]]
*[[The Mad Daddy]] - ZNS-4
*[[The Oasis]]
*[[The Voice of Deadly Nightshade]]
*[[Tube Radio]]
*[[Tuna Radio]]

=== U ===
*[[UATWR]] - Up Against The Wall Radio
*[[Undercover Radio]]
*[[UNID]] - Unidentified Pirate Radio
*[[Union City Radio]]
*[[United Patriot Militia Bingo]]
*[[Up Against The Wall Radio]]
*[[URGZ]]

=== V ===
*[[Victory Radio]]
*[[Virtual Broadcast System]]
*[[Voice of An American]]
*[[Voice of Anarchy]]
*[[Voice of Bob]]
*[[Voice of Bono]]
*[[Voice of Bozo]]
*[[Voice of Broadcast Freedom]]
*[[Voice of Captain Ron]]
*[[Voice of Christmas]]
*[[Voice of Communism]]
*[[Voice of Free America]]
*[[Voice of Free Long Island]]
*[[Voice of Gilligan]]
*[[Voice of Hell]]
*[[Voice of Influenza]]
*[[Voice of Intoxication]]
*[[Voice of Journey]]
*[[Voice of Juliet]]
*[[Voice of Laryngitis]]
*[[Voice of Mike Gaukin]]
*[[Voice of Monotony]]
*[[Voice of Pancho Villa]]
*[[Voice of Prozac]]
*[[Voice of Scotland]]
*[[Voice fo Shakerag]]
*[[Voice of Stench]]
*[[Voice of the Angry Bastard]]
*[[Voice of the Daleks]]
*[[Voice of the Dead]]
*[[Voice of the Epileptic Catfish]]
*[[Voice of the Inky Pen]]
*[[Voice of the Kentucky Fried Rodents]]
*[[Voice of the New World Order]]
*[[Voice of the Purple Pumpkin]]
*[[Voice of the Rainbow]]
*[[Voice of the Robots]]
*[[Voice of the Rock]]
*[[Voice of the Runaway Maharishi]]
*[[Voice of the Smooth]]
*[[Voice of the Unknown Monkey Spanker]]
*[[Voice of Tomorrow]]
*[[Vox America]]

=== W ===
*[[Wack Radio]]
*[[WAMP]]
*[[WARI]] - Alt. Radio International
*[[WARP]] - Weird Alt. Radio Programming
*[[WAZU]]
*[[WBBD]]
*[[WBIG]]
*[[WBMR]] - Black Mountain Radio
*[[WBNY]]
*[[WBST]]
*[[WBZA]]
*[[WBZO]]
*[[WCCC]]
*[[WCPR]]
*[[WCR]]
*[[WCTU]]
*[[WCYC]]
*[[WDDR]] - Desperate Rock & Roll
*[[Weather Radio]]
*[[WEED]]
*[[WENJ]]
*[[WFAT]]
*[[WFU2]]
*[[WGOP]]
*[[WHDA]] - We Hate Dead Air
*[[WHIP]]
*[[WHJR]]
*[[WHO]]
*[[WHOT]]
*[[WHYP]]
*[[WILD]]
*[[Wild Imagination Radio]]
*[[WISL]] - Wistle Stop Radio
*[[Witch City Radio]]
*[[WJAM]]
*[[WJFK]]
*[[WJLR]]
*[[WJPL]]
*[[WKAR]]
*[[WKHZ]]
*[[WKIK]]
*[[WKND]] - We're K9 Dog
*[[WKZP]]
*[[WLAR]]
*[[WLBG]] - We Love Bob Groove
*[[WLIS]] - We Love Interval Signals
*[[WLR]] - Wire Line Radio
*[[WMAD]]
*[[WMIR]]
*[[WMFQ]] - Where's My F*cking QSL?
*[[WMLK]]
*[[WMOE]]
*[[WMPR]] - Micro Power Radio
*[[WMR]] - We Monkey Radio (or possibly "Wee Monkey Radio")
*[[WNDR]] - World uNergrounD Radio
*[[WNOT]]
*[[Wolverine Radio]]
*[[WORK]]
*[[WPBS]] - Wild Pirate Broadcast Station
*[[WPMS]] - Free Womens Radio
*[[WPON]] - The Weapon
*[[WPUP]] - We're Pot Using Puppes
*[[WQSL]] - The Verification Station
*[[WRAR]] - We Rock and Rap
*[[WRBI]]
*[[WRCA]]
*[[WRCR]] - Reality Check Radio
*[[WRDM]] - Roy D. Mercer
*[[WREC]] - Radio Free East Coast
*[[WRFW]] - Radio Free Wisconsin
*[[WRPD]] - Warped
*[[WRRN]] - World Republican Radio Network
*[[WRTR]] - Robert Tilton Radio
*[[WRV]] - Radio Virus
*[[WSKO]] - Sycko Radio
*[[WSKY]]
*[[WSM]] - Grand Ole Opry Radio Net
*[[WSRN]]
*[[WSWL]]
*[[WTCR]] - Twentieth Century Radio
*[[WTPR]] - Tire Pressure Radio
*[[WTWP]]
*[[WVOL]] - Voice of the Loon
*[[WVOR]]
*[[WWCR - World Wide Crackpot Religion]]
*[[WWEO]]
*[[WWRR]] - World Wide Redneck Radio
*[[WWW]]
*[[WYDX]] - Why Do U DX?
*[[WYMN]] - Women Radio
*[[WYYZ]]

=== X ===
*[[XEROX]] - Radio Duplicado
*[[X-Mas Day Radio]]
*[[X-Ray Yankee Zulu]]
*[[XYZ]]

=== Y ===

=== Z ===
*[[Z Radio]]

== North American Mediumwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Lubavitcher Radio]] Radio Moshiach & Redemption

== European Shortwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Alfa Lima international]]
*[[Cupido Radio]]
*[[Jolly Roger Radio International]]
*[[Kiwi Radio]]
*[[Laser Hot Hits]]
*[[Mystery Radio]]
*[[Orion Radio]]
*[[Radio Black Arrow]]
*[[Radio Borderhunter]]
*[[Radio Free London]]
*[[Radio Spaceshuttle International]]
*[[Radio Spaceman]]
*[[Spider Radio]]
*[[Weekend Music Radio]]
*[[WNKR]]

== Elsewhere in the World ==
*[[Radio Piraña Internaciónal]]

[[Category: Radio station lists]]

Pirate radio stations

2009-06-19T07:37:57Z

Draadloos: /* European Shortwave Pirate Stations */

Pirate radio stations are unlicensed broadcasters. Most are run by hobbyists purely for fun, although some have political or other agendas. Most pirates transmit using [[SSB]], using modern ham radio equipment, although some use [[AM]], transmitting with vintage equipment. It has become more common for some pirates to transmit images using [[SSTV]]. A small handful have experimented with [[FM]] and even some of the digital modes like [[RTTY]], [[PSK31]] and [[HELL]] as well as plain [[CW]].

There is a wide range of programming styles. Some pirates mostly play music, others produce their own radio dramas. There are quite a few [[:Category:Pirate radio esoterica|inside jokes]] contained in programs, due to the close-knit community of operators and listeners. These include things such as the [[Rodent Revolution]], checking one's [[Tire Pressure]], and so on.

Most communication with the operators of pirate stations is done via a [[maildrop]] or by email.

== North American Shortwave Pirate Stations ==

=== # ===
*[[6YVOS]] - Voice of Smoke
*[[6YCAT]]

=== A ===
*[[Acid]]
*[[Action Radio]]
*[[All Your Base Radio]]
*[[Alliance 4 Free Radio]]
*[[Altered States Radio]]
*[[Alternate Elvis]]
*[[Amiga Computer Generated Radio]]
*[[Anarchy One]]
*[[Ann Hoffer]]
*[[Anteater Radio]]
*[[Anti-Voice]]
*[[APRN]]
*[[Attention 69 Numbers Station]]

=== B ===
*[[Betty Boo Radio]]
*[[Big Brother Radio]]
*[[Big Johnson Radio]]
*[[Big Thunder Radio]]
*[[Black Box Radio]]
*[[Black Rider Radio]]
*[[Blind Faith Radio]]
*[[Bob Dylan Radio]]
*[[Bob Yonas Pirate Show]]
*[[Bozo Radio]]
*[[Brother Stair Numbers]]
*[[Buckeye Radio]]
*[[Buckwheat Radio]]
*[[Bull Frog Radio]]

=== C ===
*[[Captain Morgan]]
*[[Canadian Bootlegger]]
*[[Carribean Sound System]]
*[[Carrefour Radio]]
*[[CBZO]]
*[[Cell Phone Radio]]
*[[CFBN]] - Fly By Night Radio
*[[CGWN]]
*[[Channel Z Radio]]
*[[Christian Rock Radio]]
*[[CHKN]]
*[[CKLW]]
*[[CNBS]]
*[[Crazy Elmo's Relay World]]
*[[CRSM]] - Radio Scottish Montreal
*[[CRSN]] - Radio Star of the North
*[[CRTC]]
*[[Crunch Radio]]
*[[CSIC]] - Sea Sick
*[[CUMM]]
*[[CXDX]]

=== D ===
*[[Damn It Radio]]
*[[DC Radio]]
*[[Dead Cat Radio]]
*[[Defiance! 90]]
*[[Desert Crossing Radio]]
*[[Down East Radio]]

=== E ===
*[[East Coast Beer Drinker]]
*[[East Coast Music Radio]]
*[[EBO Radio]]

=== F ===
*[[Free Hope Experience]]
*[[Freedom 40]]
*[[Friday Radio]]
*[[Full Metal Jacket]]

=== G ===
*[[Good Evening Radio]]
*[[Grasscutter Radio]]
*[[Great Atlantic Radio Conspiracy]]
*[[Ground Level Network]]
*[[Ground Zero Radio]]

=== H ===
*[[Halloween Radio]]
*[[Happy Halloween]]
*[[Happy Hanukkah Radio]]
*[[He-Man Radio]]
*[[High Times Radio]]
*[[Hip Hop Radio]]
*[[Hit Parade Radio]]
*[[HKMS]] - Harold Krishna's Music Service
*[[Hobart Radio International]]
*[[Hope Radio]]
*[[Hope Radio International]]
*[[Howdy Doody Radio]]

=== I ===
*[[Indira Calling]]
*[[International Voice of Global Free Radio]]
*[[Iron Man Radio]]

=== J ===
*[[Jamba Family Radio]]
*[[James Bond Radio]]
*[[Jazz]]
*[[Jerry-Rigged Radio]]
*[[Jimmy the Weasel]]
*[[Jolly Roger International]]
*[[Jurassic Radio]]
*[[Jury Rigged Radio]]

=== K ===
*[[K2000]]
*[[Kansas Midland Railroad]]
*[[KAT]] - Kitty Kat Radio
*[[KBZO]]
*[[KDED]] - Voice of the Grateful Dead
*[[KFAT]]
*[[KFUDD RADIO]]
*[[KHAL]]
*[[KICK]]
*[[KIPM]] - Illuminati Prima Materia
*[[KKLR]]
*[[KLVB]]
*[[KMCR]] - Magic Carpet Radio
*[[KMOM]]
*[[KMRZ]]
*[[KMUD]]
*[[KNBS]] - Cannibis Shortwave
*[[KOLD]]
*[[KPF-941]]
*[[KPRC]]
*[[KPRX]]
*[[KQRP]]
*[[Kracker Radio]]
*[[Kranker Radio International]]
*[[KRAQ]]
*[[KRMI]] - Radio Michigan International
*[[KROK]]
*[[KTVI]]
*[[KULP]]
*[[KUNT]]
*[[KUSA]]
*[[KXKVI]] - Interplanetary Radio
*[[KXVN]]
*[[KXXX]]

=== L ===
*[[LAD]] - Voice of the Night
*[[Le Voz de los Moody Blues]]
*[[Liberty!]]
*[[Liquid Radio]]
*[[Lounge Lizard Radio]]

=== M ===
*[[MAC]]
*[[Maple Leaf Radio]]
*[[Mash-Up Radio]]
*[[Melvin Malfunction Radio]]
*[[Microdot Radio]]
*[[MIDI Radio]]
*[[Midnight Radio]]
*[[Miss Beasley's Radio Show]]
*[[Moonshine Radio]]
*[[Mouth of Mohammad]]
*[[My New Underpants]]
*[[Mystery Science Radio]]
*[[Mystic]]
*[[Mystic Voice of the Western Pirates]]

=== N ===
*[[NAPRS]] - North American Pirate Relay Service
*[[North Jersey Coast Radio]]
*[[Northwoods Radio]]

=== O ===
*[[Old Turkey Radio]]
*[[Old Vampire Radio]]
*[[Omega Radio]]
*[[One Voice Radio]]
*[[Orbital Mind Control Satellite]]
*[[Outlaw Radio]]
*[[Oxycontin Radio]]

=== P ===
*[[Pan Global Wireless]]
*[[Paragon Radio]]
*[[Partial India Radio]]
*[[Peruvian]]
*[[Pigmeat Radio]]
*[[Pirate Radio Boston]]
*[[Pirate Radio Homosexuality]]
*[[Pirate Radio New England]]
*[[Possum Hunting Radio]]
*[[Primitive Radio]]
*[[Project 301]]
*[[Punxsutawney Pothead Radio]]
*[[Purple Nucleus Of Creation]]

=== Q ===
*[[Quantum State Laboratory]]

=== R ===
*[[Radio 13 International]]
*[[Radio 43]]
*[[Radio 49]]
*[[Radio 6X]]
*[[Radio Aesop]]
*[[Radio Al Fansome]]
*[[Radio Airplane]]
*[[Radio Anarchy]]
*[[Radio Angeline]]
*[[Radio Ano Nuevo]]
*[[Radio Audibon]]
*[[Radio Azteca]]
*[[Radio Beaver]]
*[[Radio Bingo]]
*[[Radio BLANDX]]
*[[Radio Bob's Communication Network]]
*[[Radio Cambodia]]
*[[Radio Cando]]
*[[Radio Clandestine]]
*[[Radio Comedy Club International]]
*[[Radio Conelrad]]
*[[Radio Confusion]]
*[[Radio Cyclops]]
*[[Radio Dead Man]]
*[[Radio Dewey Canyon]]
*[[Radio Doomsday]]
*[[Radio Drift]]
*[[Radio Eleven]]
*[[Radio Esoterica]]
*[[Radio Espiritu]]
*[[Radio EXP]] - Voice of Free FM
*[[Radio Farside]]
*[[Radio First Termer]]
*[[Radio Flatulence]]
*[[Radio Flatus]]
*[[Radio Fluffernut]]
*[[Radio Fornication]]
*[[Radio For the Common Man]]
*[[Radio Free America]]
*[[Radio Free Euphoria]]
*[[Radio Free Jesus]]
*[[Radio Free New York]]
*[[Radio Free Salvation]]
*[[Radio Free Speech]]
*[[Radio Fusion Radio]]
*[[Radio Ganymede]]
*[[Radio Garbanzo]]
*[[Radio Gumby International]]
*[[Radio Hallowe'en]]
*[[Radio Headlights]]
*[[Radio Ice Cream]]
*[[Radio Invisible]]
*[[Radio Ireland International]]
*[[Radio Is My Friend]]
*[[Radio Is Not Radio]]
*[[Radio Jamba International]]
*[[Radio Lymph Node International]]
*[[Radio Mauser World Wide]]
*[[Radio Metallica Worldwide]]
*[[Radio Mexico]]
*[[Radio Mindweb]]
*[[Radio Morania]]
*[[Radio Navidad International]]
*[[Radio Neptune Universal Service]]
*[[Radio Newyork International]]
*[[Radio North Coast International]]
*[[Radio Nonsense]]
*[[Radio Ogalalla]]
*[[Radio Ohm]]
*[[Radio Okeechobee]]
*[[Radio One]]
*[[Radio Paisano]]
*[[Radio Peace]]
*[[Radio Politzania]]
*[[Radio Poncho-Villa]]
*[[Radio Pus]]
*[[Radio Sausalito]]
*[[Radio Smooth]]
*[[Radio Strange]]
*[[Radio Three]]
*[[Radio 2]]
*[[Radio Tornado]]
*[[Radio USA]]
*[[Radio Wolf International]]
*[[Radio X]]
*[[Radio XANAX]]
*[[Ragnar Radio]]
*[[Random Radio]] - WRBA
*[[Rastafarian Radio]]
*[[Rave On Radio]]
*[[Relaxation Radio]]
*[[Revolution Radio]]
*[[Revolutionary Voice of Plainville]]
*[[RFM]] - Radio Free Massachusetts
*[[RKNA]] - Rock of North America
*[[Robot Radio]]
*[[Rock It Radio]]
*[[Roman Numerals Numbers Station]]

=== S ===
*[[Samurai Radio]]
*[[Scream of the Butterfly]]
*[[Secret Mountain Laboratory]]
*[[Shadow Radio]]
*[[Shorty Longwire]]
*[[Slim Shady Radio]]
*[[Society of Industrialized Music]]
*[[Solid Rock Radio]]
*[[SPAM Radio]]
*[[Special Ed]] (Possum Hunting Radio)
*[[Sunshine Radio]]
*[[SW3]]
*[[Sycko Radio]]

=== T ===
*[[Take It Easy Radio]]
*[[Tangerine Radio]]
*[[The Asylum]]
*[[The Car Show]]
*[[The Crooked Man]]
*[[The Crystal Ship]]
*[[The Edge]]
*[[The Fox]]
*[[The Jersey Devil]]
*[[The Joint]]
*[[The Kid Radio]]
*[[The Mad Daddy]] - ZNS-4
*[[The Oasis]]
*[[The Voice of Deadly Nightshade]]
*[[Tube Radio]]
*[[Tuna Radio]]

=== U ===
*[[UATWR]] - Up Against The Wall Radio
*[[Undercover Radio]]
*[[UNID]] - Unidentified Pirate Radio
*[[Union City Radio]]
*[[United Patriot Militia Bingo]]
*[[Up Against The Wall Radio]]
*[[URGZ]]

=== V ===
*[[Victory Radio]]
*[[Virtual Broadcast System]]
*[[Voice of An American]]
*[[Voice of Anarchy]]
*[[Voice of Bob]]
*[[Voice of Bono]]
*[[Voice of Bozo]]
*[[Voice of Broadcast Freedom]]
*[[Voice of Captain Ron]]
*[[Voice of Christmas]]
*[[Voice of Communism]]
*[[Voice of Free America]]
*[[Voice of Free Long Island]]
*[[Voice of Gilligan]]
*[[Voice of Hell]]
*[[Voice of Influenza]]
*[[Voice of Intoxication]]
*[[Voice of Journey]]
*[[Voice of Juliet]]
*[[Voice of Laryngitis]]
*[[Voice of Mike Gaukin]]
*[[Voice of Monotony]]
*[[Voice of Pancho Villa]]
*[[Voice of Prozac]]
*[[Voice of Scotland]]
*[[Voice fo Shakerag]]
*[[Voice of Stench]]
*[[Voice of the Angry Bastard]]
*[[Voice of the Daleks]]
*[[Voice of the Dead]]
*[[Voice of the Epileptic Catfish]]
*[[Voice of the Inky Pen]]
*[[Voice of the Kentucky Fried Rodents]]
*[[Voice of the New World Order]]
*[[Voice of the Purple Pumpkin]]
*[[Voice of the Rainbow]]
*[[Voice of the Rock]]
*[[Voice of the Runaway Maharishi]]
*[[Voice of the Smooth]]
*[[Voice of the Unknown Monkey Spanker]]
*[[Voice of Tomorrow]]
*[[Vox America]]

=== W ===
*[[Wack Radio]]
*[[WAMP]]
*[[WARI]] - Alt. Radio International
*[[WARP]] - Weird Alt. Radio Programming
*[[WAZU]]
*[[WBBD]]
*[[WBIG]]
*[[WBMR]] - Black Mountain Radio
*[[WBNY]]
*[[WBST]]
*[[WBZA]]
*[[WBZO]]
*[[WCCC]]
*[[WCPR]]
*[[WCR]]
*[[WCTU]]
*[[WCYC]]
*[[WDDR]] - Desperate Rock & Roll
*[[Weather Radio]]
*[[WEED]]
*[[WENJ]]
*[[WFAT]]
*[[WFU2]]
*[[WGOP]]
*[[WHDA]] - We Hate Dead Air
*[[WHIP]]
*[[WHJR]]
*[[WHO]]
*[[WHOT]]
*[[WHYP]]
*[[WILD]]
*[[Wild Imagination Radio]]
*[[WISL]] - Wistle Stop Radio
*[[Witch City Radio]]
*[[WJAM]]
*[[WJFK]]
*[[WJLR]]
*[[WJPL]]
*[[WKAR]]
*[[WKHZ]]
*[[WKIK]]
*[[WKND]] - We're K9 Dog
*[[WKZP]]
*[[WLAR]]
*[[WLBG]] - We Love Bob Groove
*[[WLIS]] - We Love Interval Signals
*[[WLR]] - Wire Line Radio
*[[WMAD]]
*[[WMIR]]
*[[WMFQ]] - Where's My F*cking QSL?
*[[WMLK]]
*[[WMOE]]
*[[WMPR]] - Micro Power Radio
*[[WMR]] - We Monkey Radio (or possibly "Wee Monkey Radio")
*[[WNDR]] - World uNergrounD Radio
*[[WNOT]]
*[[Wolverine Radio]]
*[[WORK]]
*[[WPBS]] - Wild Pirate Broadcast Station
*[[WPMS]] - Free Womens Radio
*[[WPON]] - The Weapon
*[[WPUP]] - We're Pot Using Puppes
*[[WQSL]] - The Verification Station
*[[WRAR]] - We Rock and Rap
*[[WRBI]]
*[[WRCA]]
*[[WRCR]] - Reality Check Radio
*[[WRDM]] - Roy D. Mercer
*[[WREC]] - Radio Free East Coast
*[[WRFW]] - Radio Free Wisconsin
*[[WRPD]] - Warped
*[[WRRN]] - World Republican Radio Network
*[[WRTR]] - Robert Tilton Radio
*[[WRV]] - Radio Virus
*[[WSKO]] - Sycko Radio
*[[WSKY]]
*[[WSM]] - Grand Ole Opry Radio Net
*[[WSRN]]
*[[WSWL]]
*[[WTCR]] - Twentieth Century Radio
*[[WTPR]] - Tire Pressure Radio
*[[WTWP]]
*[[WVOL]] - Voice of the Loon
*[[WVOR]]
*[[WWCR - World Wide Crackpot Religion]]
*[[WWEO]]
*[[WWRR]] - World Wide Redneck Radio
*[[WWW]]
*[[WYDX]] - Why Do U DX?
*[[WYMN]] - Women Radio
*[[WYYZ]]

=== X ===
*[[XEROX]] - Radio Duplicado
*[[X-Mas Day Radio]]
*[[X-Ray Yankee Zulu]]
*[[XYZ]]

=== Y ===

=== Z ===
*[[Z Radio]]

== North American Mediumwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Lubavitcher Radio]] Radio Moshiach & Redemption

== European Shortwave Pirate Stations ==
*[[Alfa Lima international]]
*[[Cupido Radio]]
*[[Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC)]]
*[[Jolly Roger Radio International]]
*[[Kiwi Radio]]
*[[Laser Hot Hits]]
*[[Mystery Radio]]
*[[Orion Radio]]
*[[Radio Black Arrow]]
*[[Radio Borderhunter]]
*[[Radio Free London]]
*[[Radio Spaceshuttle International]]
*[[Radio Spaceman]]
*[[Spider Radio]]
*[[Weekend Music Radio]]
*[[WNKR]]

== Elsewhere in the World ==
*[[Radio Piraña Internaciónal]]

[[Category: Radio station lists]]