thought id start this thread as a bit of a dedication in honour of all those radio stations from back home that are missed listening to whilst out in the LOS.

KISS fm based in London was and always has been a favourite of mine and on the other end of the spectrum XFM used to be good years back before it sold out and went all crapitol radio.

theres a few good other pirate radio station around that are well worth a listen to. so what about you guys ? and the stations you miss listening to from back home.

and to get us in the swing of things a recent track ive just cottoned onto and a few from some years back.

http://youtu.be/GR8jOJZERhs

Not sure if they were the first pirate stations but I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Mi Amigo as a kid.

Believe they were both broadcasting from a ship in the north sea.

KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Yes, that IS appropriate much of the time.

Not sure if they were the first pirate stations but I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Mi Amigo as a kid.

Believe they were both broadcasting from a ship in the north sea.

I believe that we misinterpret what was once referred to as "pirate" or "underground" radio. As the number was far reaching than what you might find today......not really offering any alternatives or intuitive subterfuge from the quite accepted suppressive homogenous systems. This is less apparent today with the chaotic presence of internet radio transmissions.

Not sure if they were the first pirate stations but I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Mi Amigo as a kid.

Believe they were both broadcasting from a ship in the north sea.

I believe that we misinterpret what was once referred to as "pirate" or "underground" radio. As the number was far reaching than what you might find today......not really offering any alternatives or intuitive subterfuge from the quite accepted suppressive homogenous systems. This is less apparent today with the chaotic presence of internet radio transmissions.

VERBIAGE !

Absolute and total

The grammatical equivalent of looking at yourself in a mirror for too long.

A mate of mine downloaded 'John Peel's Final Perfumed Garden' for me.

Only about 300 MB but a trip down memory lane for all you old 'pommie bastards'

I think he was one of last pirate station DJs.

That music takes me way back.

Just downloaded a film called 'The Boat That Rocked'

It's about a pirate radio station moored out in the North Sea. It's got a superb soundtrack, worth watching it just for that.

Not sure if they were the first pirate stations but I remember listening to Radio Caroline and Mi Amigo as a kid.

Believe they were both broadcasting from a ship in the north sea.

I believe that we misinterpret what was once referred to as "pirate" or "underground" radio. As the number was far reaching than what you might find today......not really offering any alternatives or intuitive subterfuge from the quite accepted suppressive homogenous systems. This is less apparent today with the chaotic presence of internet radio transmissions.

VERBIAGE !

Absolute and total

The grammatical equivalent of looking at yourself in a mirror for too long.

Oh man, what a TOTAL let down, when I clicked onto this thread.

I thought you meant a KISS like this;

Sorry if this was;

Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand radio network, specialising in album-oriented rock and classic rock. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally from 1966-1970^[1] to break the monopoly held by the government. Private commercial radio stations had operated from the earliest days of broadcasting, but the government began to close them down, the process accelerating after World War II. To break the state monopoly, Radio Hauraki was originally formed as a pirate station in the Hauraki Gulf, the only offshore radio station ever to broadcast in the southern hemisphere

On January 28th, 1968 disaster struck as the Tiri attempted to negotiate its way into Whangaparapara Harbour on Great Barrier Island in foul weather. The ship ran aground on rocks, with Radio Hauraki disc jockey Derek King keeping listeners up-to-date with running commentary. The final broadcast from the Tiri was "Hauraki News: Hauraki crew is abandoning ship. This is Paul Lineham aboard the 'Tiri'. Good Night." followed by a station jingle, and then the sound of the ship's hull striking the rocks. The "Tiri" was later towed back to Auckland and the broadcasting equipment was salvaged. However, the Tiri herself was beyond repair and was replaced four days later by the Kapuni, christened Tiri II by her new crew. A month after the loss of the Tiri, Radio Hauraki was back in international waters and broadcasting again. (Youtube)

In mid-1970, the state monopoly on radio frequencies was broken, with the New Zealand Broadcasting Authority finally allowing Radio Hauraki to broadcast on land, legally. The Radio Hauraki crew had spent 1,111 days at sea. The final broadcast from the seabound Hauraki Pirates was a documentary on the station's history until that point, finishing at 10:00 pm when Tiri II turned and headed for Auckland playing "Born Free" continually. During their final voyage back to shore, announcer Rick Grant was lost overboard.

http://en.wikipedia....i/Radio_Hauraki

Caroline is available and still broadcasting, listen via the internet, just about every radio station in the world is available. I have tunein radio app on I phone to stay tuned in.

The best station now in UK is Smooth Radio, plays great stuff, in fact l was on there a few years back, as an ageing 1960's Mod, for a phone chat with the DJ, won some stuff, their logo shirt etc. Cool.