tigerfish Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited April 15, 2011 by tigerfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerfish Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 (edited) http://youtu.be/GR8jOJZERhs Edited April 15, 2011 by tigerfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 KISS = Keep It Simple, Stupid. Yes, that IS appropriate much of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardholder Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krading Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyenyen Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Daniels Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 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; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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