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A pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. [1] In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially when the signals cross a national boundary.
Nov 13, 2009 · The Boat That Rocked sees Carl ( Tom Surridge ) go aboard Radio Rock- a pirate radio station owned by Quentin ( Bill Nighy ) whose DJ's (Phillip Semour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Chris O' Dowd, Rhys Darby, etc. ) broadcast 24-hour rock and roll music to the UK.
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Pirate radio, unlicensed radio broadcast intended for general public reception. While many pirate radio stations have been short-lived low-power entities operated by amateur hobbyists, others have been elaborate professional undertakings that skirted government regulation by transmitting from.
The station broadcasts on 101.7 FM for the Florida Keys and 96.7 FM for Key West, and is popularly known as Pirate Radio Key West The station is owned by Keys Media and offers an Alternative Rock - Adult Alternative Album format, specifically designed for the Florida Keys, playing Quality Rock Music.
Britain's most famous pirate radio station took to the airwaves again for a month in 2014 from the Mersey Bar Lightship in Liverpool. The original pirate radio station – which was named after President Kennedy’s daughter Caroline – was based on two ships anchored outside U.K. territorial waters to avoid government control.
In the United States, the term pirate radio implies the unlicensed broadcasting use of any part of the radio spectrum that is reserved for use by governmental, public or commercial licensees by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Pirate Radio. Section 301 and 511 of the Communications Act requires an FCC license or authorization for the operation of a broadcast station. Unauthorized or “pirate” radio stations generally involve an individual operating an over-the-air radio station in the AM or FM frequency band without an FCC license that exceeds the unlicensed ...
