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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 · A film by Richard Curtis about a group of rogue DJs who broadcast pop music from a boat in the North Sea, defying the British government. Starring Bill Nighy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost and others, with a soundtrack of classic hits.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Richard Curtis
- 2009-11-13
Learn how pirate radio stations defied government censorship and played rock 'n' roll music in the 1960s, and how they still exist today in the U.S. and the U.K. Find out the reasons, challenges and controversies of unlicensed broadcasting in the internet age.
Set in 1966, it tells the story of the fictional pirate radio station "Radio Rock" and its crew of eclectic disc jockeys, who broadcast rock and pop music to the United Kingdom from a ship anchored in the North Sea while the British government tries to shut them down.
Learn about the origins and evolution of pirate radio, from border blasters to offshore stations to microbroadcasters. Explore the political, cultural and legal aspects of unlicensed radio broadcasting around the world.
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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. This includes the FM, AM and shortwave radio bands.