London Pirate Radio Is Alive And Well!

i've done quite a few videos on the subject of pirate radio on the channel and while it's nothing like it was in the heyday of the 1980s and 1990s it's still very much alive and well or at least in london i took a trip down there recently and took an fm receiver with me to do some band scans around hyde park and the docklands and was really pleasantly surprised to find that there's still tons of pirates on the air london is ideal for pirate radio as it's in a valley so pirates transmitting from tower blocks and hills such as blackheath swiss cottage and crystal palace still achieve good coverage across the city the urban sprawl enables them to disappear into the shadows they're all around you but you won't see them and the game of cat and mouse between the pirates and ofcom that's been going on for many years is still in play my favorites are the garage drum and bass stations for the nostalgia and while there's quite a few of those still on there's loads of reggae dance and ethnic pirates spread around the fm dial all over london so let's have a quick look at some of the ones that i found [Music] [Music] dj's on rotation food and drink will be on sale for more information please call now one zero seven nine five six nine eight four six zero four return the return of the midweek hottest rave this choosing every tuesday chicken back tuesday free brighton road cr26ea please know this is an early event so you gotta get there early kicking back tuesdays brought to you by black knight burglar and jiggle so you know what's up this is the prince of african hip-hop a-s-e-m awesome and now listen to hot digitalonline.com where you can find good ghanaian and african music for 20 20 years of hot digital online divine [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome back after the course [Music] good morning destroy me way up in where your bins we've had some fun ground here first hour it's all about the mellow classic soul for your mind body and feet so as you can see some nostalgic sounding stations there and you can tell the pirates almost immediately although most of them are really professional it's clear that there's still need for them in this digital age and while many of them have gone or migrated to dab or online services there's still plenty to hear if you take the time to scan the dial [Music] you

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Published: Thu May 12 2022