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* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era'' in which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Smashey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] on "Radio Geraldine" after Nicey fell overboard as a result of Smashey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
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* The British offshore pirate radio stations of TheSixties were briefly lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' in which Enfield 'retired' those two veteran DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Smashey Smashie was the tea-boy on "Radio Geraldine" who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] on "Radio Geraldine" after Nicey fell overboard as a result of Smashey Smashie accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
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* "Mexican Radio" by Music/WallOfVoodoo is a tribute to the powerful AM radio stations located near the U.S.-Mexico border known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_blaster "border blasters."]]
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* Before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, many cross-border commercial stations operated in small European countries, generally aimed at Britain, where the Creator/{{BBC}} enjoyed a monopoly on radio and listening to unauthorised radio broadcasts was illegal. Radio Luxembourg became the most popular of these (it was ''run by [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that country's government]]''). During the war, some of them, including Luxembourg, were taken over and used to broadcast Nazi propaganda; after the war, Luxy was the only one that resumed commercial operations. In TheFifties, Luxembourg broadcast lots of {{Game Show}}s, most of which defected to television as soon as Creator/{{ITV}} went on the air, leaving Luxembourg as solely a music station. The Creator/{{BBC}} developed a rivalry with Radio Luxembourg for much of TheFifties and TheSixties, especially in the arena of pop music. In fact, many BBC [=DJs=] also broadcast on Luxembourg--clearly, contracts were more lenient in those days. In 1989, a partnership between Luxembourg and RTE resulted in Atlantic 252, which broadcast to the British Isles from Ireland until 2002.
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* Before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, many cross-border commercial stations operated in small European countries, generally aimed at Britain, where the Creator/{{BBC}} Creator/TheBBC enjoyed a monopoly on radio and listening to unauthorised radio broadcasts was illegal. Radio Luxembourg became the most popular of these (it was ''run by [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that country's government]]''). During the war, some of them, including Luxembourg, were taken over and used to broadcast Nazi propaganda; after the war, Luxy was the only one that resumed commercial operations. In TheFifties, Luxembourg broadcast lots of {{Game Show}}s, most of which defected to television as soon as Creator/{{ITV}} went on the air, leaving Luxembourg as solely a music station. The Creator/{{BBC}} developed a rivalry with Radio Luxembourg for much of TheFifties and TheSixties, especially in the arena of pop music. In fact, many BBC [=DJs=] also broadcast on Luxembourg--clearly, Luxembourg -- clearly, contracts were more lenient in those days. In 1989, a partnership between Luxembourg and RTE resulted in Atlantic 252, which broadcast to the British Isles from Ireland until 2002.
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*** In fact, in the '60s, Armstrong's show was broadcast daily by almost ''all'' of the ship-based pirates off Britain as well. In 1965 Radio London DJ Kenny Everett was fired after Armstrong heard him Lampooning the show.
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*** In fact, in the '60s, TheSixties, Armstrong's show was broadcast daily by almost ''all'' of the ship-based pirates off Britain as well. In 1965 Radio London 1965, DJ Kenny Everett was fired from Radio London after Armstrong heard him Lampooning lampooning the show.
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, debuted in 1964, partly attempting to replicate the success of Radio Veronica (as mentioned below), and partly to challenge Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on non-BBC pop radio aimed at a British audience. Its original run ended in 1968, with less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, debuted in 1964, partly attempting to replicate the success of Radio Veronica (as mentioned below), and partly to challenge Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on non-BBC pop radio aimed at a British audience. Its [=DJs=] included Radio/TonyBlackburn, Johnnie Walker, Simon Dee and Dave Lee Travers, who would all end up at [[Creator/TheBBC Radio One]] (Blackburn, in fact, was the first DJ to broadcast on Radio One when that station was launched in 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of the offshore pirate stations). Caroline's original run ended in 1968, with less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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* The main focus of the ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'' episode "Sitting Off The Dock Of The Bay" is about a pirate radio ship that is suspected of being used as a front for a drug-smuggling operation. One of the policemen (Nick) goes out undercover as a new DJ and uses his slot to send coded messages to his colleagues on land, enabling them to catch the smugglers.
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* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era'' which which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Smashey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] after Nicey fell overboard as a result of Smashey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era'' which which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Smashey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] after Nicey fell overboard as a result of Smashey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
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* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era''which in which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Smashey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] on "Radio Geraldine" after Nicey fell overboard as a result of Smashey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era''
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* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era'' which which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Nicey Smashey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] after Smashey Nicey fell overboard as a result of Nicey Smashey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
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* The British pirate radio stations of TheSixties were lampooned by [[Series/HarryEnfieldAndChums Harry Enfield]] in the 1994 TV special ''Smashey & Nicey: End of an Era'' which which Enfield 'retired' those two DJ characters. Who, it turned out, had started out on pirate radio; specifically, Nicey was the tea-boy who [[StepUpToTheMicrophone quickly took over the presenting duties]] after Smashey fell overboard as a result of Nicey accidentally spilling tea on his lap.
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* Music/TheWho's album ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'' is intended to be a pirate radio broadcast, complete with fake commercials (but real jingles).
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, debuted in 1964, partly attempting to replicate the success of Radio Veronica (as mentioned below), and partly to challenge Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on non-BBC pop radio aimed at a British audience. The its original run ended in 1968, with less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, debuted in 1964, partly attempting to replicate the success of Radio Veronica (as mentioned below), and partly to challenge Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on non-BBC pop radio aimed at a British audience. The its Its original run ended in 1968, with less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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*** Radio London is notable because it was founded by Americans who heard about Radio Caroline and the dearth of commercial radio in Britain, and started a new station modeled on American Top 40 radio of TheSixties, complete with high energy [=DJs=], jingles and wall-to-wall advertising. The unique sound made it a particular favorite among the British rock elite of the era. Music/TheBeatles allowed Radio London to debut ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' with a world exclusive a few weeks before its release, and ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'' was an extended tribute to the station, complete with the actual jingles.
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* Sometimes, legitimate radio stations will call themselves "pirate radio" in order to emphasize that they're "edgier" than the competition. An example is WSOU in northern [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]], which goes by "Seton Hall's Pirate Radio" but is actually just a normal CollegeRadio station (albeit a very large and popular one).
** In Seton Hall's case, of course, it's also a non-sexual DoubleEntendre--the Pirates are the school's mascot.
** In Seton Hall's case, of course, it's also a non-sexual DoubleEntendre--the Pirates are the school's mascot.
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** In Seton Hall's case, of course, it's also a non-sexual DoubleEntendre--the Pirates areone). Since the school's mascot.athletic nickname is the Pirates, the station name is actually DoubleMeaningTitle.
** In Seton Hall's case, of course, it's also a non-sexual DoubleEntendre--the Pirates are
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, originally broadcast from 1964–8, but made less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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* [[http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ Radio Caroline,]] described in the opening section, originally broadcast from 1964–8, but made debuted in 1964, partly attempting to replicate the success of Radio Veronica (as mentioned below), and partly to challenge Radio Luxembourg's monopoly on non-BBC pop radio aimed at a British audience. The its original run ended in 1968, with less-publicized comebacks from 1972–80 and 1983–90. In the '90s, it began broadcasting legally from a land-based studio via satellite and later the internet. As of 2016, it's hoping to get a DAB digital radio license. They're also doing some rather limited over-the-air broadcasting, having managed to acquire an AM license for absolute peanuts because it's considered largely obsolete in the UK and nobody else was interested.
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* Since satellite TV became a thing, UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} has had a massive pirate TV culture. Inside the borders, television is strictly state-run, and considering the state is a fascist Muslim dictatorship that uses everything it can as propaganda that isn't really a recipe for good entertainment or information. Outside Iran, however, anyone with enough money can start a channel and put on whatever kind of show they want, and considering how many Iranians have been forced into exile by the Islamic Republic that is a LOT of channels. Some international news networks have Persian-language channels that broadcast through satellites that are situated over the country, with BBC Persian and VoA Farsi being considered some of the most important news outlets for Iranians. Some channels are funded by the UN, as part of the efforts to counter the state's misinformation. Some are just right-wing propaganda tunnels run by angry rich old guys in California, some just play pirated dubbed (or poorly subtitled) films in-between commercials, some are full-on teleshopping channels, some play music videos all day every day (which is how the underground music industry has been able to survive and thrive), some like the GEM TV family air Turkish TV shows and some like Manoto TV try to cover every kind of program from documentaries to news and political discussions to dubbed (and licensed) BBC series. Of course, the satellite dishes and receivers have to be smuggled into the country, and are illegal to own, there's often police raids into apartment buildings where all the equipment is confiscated (luckily it's not illegal enough to warrant an arrest on the spot) and the signals are often radio-jammed so strongly that the waves are always causing major health problems for the people of big cities like Tehran.
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** To put in perspective just how [[SeriousBusiness serious]] the Islamic Republic takes this, the Revolutionary Guard outright assassinated the CEO of GEM TV in Istanbul for the heinous crime of airing soap operas for the Iranian people.
** To put in perspective just how [[SeriousBusiness serious]] the Islamic Republic takes this, the Revolutionary Guard outright assassinated the CEO of GEM TV in Istanbul for the heinous crime of airing soap operas for the Iranian people.
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* Because television broadcasting requires more expensive equipment, pirate TV examples are much rarer and generally fall under DoNotAdjustYourSet. However, a true pirate station called Lucky Seven famously aired on an April weekend in 1978 on Channel 7 (otherwise an empty channel) in Syracuse, New York. Programming was mostly movies, some mainstream (including ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' and ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''), some [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} pornographic]] (like ''Behind the Green Door'' and ''Deep Throat''), and episodes of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. There were interstitials with an onscreen announcer wearing a gas mask, condemning the FCC. It also had professional quality bumpers, with jingles and animation depicting a hand rolling a seven with two dice. The perpetrators have never been caught, but it's widely suspected that it was a group of students at Syracuse University who hijacked equipment from the school's broadcasting department.
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* [[Radio/GTARadio Wildstyle]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' purports to be a pirate radio station.
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* [[Radio/GTARadio Wildstyle]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' purports to be a pirate radio station. Wildstyle's SpiritualPredecessor in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'', Fresh 105, also purports to be a pirate radio station, broadcasting from the Malibu Club to boot.
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. Deutscher Fernsehfunk (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany.\\
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany. In actual fact, they tried to make this impossible with East Germany adopting a different color and broadcast system from the ones West Germany was using, in practice this was usually bypassed using modifications to the TV or illegal set top boxes which will act as a tuner and converter.
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' Deutscher Fernsehfunk (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany. In actual fact, they tried to make this impossible with East Germany \\
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One of the reasons suggested for the Soviet Union adoptinga different color and broadcast system from the ones French SECAM colour TV standard instead of the PAL standard used in the rest of Europe (including West Germany) was to discourage such "defection by television", but it didn't really work as the basic monochrome standard was identical in both parts of Germany was using, in practice this was usually bypassed using modifications to (so the TV or illegal set top boxes which will act as PAL broadcasts could still be seen on a tuner SECAM set, only without the colour) and converter.those who really wanted colour could just get a converter or modify their sets; East German TV manufacturers even made dual standard TV sets later on.
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* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', Morpheus and his crew project avatars of themselves into the VirtualReality that is The Matrix in order to disrupt it. They sometimes refer to this futuristic, {{Cyberpunk}} act as "broadcasting."
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* In an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', it is learned that Hal used to run a pirate radio station when he was in college. He finds his old radio equipment and decides to restart his station. [[spoiler: [[RealityEnsues He ends up getting shut down by the FCC]].]]
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* In an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', it is learned that Hal used to run a pirate radio station when he was in college. He finds his old radio equipment and decides to restart his station. [[spoiler: [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He ends up getting shut down by the FCC]].]]
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Pirate radio is as old as government regulation of radio broadcasts. It gets its name from the fact that many early unlicensed radio stations were based on boats, such as the famous Radio Caroline off the coast of Britain in TheSixties. Since then, the term has been applied to any radio station that operates without a government license. This usually annoys government regulators, licensed radio stations and radio listeners alike, as pirate radio stations operating on a close enough frequency to licensed ones can cause interference that screws with radio reception (this is basically how [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_jamming radio jamming]] works).
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Pirate radio is as old as government regulation of radio broadcasts. It gets its name from the fact that many early unlicensed radio stations stations, especially in Europe, were based on boats, such as the famous Radio Caroline off the coast of Britain in TheSixties. Since then, the term has been applied to any radio station that operates without a government license. This usually annoys government regulators, licensed radio stations and radio listeners alike, as pirate radio stations operating on a close enough frequency to licensed ones can cause interference that screws with radio reception (this is basically how [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_jamming radio jamming]] works).
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* Before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, many cross-border commercial stations operated in small European countries, generally aimed at Britain, where the Creator/{{BBC}} enjoyed a monopoly on radio and listening to unauthorised radio broadcasts was illegal. Radio Luxembourg became the most popular of these (it was ''run by that country's government''). During the war, some of them, including Luxembourg, were taken over and used to broadcast Nazi propaganda; after the war, Luxy was the only one that resumed commercial operations. In TheFifties, Luxembourg broadcast lots of {{Game Show}}s, most of which defected to television as soon as Creator/{{ITV}} went on the air, leaving Luxembourg as solely a music station. The Creator/{{BBC}} developed a rivalry with Radio Luxembourg for much of TheFifties and TheSixties, especially in the arena of pop music. In fact, many BBC [=DJs=] also broadcast on Luxembourg--clearly, contracts were more lenient in those days. In 1989, a partnership between Luxembourg and RTE resulted in Atlantic 252, which broadcast to the British Isles from Ireland until 2002.
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* Before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, many cross-border commercial stations operated in small European countries, generally aimed at Britain, where the Creator/{{BBC}} enjoyed a monopoly on radio and listening to unauthorised radio broadcasts was illegal. Radio Luxembourg became the most popular of these (it was ''run by [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem that country's government'').government]]''). During the war, some of them, including Luxembourg, were taken over and used to broadcast Nazi propaganda; after the war, Luxy was the only one that resumed commercial operations. In TheFifties, Luxembourg broadcast lots of {{Game Show}}s, most of which defected to television as soon as Creator/{{ITV}} went on the air, leaving Luxembourg as solely a music station. The Creator/{{BBC}} developed a rivalry with Radio Luxembourg for much of TheFifties and TheSixties, especially in the arena of pop music. In fact, many BBC [=DJs=] also broadcast on Luxembourg--clearly, contracts were more lenient in those days. In 1989, a partnership between Luxembourg and RTE resulted in Atlantic 252, which broadcast to the British Isles from Ireland until 2002.
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* At least once, Music/{{Negativland}}'s Richard Lyons played "Jack Diekobisc" (pronounced Dick-o-bitch), in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbroadcasting microradio]] culture jam featuring [[http://www.dreamshore.net/bluejay/soundclips/2002-09-12-RichardLyonsDickingClearChannel.mp3 criticisms]] of Clear Channel, KJR-FM Seattle, and its program director Bob Case. KJR advertised itself as playing ''only'' music from the '60s and '70s, but even a casual listener could hear plenty of tunes from the '80s as well, in an attempt to [[http://diymedia.net/old/graphics/kjrcd.jpg attract a younger money demographic]]. (KJR ''did'' get the message, and changed its playlist accordingly.)
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany. In actual fact, they tried to make this impossible with East Germany adopting a different color and broadcast system from the ones West Germany was using, in practice this was usually bypassed using unauthorized modifications to the TV.
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany. In actual fact, they tried to make this impossible with East Germany adopting a different color and broadcast system from the ones West Germany was using, in practice this was usually bypassed using unauthorized modifications to the TV.TV or illegal set top boxes which will act as a tuner and converter.
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany.
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** Much the same happened in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany. In actual fact, they tried to make this impossible with East Germany adopting a different color and broadcast system from the ones West Germany was using, in practice this was usually bypassed using unauthorized modifications to the TV.
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* The UrExample for American pirate radio was WUMS ("We're Unknown Mysterious Station") in the tiny town of Proctorville, Ohio. It operated sporadically from 1925 to 1970. Its operator, David Thomas, was by all accounts a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} of the highest order, but he managed to elude the FCC for decades. He was even put on trial twice for operating the station, but was acquitted both times by successfully nitpicking legal technicalities in the charges.
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* The UrExample for American pirate radio was WUMS ("We're Unknown Mysterious Station") in the tiny town of Proctorville, Ohio. It operated sporadically from 1925 to 1970. Its operator, David Thomas, was by all accounts a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} of the highest order, but he managed to elude the FCC for decades. He was even put on trial twice for operating the station, but was acquitted both times by successfully [[OffOnATechnicality nitpicking legal technicalities technicalities]] in the charges.
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* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'' ([[MarketBasedTitle known as]] ''Film/PirateRadio'' in the US[[note]]which is the reason why this trope is called BuccaneerBroadcaster instead of that[[/note]]) is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory extremely loosely based]] on the experience of Radio Caroline (some studio props used in the movie were actually loaned from Caroline's last ship ''Ross Revenge'').
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* ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'' ([[MarketBasedTitle known as]] ''Film/PirateRadio'' ''Pirate Radio'' in the US[[note]]which is the reason why this trope is called BuccaneerBroadcaster instead of that[[/note]]) is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory extremely loosely based]] on the experience of Radio Caroline (some studio props used in the movie were actually loaned from Caroline's last ship ''Ross Revenge'').
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* At least once, Music/{{Negativland}}'s Richard Lyons played "Jack Diekobisc" (pronounced Dick-o-bitch), in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbroadcasting microradio]] culture jam featuring [[http://www.dreamshore.net/bluejay/soundclips/2002-09-12-RichardLyonsDickingClearChannel.mp3 an extremely nasty takedown]] of Clear Channel, KJR-FM Seattle, and its program director Bob Case. KJR advertised itself as playing ''only'' music from the '60s and '70s, but even a casual listener could hear plenty of tunes from the '80s as well, in an attempt to [[http://diymedia.net/old/graphics/kjrcd.jpg attract a younger money demographic]]. [[https://www.diymedia.net/mosquito-fleet-stings-nab/2395/ Explanations about Richard and his 'Mosquito Fleet' microradio pals here]]. (KJR ''did'' get the message, and changed its playlist accordingly.)
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* At least once, Music/{{Negativland}}'s Richard Lyons played "Jack Diekobisc" (pronounced Dick-o-bitch), in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbroadcasting microradio]] culture jam featuring [[http://www.dreamshore.net/bluejay/soundclips/2002-09-12-RichardLyonsDickingClearChannel.mp3 an extremely nasty takedown]] criticisms]] of Clear Channel, KJR-FM Seattle, and its program director Bob Case. KJR advertised itself as playing ''only'' music from the '60s and '70s, but even a casual listener could hear plenty of tunes from the '80s as well, in an attempt to [[http://diymedia.net/old/graphics/kjrcd.jpg attract a younger money demographic]]. [[https://www.diymedia.net/mosquito-fleet-stings-nab/2395/ Explanations about Richard and his 'Mosquito Fleet' microradio pals here]]. (KJR ''did'' get the message, and changed its playlist accordingly.)
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* One episode of [[Series/Thunderbirds the original Thunderbirds]] [[Recap/ThunderbirdsS2E5Ricochet features a pirate radio station]] operating out of what is evidently[[note]]the plot hinges on the authorities not knowing it was there[[/note]] an undocumented ''space station''. The [[OnceAnEpisode disaster of the week]] involves the station being damaged by a fault during a legal space launch.
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** Much the same happened in UesfulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany.
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** Much the same happened in UesfulNotes/EastGermany, UsefulNotes/EastGermany, only the East Germans couldn't block ARD and ZDF without causing a major diplomatic incident [[note]]the concern was that jamming the broadcasts would have necessitated jamming broadcast for West Germany as well, which along with being a violation of international law, ran the risk of the West retaliating by trying to shut down DFF through jamming[[/note]], and so much of East Germany, if they chose to risk the wrath of UsefulNotes/TheStasi, could watch and listen to uninterrupted West German radio and TV. ''Deutscher Fernsehfunk Fernsehfunk'' (the East German broadcaster) knew this, and so tried to ram a show, ''Der Schwarze Kanal'', down the throats of the East German public, playing it as a lead-in or lead-out to more popular fare such as movies. The show tried to "contextualize" the ARD and ZDF news that the viewers had possibly already seen by adding a Communist spin to the pieces. The only places this couldn't happen due to West German broadcasts not reaching that far were the extreme northeast and southeast of the country, leading to them being nicknamed "the valley of the clueless" by the rest of East Germany.
