Category Archives: piracy

Behind the Scenes at Radio Valencia

I’ve been sharing the progress of San Francisco’s newest community radio station, Radio Valencia, from inception to its launch in August; so was happy to see DJ Tony DuShane’s first-person account of what it was like for him to be … finish reading Behind the Scenes at Radio Valencia

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Pirate Cat in fundraising mode to buy radio license

Pirate Cat radio says that the operation has “two FM stations that it has the option of purchasing,” but it needs $60,000 to do so. Hence a fund-raising drive on the Kickstarter site. The Kickstarter campaign has until October 21 … finish reading Pirate Cat in fundraising mode to buy radio license

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Radio Nonchalance Hits Pirate Radio with its Urban Participatory Game

A mysterious pirate radio station cropped up today during the 2010 01SJ Biennial Build Your Own World conference in San Jose, California.  According to the festival website, ZER01 and other artistic collaborators will convene in San Jose from September 16-19 … finish reading Radio Nonchalance Hits Pirate Radio with its Urban Participatory Game

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FCCFREE RADIO: Pirates No More

Lately there’s been a lot of buzz about the comings and goings of pirate radio stations, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. New station Radio Valencia is about to begin broadcasting any day now in San Francisco and pirate … finish reading FCCFREE RADIO: Pirates No More

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Freak Radio Santa Cruz’s transmitter looking for a new home

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San Francisco’s Newest Radio Pirate: Radio Valencia

Of course I’m biased, but San Francisco seems to have always been ground zero for radio innovators, back from the early days of pioneering technologists, to the freeform FM era, to punk and new wave stalwarts in college and commercial … finish reading San Francisco’s Newest Radio Pirate: Radio Valencia

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UK Pirate Radio – Now and Then

Amazon.com Widgets Sunday was the forty-sixth anniversary of Radio Caroline, one of the most famous UK pirate stations of the 1960s, and the inspiration for the recent movie Pirate Radio a/k/a The Boat That Rocked. Those radio pirates were inspired, … finish reading UK Pirate Radio – Now and Then

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The Latest in Pirate Radio: FCC Enforcement, Austin Free-Staters and Canadian Strip Club Pirate

On my recently ended radioshow I tried to reguarly to give updates on unlicensed radio. To me it’s one of the still lively modes of civil disobedience in electronic communications, especially in the internet age. Although there is low-power FM … finish reading The Latest in Pirate Radio: FCC Enforcement, Austin Free-Staters and Canadian Strip Club Pirate

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Pirate Radio: why is the best radio always in the movies?

Watching Richard Curtis’ new movie Pirate Radio this evening, I was struck by how little one actually has to do to make a crowd pleasing film out of this subject. There’s really not that much to the flick. It’s the … finish reading Pirate Radio: why is the best radio always in the movies?

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Pirate Radio Opens Tomorrow

It’s always fun for me to see how radio gets portrayed in popular culture and I often revel in all of the inaccuracies. David Silver as a high school, college, and commercial radio DJ on the original Beverly Hills, 90210 … finish reading Pirate Radio Opens Tomorrow

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