Cause and Effect presents:

a cat dressed in a pirate costume

No, we’re not talking about the Pittsburgh pirates or the swashbuckling sort, today’s Cause & Effect episode takes a look at the Pirate Radio movement.

 

In 1964, there was nowhere easy for British youth to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered such music immoral, antisocial and unfit for public broadcast. Yet just three years later, on Sept. 30, 1967 — the BBC switched on the transmitters of Radio 1, the country’s first dedicated popular music station. What happened to change their minds? The answer to that question — and the story of how pop music came to the FM dial in the U.K. — involves illegal offshore broadcasters AKA PIRATE RADIO.

Drive around some parts of London today and you’re still liable to hear mainstream radio broadcasts drowned out by fleeting bursts of unfamiliar music. Pirate radio stations have been illegally hijacking the FM dial since the 1990s, but while the pirate scene is far smaller than it was in its heyday, the influence of pirate radio has endured and the movement is still thriving on a local scale, and a vibrant array of online-only stations are inspired by the energy and spirit of the pirates.

    Cause and Effect    April 29th, 2023

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Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:

Featuring:

DJ Keno- Dog Germs

Pelican Johnny

Dumb Punk

(I’m trying to optimize seo and drive more traffic, hence the foot fetish stuff)

(there will probably (maybe) be no foot fetish stuff on the broadcast)

( to be clear, not kink shaming, if its consensual, make that sweet sweet foot love)

    Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead)    April 25th, 2023

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Curved Air presents:

[Martha Argerich, 1965]

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1927)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

    Curved Air    April 25th, 2023

Posted In: Fund Drive, Music, Music Shows, Volunteering, Website

The British Breakfast presents:

Joining me this Saturday will be fellow DJ Kate Andrews for the fun Drive British Breakfast Part One featuring new music by King Krule, Fenne Lily, Temples, Billy Nomates, Debris Discs, Sock, Pynch, and TTRRUCES! Cheers Gene and on behalf of Kate, Kate.

    The British Breakfast    April 22nd, 2023

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Curved Air presents:

    Curved Air    April 18th, 2023

Posted In: Fund Drive, Local, Music, Music Shows, Volunteering, Website

River City Limits presents:

    River City Limits    November 7th, 2022

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Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:

that’s right, its fund drive time, and DJ Keno and I are teaming up to bring you an hour of great radio (him, not me), and an hour of substandard radio (me, not him)

Also, giving away tickets to

Algernon Cadwallader w/ Teenage Halloween

this thursday, 10/27, at the broadberry

@pndwrir

BTE

    Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead)    October 25th, 2022

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The British Breakfast presents:

Buzzy Lawler comes to Studio A for a live guest co-host thingie for our Fall Fund Drive. He’s covering the UK early 70s with killer guitar tracks and such. I’m covering the late 70s with killer pop tracks etc. Dichotomy you say? Man the musical styles really changed and what a great decade it was it was. Please listen on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio and donate at www.wrir.org. thank you very much.

    The British Breakfast    October 22nd, 2022

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River City Limits presents:

CLICK HERE to support WRIR

OR HERE to offer more feedback.

    River City Limits    April 27th, 2022

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Tuesday Breakfast Blend presents:

Good morning! All vinyl to wake you up.

    Tuesday Breakfast Blend    April 26th, 2022

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