Pirates ahoy!

Is there a battle raging in our airwaves?
A study by the UK media regulator Ofcom published yesterday showed that there are as many as two hundred pirate radio stations in Britain; half of them are based in London.

But the survey of three London boroughs - Hackney, Haringey and Lambeth  - shows that they’re becoming increasingly popular: around a quarter of people in those areas regularly tune into illegal stations:

  • 25% of these listeners tune in for the non-english programming
  • 16% tune in for the unique music

Last month I produced a short radio package on pirate radio in London for my coursework at City University, speaking to Ofcom, LBC and ex-pirate station Voice of Africa Radio.

It’s available online - click here.

This entry was posted on April 20, 2007 at 5:43 pm and is filed under Adam Westbrook, Broadcast Journalism, City University, Commercial radio, Crime, Journalism, LBC Radio, Local radio, London, Me, Ofcom, Pirate radio, Voice of Africa Radio. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Pirates ahoy!”

  1. Desktopjunk Says:
    April 22, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    Thanks, always good posts on your blog!

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