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A pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license. [1] In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially when the signals cross a national boundary.
Nov 13, 2009 · This film is dedicated to all who worked and broadcast on the pirate stations - all those wonderful years, all day and all of the night. Alternate versions US distributor, Universal have chosen to re-title the film as "Pirate Radio" and release it under Focus Features in US territories.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Richard Curtis
- 2009-11-13
Learn how pirate radio stations defied government censorship and played rock 'n' roll music in the 1960s, and how they still exist today in the U.S. and the U.K. Find out the reasons, challenges and controversies behind unlicensed broadcasting in the internet age.
Pirate radio in the United Kingdom has been a popular and enduring radio medium since the 1960s, despite expansions in licensed broadcasting, and the advent of both digital radio and internet radio. Although it peaked throughout the 1960s and again during the 1980s/1990s, it remains in existence today. [1]
Learn about the origins and evolution of pirate radio, from border blasters to offshore stations to microbroadcasters. Explore the challenges and controversies of unlicensed radio in different countries and regions.
The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America [5]) is a 2009 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh.
Watch the trailer and read critics reviews of Pirate Radio, a movie directed by Richard Curtis and starring Bill Nighy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nick Frost. The film follows the adventures of a group of pirate radio DJs who broadcast pop music from a boat outside British waters.
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