Today in Pirate Radio History
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Historical Events
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1953-07-26 - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
1958-08-18 - Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde
1964-03-27 - 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England)
1964-03-28 - 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
1965-12-26 - Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
1966-04-04 - Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966-05-14 - 1st reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ)
1966-11-25 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
1966-12-29 - Pirate Radio Phoenix, 1st transmission (Worcester, Mass)
1966-12-31 - Pirate Radio 390 (Radio Invicata) off England, resumes transmitting
1967-02-08 - Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
1967-02-12 - Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting
1967-03-16 - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
1967-05-14 - Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down
1967-07-23 - Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons
1967-07-28 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
1967-08-04 - British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
1967-08-05 - Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) & Radio London close down
1967-08-14 - Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland
1967-08-15 - England's Marine Offense Bill makies pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
1967-12-24 - Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand
1968-02-28 - Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air
1968-03-01 - Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
1968-03-31 - Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
1968-05-03 - Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl
1968-05-19 - Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
1968-08-15 - Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
1968-09-01 - Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting
1968-12-01 - Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
1969-01-10 - Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
1969-03-01 - Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast
1969-05-01 - Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting
1969-06-21 - 1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace)
1973-09-19 - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms
1974-08-31 - Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
1974-09-01 - Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect
1975-12-14 - WCPR (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1976-02-07 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY)
1977-12-31 - WFAT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1979-04-19 - FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY)
1980-03-20 - The Mi Amigo ship containing England's pirate Radio Caroline sinks
1980-09-27 - WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1983-02-26 - Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
1986-06-22 - Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting
1987-07-23 - RNI (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1989-07-06 - US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn
1989-11-06 - US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
1990-09-16 - Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
