EXPRESS & STAR – 5/4/2000 DJ ADMITS RUNNING PIRATE RADIO STATION By Francesca Glyn-Jones. A Bilston DJ operated a pirate radio station which attracted listeners world – wide, a Wolverhampton court was told Paul Johnson, aged 39, ran a music station called UK Radio which had listeners in Europe and America, Wolverhampton Magistrates heard. He…
“UK Radio” closed after 23 years!! A Bilston man was fined £250 costs and given a 12-month conditional discharge at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court on April 3rd, 2000 for using radio equipment in contravention of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949. The prosecution against Roy John Wedge, aged 39 of Prouds Lane Bilston was brought by the…
UK Radio – The Court Report – The Wolverhampton Express & Star 03/04/00 Paul Johnson, the operator of UK Radio since the late 1970s, appeared in Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court today following a raid on the station by the Radio Authority last November. Charged on two counts of illegal broadcasting, Paul pleaded guilty and after much…