Pirate Radio Charge 20th Jun 2001. A Kingswinford man has been fined £1,000 for installing equipment for a pirate radio station. Scott Davis, aged 29, of Kingswinford, admitted charges of possessing apparatus for wireless telegraphy knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, another person intended to use it for illegal broadcasting. He was also ordered…
BAGGIES QUIP ENDS IN DOCK 13th Dec 2002. A giggle and comment on air about the Albion has led to a 12-month conditional discharge for a woman unwittingly speaking on a pirate radio station in Dudley. Hayley Davies ‘played a relatively minor part’ when she was heard on Groove FM last December. The 27-year-old single mum…
‘NET CLOSING’ CLAIM 31st Jan 2003. Pirate radio broadcasters operating in Dudley have been warned the net is closing in as undercover officers get ready to swoop. The Radio Communications Agency has its beady eye on a number of bogus stations broadcasting to the Black Country. In December the agency successfully prosecuted 27-year-old Hayley Davies…
DTI Film Unit “in the groove”! 7th February 2003. An Oldbury man, who was filmed installing equipment in Clent Court, Dudley, for an unlicensed radio station calling itself Groove FM, appeared before Dudley Magistrates Court on Friday 31st January. Neil Edwards (aged 27) of Oldbury entered a guilty plea to the charge brought against him…
Pirate Radio Man Fined £1k 4th Apr 2003. A Kingswinford man who was caught on video setting up equipment for a pirate radio station in Dudley has been stung with a £1,000 fine and 240 hours community punishment. Scott Davis, of Kingswinford, pleaded guilty to managing an unlicensed broadcasting station at Dudley Magistrates’ Court. Video…
Radio Pirates Threatened With Jail Term 16th October 2003. A pirate radio station in Dudley is being sued for up to £50,000. The Commercial Radio Companies Association is also seeking an injunction against Scott Davis and Tony Deleon, which means they could face jail if they continue broadcasting. Davis, aged 31 of Kingswinford and Deleon…
A brief tale of a south-London (UK) ‘pirate’ station 1968-1975 – Phil Crosby Like most of Britain’s youth, I was devastated when the Marine Offences Act came to pass on 14th August 1967. On that day we lost not only vitality and choice in British radio entertainment, but also something much more sinister; freedom of…
Thameside Radio’s first broadcast was on the 11th December 1977. They could then be heard every Sunday (and sometimes more) until 1983. They used 90.2 FM with presenters such as Tony Lloyd, Bob Edwards, The Intrepid Birdman, Alex Wright, Paul James, Terry Anderson and The Curly Man as well as many others. The station was…
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Inner City Radio was first heard during 1988, broadcasting from Stock in Essex on 105.6 FM. They were heard mainly at weekends and the odd week night and was run by Mark Roman and Keith Stafford. Keith had done a ten year apprenticeship at Marconi & there was nothing you could tell him about FM…