Skyport Radio

Chris Cooper - Empire Radio (SW), EST (Birmingham), Voice of Peace and Radio Caroline : This time Mark Wakely chats to Chris Cooper from Birmingham. He was one of the people behind Empire Radio, the short wave pirate, then went on to found the Birmingham FM pirate EST before going on to The Voice of Peace and Radio Caroline. He can now be heard regularly on Radio Seagull. He is a great story teller with a great memory of his pirate days.  Pirates of the Airwaves by Mark Wakely

UK government to test emergency alert system on 23rd April, unless you acknowledge you will not able to use your cell, so if you are in the UK I suggest disabling the function in Settings. Apart from the privacy concerns, i.e. you do not know what information is sent when you acknowledge the alert; when the government deems it has a sufficient percentage of the population responding, they will turn off existing alert platforms on Long and Medium Wave, these being receive only preserve your privacy and location data.

Winkel de Skyport Radio tocando el sábado 8 de abril en el Club Libido  Cra. 57 #30a-20, Medellín, Belén

Fijne Pasen – de Happy Station Show : 08.04.2023 – We zouden willen zeggen; Fijne Pasen. Oftewel: Happy Days. Dat legitimeert een bericht over de Happy Station Show. Dat was een radioprogramma dat in première ging op …. 19 november 1928!! Eerst uitgezonden door de particuliere Philips Radio station PCJJ (later PCJ), en vanaf 1947 door Radio Nederland Wereldomroep. De show bevatte ‘licht […] Het bericht Fijne Pasen – de Happy Station Show verscheen eerst op Over radiojingles en radiotunes .

1984 Land Based Pirate Documentary with Lawrie Hallett : Something a little different this week. Lawrie Hallett has given Mark Wakely a documentary he made for LBC in 1984. It was never broadcast by them because of the lawyers, but you can hear it now as part of Mark Wakely's podcast series.   

Martin Spencer, Mark Dezzani plus others. Radio Zodiac, Phoenix Radio, Alice's Restaurant Pt.2 : So, here we have the second part of Mark Wakelys chat with Mark Dezzani, Martin Spencer and Lawrie Hallett. We get through plenty, including talking about the contribution of some well known (and some not so well known) pirates, where, when, why and how some broadcasts took place and plenty of stories about some near misses with the authorities. 

Martin Spencer, Mark Dezzani plus others. Radio Zodiac, Phoenix Radio, Alice's Restaurant Pt.1 : In the first part of this two part special, I get four old pirates in a studio and light the anorak touch paper and stand well back! In this four way conversation between Lawrie Hallett (Brian Marshall), Martin Spencer (Dave Lane), Mark Dezzani (Rodger Vosene) and me, Mark Wakely (Steve Justin). We talk about how we got into pirate radio and the first tentative steps into broadcasting and why we got involved in this illegal activity. There's plenty of radio talk and some insights into the beginnings of Radio Zodiac, Phoenix Radio and Alice's Restaurant. The second part of this epic will be out in two weeks. If you like the podcast and would like to support it then please buy me a coffee to help cover the recording and hosting costs, just follow the link, Thanks.  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/markwakelyW

 

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Bob Lawrence Part 2 - London Music Radio (70's), Radio Caroline and various ILR stations : This is the second part of Mark Wakely's chat with Bob Lawrence. We talk about regulation in radio, the future of medium wave, Caroline's 648 licence, the end of LMR, his time on the Mi Amigo and plenty of other anorak stuff.