The U.K. has a long and lasting history of pirate radio stations. These are stations that were set up on ships and broadcast from international waters. The BBC had a monopoly on the airwaves in the ...

In the 1960s, if you were a teenager in the United States, a big part of your life was probably music. There was a seemingly endless supply of both radio stations and 45s to keep you entertained. In ...

"When you tell people it is factual, you say, no, that surely didn't happen.” LONDON -- As the old adage goes: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” That certainly ...

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball was locked out of her studio in a pirate radio takeover by Tony Blackburn. During this morning’s Breakfast Show (March 28), the broadcasting legend staged a brief ...

Britain's pirate radio station turns 60 A circle of swashbuckling radio enthusiasts in the United Kingdom has kept the rogue seaborne radio station, Radio Caroline, afloat now for the past 60 years.

It was 306 miles from West Hartford to Watkins Glen. It was dark. They had a full tank of gas in their friend Harry’s Jeep, pulling a trailer, which had been converted into a radio studio. They had 20 ...

PACIFIC BEACH, Wash. — If you ever take a road trip to Pacific Beach, tune your radio to 89.1. You'll hear some former pirates. "We're here at the Wacky Warehouse — the home of KXPB radio, 89.1 ...