Broadcasts were on Wednesday evenings starting in February 1982. I was surpised to briefly hear them, think in the summer of that year, in North Hertfordshire, was an FM lift on. They were first raided in December 1982 and when they returned in February 1983 every broadcast was targeted. Found details of these raids online in Black Flag magazine April 8 1983.
Richard Barbrook who was involved with the station said when the station was being discussed on Facebook: "Having ignored our Labour Left and Brixton anarchist programming for over a year, 10 minutes of Irish Republicanism (a 10 minute interview with Danny Morrison of Sinn Fein) led to a determined and successful campaign by the authorities to silence Our Radio." He sent me a pdf of the poster they had which I converted into a jpg. He went on to help set up Spectrum Radio.
In this episode of The Debrief, we meet radio historian Dr Urszula Doliwa from the University of Warmia and Mazury.
The history of pirate radio in Poland is slightly different to the stories many know about the famous pirate stations of the 1960s and 70s such as Radio Caroline. Here, pirate radio was more a fight for free speech than looking for the latest music trends…
Listen to podcast here: https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/pirate-radio-in-poland-explored-40080
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