By Andrew Yoder.
Experience radio’s swashbuckling side! Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legal—and frequently an ear-opening experience. This book makes it easier for you to locate and tune in pirate stations—and tells you all about the unlicensed broadcasters who play David to broadcasting conglomerates’ Goliath. Here is the revealing the history of pirate radio from 1925 to today. Explains how to buy and use equipment to listen to pirate stations. Learn how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave and online radios. This book explains how pirates have "gone legit" on the Internet, with "how-to-listen" directions, and hard-to-find pirate URLs. It also tells you about offshore, European and pirate stations around the world. It also shows you how the FCC tracks pirates and often enforces its regulations harshly. You will also get a CD with over 80 minutes of audio from dozens of underground stations. McGraw-Hill/TAB 368 pages ©2002.