Pirate radio in North America Pirate radio in North America The strict definition of a "pirate radio" station is a station that operates from sovereign territory without a broadcasting license, or just beyond the territorial waters of a sovereign nation from on board a ship or other marine structure with the intention of broadcasting to that nation without obtaining a broadcasting license from that nation (such as Radio Caroline before its present incarnation). Unlike the sanctioned and fully licensed transmissions by the United States government, a number of groups in exile, mainly based in Florida, have attempted various offshore radio broadcasts to Cuba, from time
Irish pirate radio called Radio Now, providing "Underground" music from many of the "Underground" D.J.s of Cork. Limerick has had an amount of pirate radio stations over the years, The First radio stations in the region from the late '70s to mid-'80s were Capital Radio(3 months), RLWE(4 Months) , Big L(7 years),Raidio Luimni(8 Years) and Hits 954(2 years).on air and longevity in that order Other reasonably significant radio stations in the area over the years included CCR (City Centre Radio), Radio Vera, Radio Munster, SoundChannel and Mid-West Radio (a name since adopted somewhat confusingly by a legal radio station in Mayo, in the