Pirate radio in the United Kingdom A number of DJs of the newly created pop music service BBC Radio 1 came from pirate stations. The UK Government also closed the international waters loophole via the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act of 1967, although Radio Caroline continued to broadcast (with some sizeable off-air periods between 1968 and 1972 and 1980–83) until 1990. The 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act officially outlawed offshore stations, but unlicensed radio continued, moving from ships and sea-based platforms to urban areas in the latter part of the 1960s (they were already illegal under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949). During this period, home-made medium wave
The Pirate Signal It became a full-blown band when Yonnas Abraham entered the group. Their first album was "Norma(l) Hugh Manchild's American Revolution(s)" (2004). "What we learned from that album is what not to do." In 2006, Serruto quit the Pirate Signal to pursue a solo music career. At the same time, DJ A-What joined the band. The band released an EP "The Name of This Band is The Pirate Signal". It featured the singles on the college radio circuit, "Go!", "I Can't Wait," "An Emergence of Black Heroes", "You Will Get Dirty", "It Might Just Go Down," and "All I Know is...It