Pirate FM Pirate FM Pirate FM is one of the Independent Local Radio stations for Cornwall, playing a range of music from the 1960s to the present day. The station is based at the UKRD Group headquarters in Redruth. The station was launched in 1992 under the name of "Pirate FM 102" with the voice of breakfast presenter Roger Day (a well-known ex-pirate DJ from Radio Caroline and Radio North Sea International). The station's launch Chief Executive was Mike Powell who specified digital technology so advanced at the time that it was featured on the BBC science programme, "Tomorrow's World". Much of
Radio City (pirate radio station) show on pirate radio - "The Auntie Mabel Hour", recordings of DJs acting comic sketches and parodying contemporary songs. Some material seems to have been stolen from "The Goon Show" and "Round the Horne". At Christmas 1966 the show featured a parody of "Alice in Wonderland" and included the DJs singing new comic lyrics to instrumental versions of popular songs. Another novelty was "The Anti-City Show", which invited listeners to send letters and reel-to-reel tapes of complaint about the station. It became a forum for complaints about anything that annoyed. Occasionally, "You've Got Your Troubles" by The Fortunes was broadcast