Pirate FM FM lost out to Radio Plymouth. 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
Pirate Cat Radio Communications Commission (FCC), the station has been able to stay on the air operating based on a clause in FCC regulations that allows a licensing exemption in times of war, according to its founder. Pirate Cat Radio spawned a pirate television station from experiments with broadcasting television using the same transmitters used to broadcast radio. Unlicensed radio operators like Monkey also assist others interested in starting their own low power television or radio broadcasts in locating and setting up equipment. Pirate Cat radio rebroadcast "The Howard Stern Show" in 2006 in its uncensored form from Sirius Satellite Radio in the