Irish pirate radio in international waters, later identified itself as Radio Scotland and Ireland when its radio ship moved to anchorage off the west coast and within range of Ireland (for a time they anchored off Northern Ireland). During the mid-1960s there were unconfirmed reports of test broadcasts from Irish offshore stations like "Radio Shannon" and "Radio Lambay" but such transmissions if they ever took place were probably the work of landbased radio enthusiasts. Some UK offshore stations, particularly Radio Scotland and Radio Caroline North had a sizable following in Ireland. Irish pirate radio Pirate radio in Ireland has had a long history,
CFTL (pirate radio) was believed to be due to a complaint filed by a licensed Montreal station, whose audience in the lucrative West End market was being impacted. (The station was first-adjacent to CKVL-FM 96.9, which became CKOI-FM in 1976.) Unconfirmed reports suggest the station was run by a small group of teens whose interest in radio broadcasting eventually grew into an actual radio station. CFTL (pirate radio) CFTL was an English-language pirate radio station operating in the west end of Montreal between 1969 and 1971. It broadcast on 96.7 FM (50 watts) and 6045 kHz Shortwave (100 watts) and covered the near