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London has been a hotbed of pirate radio since the 1960s and has always had a strong connection with Ireland through emigration and cultural influences. The thousands of pirate stations in London across the decades have been documented on the website AMFM.org.uk and in the book London’s Pirate Pioneers (2015) by the site’s founder Stephen … Continue reading ""https://pirate.ie/archive/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/London-pirates-portrait.jpg