num_pages: 350
description: Experience Radio�s Swashbuckling Side!. . Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legal�and frequently an ear-opening experience. This book makes it easier for you to locate and tune in pirate stations�and tells you all about the unlicensed broadcasters who play David to broadcasting conglomerates� Goliath. Revealing the history of pirate radio from 1925 to today, author Andrew Yoder, pirate radio aficionado and long-time writer on radio, electronics, and audio .* Explains how to buy and use equipment to listen to pirate stations.* Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios.* Explains how pirates have "gone legit" on the Internet, with "how-to-listen" directions, and hard-to-find pirate URLs.* Showcases stations operating since at least 1995 .* Provides details on political, local, holiday, and special-events pirates .* Tells you about offshore, European, and pirate stations around the world.* Takes you inside illegal stations, some of which have up to 75 volunteers.* Shows you how the FCC tracks pirates and often enforces its regulations harshly.* Gives you a CD with over 80 minutes of audio from dozens of underground stations
language: English
title: Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning in to Underground Broadcasts in the Air and Online
titlecomplete: Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning in to Underground Broadcasts in the Air and Online
ratings_count: 17
publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics