HC Deb 08 February 1985 vol 72 cc745-6W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many pirate radio stations are operating within the United Kingdom; how many are operating offshore or otherwise outside the United Kingdom; and if he will list them.

Mr. Butcher

[pursuant to the reply, 6 February 1985, c. 580]: Since the beginning of 1984, my Department has monitored 74 unlicensed broadcasters on radio, including two marine stations located beyond United Kingdom territorial waters which aim their transmission at the United Kingdom. In addition, one unlicensed broadcaster on television has been monitored. Some 23 of these have been known to broadcast continuously for considerable periods on a daily basis. The rest transmit only intermittently. It would not be cost effective to monitor all frequencies of the radio spectrum continuously and there may be more unlicensed users of broadcast frequencies who transmit occasionally and who have not come to the attention of the Department.

The names and locations of unlicensed broadcasters on radio who have been monitored since the beginning of 1984 are as follows:

LAND BASED

  • Abbey Radio—Suffolk
  • Ace Radio—London
  • Alice's Restaurant (Phoenix)—London
  • Alyson Radio—London
  • Amanda Radio—London
  • Andromeda Radio—Pennines
  • Arabia Radio—London
  • Asian People's Radio—London
  • Atlantis Radio—Peterborough
  • BIB Radio—Bedfordshire
  • British Greek Community Radio—London
  • Central Radio Int—Liverpool
  • Cherry Radio—Northern Ireland
  • Country Radio—Rowley Regis
  • DBC Radio (Radio 103)—London
  • Douglas Valley Radio—Wigan
  • E S T—Birmingham
  • Eleanor (Merseyside)—Merseyside
  • Floss Radio—London
  • FM 103—London
  • Free City Radio—Edinburgh
  • Gapp Radio—London
  • Greek Voice of London—London
  • Grooves Radio—London
  • Harringey Radio—London
  • Horizon Radio—London
  • Imagine Radio—London
  • Invicta Radio—London
  • Radio Jackie—London
  • JFM—London
  • KFM—Stockport
  • London Greek Radio—London
  • London Town—London
  • London Weekend Radio—London
  • Metropolitan Radio—London
  • Nova Radio—Leicester
  • Our Radio—London
    • 746
  • Radio Contact—London
  • Radio Gel—London
  • Radio Reflex—Maidenhead
  • Radio Revenge—Leeds
  • Radio Sovereign—Sussex
  • RIK—London
  • Rugby Community Radio—Rugby
  • SCR—Merseyside
  • Sheffield Peace Radio—Sheffield
  • Shoestring Radio—London
  • Sina Radio—London
  • Skyline Radio—London
  • Solar Radio—London
  • Sounds Alternative—Birmingham
  • South East Sound—London
  • Southside Radio—Manchester
  • Sovereign Radio—London
  • Spinach Radio—London
  • St. Mary Radio—London
  • Sunderland I/Knome—Sunderland
  • Sunshine Radio (STR)—Glasgow
  • Sunshine Radio—Ludlow
  • Thameside Television—London
  • The Wireless Company—Lincolnshire
  • Turkish Community Radio—London
  • Venus Radio—London
  • Voice of Cyprus—London
  • Voice of London Turk—London
  • Voice of the Immigrant—London
  • WBCR—Sussex
  • West London Radio—London
  • Wirral FM—Merseyside
  • No Call Sign (89.9 MHz)—London
  • No Call Sign (97.4 MHz)—Worksop
  • No Call Sign (104.5 MHz)—London
  • No Call Sign (105.5 MHz)—London

OUTSIDE TERRITORIAL WATERS

  • Radio Caroline
  • Radio Laser

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