§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the current pirate radio stations known to he broadcasting in the United Kingdom; what was the approximate date on which they started transmitting and the regularity with which they now broadcast; and what was the number of occasions, if any, that they have been prosecuted, and with what result.
Station Started broadcasting Regularity of broadcasts Number of prosecutions Convictions Arabia Radio Spring 1984 Intermittent 3 3 Asian People's Radio Summer 1984 Daily 1 1 Contact Radio early 1985 Intermittent — — Contrast Radio early 1985 Intermittent — — ESP Radio May 1985 Intermittent — — GEL Radio May 1985 Intermittent — — Horizon Summer 1982 Daily — — London Greek Radio Autumn 1983 Daily 2 2 London Turkish Radio Spring 1984 Intermittent 2 2 London Weekend Radio early 1983 Daily 1 1 Merseywaves late 1983 Intermittent 1 1 RIK late 1984 Intermittent 4 4 Shoestring Spring 1984 Intermittent 2 2 Sina Radio Summer 1984 Daily — — Skyline Radio Summer 1983 Daily — — Solar Radio Autumn 1984 Daily 1 1 South East Sound Summer 1983 Intermittent — — Turkish Community Radio Summer 1984 Intermittent 1 1 Voice of the Immigrant Spring 1984 Daily 3 3 Voice of London Greek early 1985 Intermittent — —