Pirate radio stations

[Brit' fan]

I was just wondering if pirate radio/urban stations are playing freestyle since the mainstream ones aren't.

If not why not?

Over here in the U.K. all new dance music started life with pirate radio, you name it, it started there. Acid, happy hardcore, Jungle, Drum & bass & U.K. garage. After which they crossed over to the nationals.

Also what about that thing you guys have over there called collage radio or campus radio, what are they playing?

 

[Kenny Guido]

there are tons over the internet but frankly, i dont seem to listen to them much. to me, music is meant to be heard over a radio, NOT A COMPUTER!!

I was going to pirate my own station with some very affordable equiptment back in 94. I should of pursued it!

 

[phillybronx]

college radio

Had a program when i was in college afew years back.
A friend & I had back to back shows 2x a week...it was ALOT of fun..BUT the problem w/ the college stations is...they don't go very far...usually the transmitters only reach a few miles in radius to the location of the antenna.
basically..except for some HUGE universities...MOST college stations are nothing more than a "legal" pirate station...

 

[bassbump]

College radio in north america mainly plays junk. Alternative Rock, nirvana shit stuff, heavy rock and gangsta rap. The odd ones might have some trance/rave shows but that's it.

 

[DreamGirl]

College radio in north america mainly plays junk. Alternative Rock, nirvana shit stuff, heavy rock and gangsta rap. The odd ones might have some trance/rave shows but that's it.

Not all are like that. The college radio station for NYU has (or at least used to, not sure if they still do) a show at least 2 times a week for dance. Wednesday nights between 8 and 10 they played freestyle and then on Friday nights they play freestyle, dance, house, trance. I haven't listened to them in awhile, so not sure if their format has changed or not.

At my college, NJCU, we have a radio station, but other than the building the station is in, and the dorms, it can't be heard. It's this whole thing with FCC regulations, licensing, and transmitter stuff. I used to DJ for the station and did freestyle, trance and house. The response was good, but since the signal couldn't reach far, it basically turned out to be a waste of time for me, so I stopped.


And not to start anything here, but Nirvana is not shit. Ok, now that I got that out, I feel better.



~Meg~