Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Blimey, is Radio 1 still around ? I remember the day it came into existence - guarranteed an audience because all the DJs came from pirate radio stations, which had recently been declared illegal. The pirate stations were very popular, with non-stop pop music, a faint air of rebellion and the romance of coming from ships moored in the North Sea. By comparison, Radio 1 was a bland corporate enterprise stomping on radio freedom, a move that generated this protest song, played for a month or two on the pirate stations, but never on Radio 1 afaik:-



The song exhorted people to "fight for the pirate stations", but I didn't make it to the barricades myself, being 12 years old at the time. In any event, there was no effective protest and all the DJs changed sides overnight.