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- who u callin ne guy bruv
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Pirates are far better than those tinpot community stations, they sound like someones given a licence to a hospital radio station half the time, pure shite
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- tower block dreamin
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- proppa neck!
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You're (mostly) right. They start out with the best of intentions, but the financial restrictions and the insane rules applied by OFCOM mean that it's impossible to financially sustain a station, unless the money comes out of the owner's own pocket. If the station is the slightest bit successful, the big companies (Global, Bauer, etc) wait until they hit the financial buffers, then bail them out and take over..... Another clone station clogging up the band.house-every-weekend wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:21 am Pirates are far better than those tinpot community stations, they sound like someones given a licence to a hospital radio station half the time, pure shite
"Why is my rig humming?"
"Because it doesn't know the words!"
"Because it doesn't know the words!"

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- tower block dreamin
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My missus listens to Heart. I tend to listen to Absolute a lot. I can't stand HeartAlbert H wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:20 pmYou're (mostly) right. They start out with the best of intentions, but the financial restrictions and the insane rules applied by OFCOM mean that it's impossible to financially sustain a station, unless the money comes out of the owner's own pocket. If the station is the slightest bit successful, the big companies (Global, Bauer, etc) wait until they hit the financial buffers, then bail them out and take over..... Another clone station clogging up the band.house-every-weekend wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:21 am Pirates are far better than those tinpot community stations, they sound like someones given a licence to a hospital radio station half the time, pure shite
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- proppa neck!
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Most of the automated, voice-tracked crap that Global and Bauer put out is in contravention of their licence terms:
- They're supposed to have so many hours per week of locally produced programming - they never do.
- They're supposed to carry specific content for the locale of the station - they don't bother. It's just spewed out of a computer in London and squirted to all their outlets.
- They're supposed to carry local advertising - they can't be arsed trying to sell airtime to small businesses.
"Why is my rig humming?"
"Because it doesn't know the words!"
"Because it doesn't know the words!"

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- who u callin ne guy bruv
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Re: 94.2
I apologize for not regulating them sooner but i have been in Ibiza for the last 4 months.
Now i am back i will be making sure we go back to the regular 3 week regulations as i have done for the past 4 years.
You have my word on that. But thanks for bringing that to my attention 3 months is far too long.
Now its going too be back to full time regulations untill the debt has been cleared.
2020 is going to be a very hard year for ben mark my words.
It time to put benny back behind bars. You will see.
