Hey Pirate Radio Operators - Now You Can Use KryKey

First lets look at the history and definition of Pirate Radio : Pirate Radio has been in general use for many years across the world, and is usually referred to the use of illegal or unregulated transmissions, but its roots can be traced back to the transmission using being unlicensed and the use of ships offshore being used as a transmission base and hence the word 'pirate'. So when you are talking about Pirate Radio, it is commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for either entertainment or political purposes. They can also be called bootleg stations (a term especially associated with two-way radio), clandestine stations or Free Radio stations. These transmissions are usually illegal because rules and regulations vary widely from country to country, and for someone to transmit, this means having a radio license in countries such as the USA, Australia, the UK and many across Europe and generally describes the unlicensed broadcast of FM radio, AM radio, or short wave signals over a wide range.In some cases radio stations are deemed legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are received—especially when the signals cross a national boundary. In other cases, a broadcast may be considered "pirate" due to the nature of its content, its transmission format (especially a failure to transmit a station identification according to regulations), or the transmit power (wattage) of the station, even if the transmission is not technically illegal (such as a web cast or an amateur radio transmission).Therefore it can be said that pirate radio means different things to different people, implying some licensing procedure has been violated somewhere within the reach of the signal.

So now KryKey Personal Web Radio is a good alternative to Pirate Radio. Those who are currently or thinking about setting up a Pirate Radio Station, can do so perfectly legally with KryKey (www.KryKey.com) and broadcast locally and all over the world. Of course the limitations are that those wishing to listen their broadcast will need internet access, and in some areas this is unavailable, or the Government restricts its use.

Today on the BBC News there was a story of a Pirate Radio station being raided by Police and shutdown. The authorities said these sort of unlicensed radio stations have the ability of interfering with radio that is used by emergency services, and therefore puts lives at risk. The operators of these Pirate Radio Stations insist that they now transmit using microwaves to the transmission towers and that risk is low.

The official Government department (Ofcom) that licenses radio stations says that there is currently around 150 of these pirate radio stations in the UK and most are in London and the south east of England.

These pirate radio stations are prime candidates for using KryKey Personal Web Radio to do their broadcasting as they are in a country with ample internet access and no censorship on it.

So to all those Pirate Radio Stations out there - come to KryKey Personal Web Radio, create your own web radio station and start broadcasting locally and globally.