Pirate FM - Roger Day (1992)

A truly dreadful automated radio
station ........ featured on the
BBC 1 programme Tomorrow's World.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Pirate
• FM
• Roger
• Day

[manicstreetsaint]

Pirate FM Rule!

[wisteela]

That is brilliant. Great too to see that old Acorn in use.

[saveyourkisses4me]

Thanks for posting this footage. I recall the day when Roger got booted out from Radio Kent and decided to take this new post down in Cornwall. Shame the post did not last for long? However nice to have him back week day eves on the BBC. Keep up the good work Twiggy!

[ndgreenaway]

@ian9outof10 poor old DJ roger ..he hasnt quite realised its not like a tv remote

[manicstreetsaint]

Don't get how you can call it a "Truly Dreadful Automated station".

Pirate was, and still is the pinnacle of ILR in the South West. And yes, like DJPhil76 says that is Studio Two and im not entirely sure how many refurbs its had since then. At least two. The current studios look amazing. I've actually had the honour of recording in Studio Two, its quality quality stuff.

[pspheaven]

garbage equipment/software and not perfectly legal today

[jckcip]

Automation is just a tool. Since the 60s stations have used paper to achieve exactly the same thing, often with a stack of carts on chain. Automation is just the same thing done more eligantly.

At the end of the day, if you setup your playlists to play junk and limit your presenters to a single strapline, you're going to sound bad however you do it.

What's cool is that better tech than this is now available to even smaller broadcasters, some of which are using it in really inovative ways.

[djphil1976]

thats studio two and they have updated the kit again now.

[MrRedPolo]

WOW 4000 tunes, you can fit that in ya pocket theses days

[mrshenley1980]

he is on bbc radio southern counties at 7pm week days.

[ian9outof10]

Check out that mouse usage!