Pirates of the Airwaves

This episode we are in conversation with Gary Drew. His love for soul music and pirate radio encouraged him and some friends to set up East London soul station Melody FM in the mid 1980's. We chat about this and what he has been doing since. We also talk a little about the current radio landscape.

What is Pirates of the Airwaves?

Mark Wakely chats to some of the people involved in the land based pirate radio world of the 1970's and 1980's in the UK.