Pirates of the Airwaves

He was a listener, then helper, then presenter on London soul station Radio Invicta, after which he joined The Voice of Peace somewhere in the Mediterranean and then ended up in Ireland working on many of the pirates of the early 1980’s. Known to the listeners of London, the middle east and Ireland ( and everyone else for that matter) as Steve Marshall. We chat about going up tower blocks at 14, Life on the peace ship, his working friendship with Tony Allen and life as a pirate in Ireland during the boom years.

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.