Pirate broadcasters can interrupt listening to legitimate stations. They can be a pain in the neck – and I recall stories from my days in London of how the operations can involve some very shady characters. And, with such availability now to spectrum via RSLs to community stations to renting DAB space, there is really no excuse.
Mansfield 103.2, is suffering from a Nottinghamshire pirate which is momentarily interrupting programmes with bursts of Ivor Biggun’s Winker's song. MD Tony Delahunty, never one to fail to exploit a bit of PR (and good luck to him), appeared on the Today programme to explain the problem.
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