Comments on: Gentleman that’s going around, turning the joint upside-down http://blog.forret.com/2005/03/gentleman-thats-going-around-turning-the-joint-upside-down/ Tango, photography and whatever's bleeding edge Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: LVB http://blog.forret.com/2005/03/gentleman-thats-going-around-turning-the-joint-upside-down/comment-page-1/#comment-156 LVB Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:12:00 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2005/03/02/gentleman-thats-going-around-turning-the-joint-upside-down/#comment-156 "I wonder, in the days of pirate radio stations, was it illegal to refer to their names and frequencies?" See Steve McGann's story on http://www.charter88.com/pubs/other/mcgann.html : "In 1976, action against those who assisted Caroline increased considerably. DJs and tender operators were charged. In one extraordinary case, John Jackson-Hunter, an 'ordinary' fan, was prosecuted for displaying a Radio Caroline sticker in his car!" The prosecution was based on the "Marine Broadcasting Offences Act". “I wonder, in the days of pirate radio stations, was it illegal to refer to their names and frequencies?”

See Steve McGann’s story on http://www.charter88.com/pubs/other/mcgann.html : “In 1976, action against those who assisted Caroline increased considerably. DJs and tender operators were charged. In one extraordinary case, John Jackson-Hunter, an ‘ordinary’ fan, was prosecuted for displaying a Radio Caroline sticker in his car!”

The prosecution was based on the “Marine Broadcasting Offences Act”.

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