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However, drum and bass artist, and DJ on Kiss 100 FM, Dynamite MC said that not everyone can afford to have a personal home computer or broadband connection, and added that pirate radio will continue to have the greater appeal.
After starting out on pirate radio in Gloucester, at Crush FM, Dynamite MC moved on to working in jungle and drum and bass, collaborating with the likes of Roni Size and Reprazent.
He said: “Not everyone can afford digital car radios. A radio is all they’ve got and if they want to play the latest Mary J. Blige then they can just pick up the phone and say ‘play that tune’, and they become a part of a bigger thing. That is the beauty of pirate radio.”
BBC Essex radio presenter, Tim Gillett, also believes that this is the case as he states in the clip below.
He added that Ofcom and the responsible authorities should be taking notice of the talent in pirate radio stations and supporting them where they can. Providing licences to top quality and popular pirate radio stations could be the solution, Dynamite MC further highlighted.
Ofcom have declined to comment, but, regulations outline that all pirate radio stations are illegal and any stations operating will be traced and shut down.