The First Radio Pirate

Introducing Captain Plugge, the driving force behind Radio Normandy, who went toe-to-toe with the BBC in the interwar years, encouraging them (in a commercial way) to actually broadcast stuff people wanted to hear.  Know your history, it frequently rhymes and in this case it is downright fun to study.  And for bonus, this history's presented in a half-hour show on the BBC's web site, including clips from several Radio Normandy broadcasts.  Download or listen in soon, it'll be pulled by this coming Thursday or Friday.

Is it just me, or did I hear a little bit of glee in the BBC presenter's voice when he covered the ending chapters of Radio Normandy?