Offshore radio was alive and flourishing in 1934

Those who think that offshore commercial broadcasting started in the 1960’s are wrong.

An edition of Modern Mechanix magazine published in 1934 reveals that a pirate radio station was operating from a ship off the coast of California, and border broadcasters in Mexico were thought to be planning more.

These stations found and occupied a quiet spot on the dial, and advertised “gambling, liquor and other dubious activities.”

As the website editor comments, this sounds like an early form of spam.

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Source: Media Network