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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Fisher

Blaze FM review – high-energy history of pirate radio station

History in the making … Blaze FM.
History in the making … Blaze FM. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/the Guardian

This story of a pirate radio station is also the story of a marginalised community. When they hear a bang on the door, the DJs of the illegal Blaze FM, youngsters and veterans alike, assume the authorities have spotted their antenna and come to shut them down.

That is only rarely the case. As the early years of this century slip by, many other flashpoints from the outside world find their way into the Hackney council flat from where they broadcast.

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