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PIRATE RADIO

Today, music is easily available to us all. No matter what our taste is - whether we like soul, blues, pop, reggae, urban or any other type of music - we can tune into a radio station and hear it, or go online and download it. But it hasn't always been that easy.

When pop and rock music was starting to become very popular in the 1960s, there weren't many radio stations at the time that only played music, and the few that did weren't playing the type of music that young people really wanted to hear. The BBC radio presenters were allowed less than an hour a day. What happened next had an enormous effect not only on the musical tastes of generations of young people but also on the development of music itself. Pirate radio was born.

So, what exactly was and is pirate radio? The name speaks for itself. DJs started to broadcast non-stop music from boats at sea. By transmitting from international waters, the DJs weren't breaking any laws and the government couldn't close them down. However, a lot of people didn't like this. One reason was that pirate radio was competing with normal radio stations for audiences, but there was another reason too. The DJs on the boats had a very relaxed way of presenting and there were a lot of stories about the way they lived on the boats. They were blamed for badly influencing a whole generation of teenagers. Parents and politicians alike were very angry! The film The Boat That Rocked, which came out in 2009, shows the life on board one of these pirate ships in great detail. Although the film did badly financially at the box office, it is well worth watching for anyone interested in the 1960s and its music.

It is supposed to be based on the life of DJs on one of the first pirate ships, 'Radio Caroline'. This ship started broadcasting in 1964. The most important thing we learn from the film is not about the easy, casual lifestyle of the DJs. It's about their love of music and their desire to share this with the listeners. They really wanted to bring new sounds and new talent to radio.

A new law in 1967 banned pirate radio at sea, but some ships and land based pirate stations continue to broadcast illegally today. They mainly play music for minority groups, who still can't hear the type of music they love from the normal stations. The pirate radio stations are part of our musical history and without them, who knows what sort of music we'd be listening to today!

What was the problem for people who wanted to listen to pop music in the 1960s?

PIRATE RADIO

Today, music is easily available to us all. No matter what our taste is - whether we like soul, blues, pop, reggae, urban or any other type of music - we can tune into a radio station and hear it, or go online and download it. But it hasn't always been that easy.

When pop and rock music was starting to become very popular in the 1960s, there weren't many radio stations at the time that only played music, and the few that did weren't playing the type of music that young people really wanted to hear. The BBC radio presenters were allowed less than an hour a day. What happened next had an enormous effect not only on the musical tastes of generations of young people but also on the development of music itself. Pirate radio was born.

So, what exactly was and is pirate radio? The name speaks for itself. DJs started to broadcast non-stop music from boats at sea. By transmitting from international waters, the DJs weren't breaking any laws and the government couldn't close them down. However, a lot of people didn't like this. One reason was that pirate radio was competing with normal radio stations for audiences, but there was another reason too. The DJs on the boats had a very relaxed way of presenting and there were a lot of stories about the way they lived on the boats. They were blamed for badly influencing a whole generation of teenagers. Parents and politicians alike were very angry! The film The Boat That Rocked, which came out in 2009, shows the life on board one of these pirate ships in great detail. Although the film did badly financially at the box office, it is well worth watching for anyone interested in the 1960s and its music.

It is supposed to be based on the life of DJs on one of the first pirate ships, 'Radio Caroline'. This ship started broadcasting in 1964. The most important thing we learn from the film is not about the easy, casual lifestyle of the DJs. It's about their love of music and their desire to share this with the listeners. They really wanted to bring new sounds and new talent to radio.

A new law in 1967 banned pirate radio at sea, but some ships and land based pirate stations continue to broadcast illegally today. They mainly play music for minority groups, who still can't hear the type of music they love from the normal stations. The pirate radio stations are part of our musical history and without them, who knows what sort of music we'd be listening to today!

Many people were against the pirate radio stations because these stations

PIRATE RADIO

Today, music is easily available to us all. No matter what our taste is - whether we like soul, blues, pop, reggae, urban or any other type of music - we can tune into a radio station and hear it, or go online and download it. But it hasn't always been that easy.

When pop and rock music was starting to become very popular in the 1960s, there weren't many radio stations at the time that only played music, and the few that did weren't playing the type of music that young people really wanted to hear. The BBC radio presenters were allowed less than an hour a day. What happened next had an enormous effect not only on the musical tastes of generations of young people but also on the development of music itself. Pirate radio was born.

So, what exactly was and is pirate radio? The name speaks for itself. DJs started to broadcast non-stop music from boats at sea. By transmitting from international waters, the DJs weren't breaking any laws and the government couldn't close them down. However, a lot of people didn't like this. One reason was that pirate radio was competing with normal radio stations for audiences, but there was another reason too. The DJs on the boats had a very relaxed way of presenting and there were a lot of stories about the way they lived on the boats. They were blamed for badly influencing a whole generation of teenagers. Parents and politicians alike were very angry! The film The Boat That Rocked, which came out in 2009, shows the life on board one of these pirate ships in great detail. Although the film did badly financially at the box office, it is well worth watching for anyone interested in the 1960s and its music.

It is supposed to be based on the life of DJs on one of the first pirate ships, 'Radio Caroline'. This ship started broadcasting in 1964. The most important thing we learn from the film is not about the easy, casual lifestyle of the DJs. It's about their love of music and their desire to share this with the listeners. They really wanted to bring new sounds and new talent to radio.

A new law in 1967 banned pirate radio at sea, but some ships and land based pirate stations continue to broadcast illegally today. They mainly play music for minority groups, who still can't hear the type of music they love from the normal stations. The pirate radio stations are part of our musical history and without them, who knows what sort of music we'd be listening to today!

The film The Boat That Rocked shows

PIRATE RADIO

Today, music is easily available to us all. No matter what our taste is - whether we like soul, blues, pop, reggae, urban or any other type of music - we can tune into a radio station and hear it, or go online and download it. But it hasn't always been that easy.

When pop and rock music was starting to become very popular in the 1960s, there weren't many radio stations at the time that only played music, and the few that did weren't playing the type of music that young people really wanted to hear. The BBC radio presenters were allowed less than an hour a day. What happened next had an enormous effect not only on the musical tastes of generations of young people but also on the development of music itself. Pirate radio was born.

So, what exactly was and is pirate radio? The name speaks for itself. DJs started to broadcast non-stop music from boats at sea. By transmitting from international waters, the DJs weren't breaking any laws and the government couldn't close them down. However, a lot of people didn't like this. One reason was that pirate radio was competing with normal radio stations for audiences, but there was another reason too. The DJs on the boats had a very relaxed way of presenting and there were a lot of stories about the way they lived on the boats. They were blamed for badly influencing a whole generation of teenagers. Parents and politicians alike were very angry! The film The Boat That Rocked, which came out in 2009, shows the life on board one of these pirate ships in great detail. Although the film did badly financially at the box office, it is well worth watching for anyone interested in the 1960s and its music.

It is supposed to be based on the life of DJs on one of the first pirate ships, 'Radio Caroline'. This ship started broadcasting in 1964. The most important thing we learn from the film is not about the easy, casual lifestyle of the DJs. It's about their love of music and their desire to share this with the listeners. They really wanted to bring new sounds and new talent to radio.

A new law in 1967 banned pirate radio at sea, but some ships and land based pirate stations continue to broadcast illegally today. They mainly play music for minority groups, who still can't hear the type of music they love from the normal stations. The pirate radio stations are part of our musical history and without them, who knows what sort of music we'd be listening to today!

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These days an average seventeen year- old boy is usually thinking about taking his final school exams and deciding on what subjects to study at university. He might be considering serving an apprenticeship or going directly into the world of work and taking up a job immediately after he leaves school. He's probably wondering what his first salary will be and how soon it will be before he earns enough to buy a car or rent a flat. Not Nick D'Alosio.

Nick, from London, recently became a millionaire - not through playing the lottery or from an inheritance, but by designing and developing a phone application which he then sold to Yahoo! for an estimated 18m!

Nick's experience is the perfect example of how a dream can become a reality. As a child Nick had always been technical and talented. At the age of nine he was editing videos and making 3-D models on his computer. Then at 12, he taught himself basic programming to be able to create apps.

From his first app, launched when he was still twelve, he earned 79 on its first day and this encouraged him to go on to produce another and another. It was a great hobby. But for Nick, it was still just that - a hobby. He went to school, went to parties and played sports just like all the other kids. No one knew that in his bedroom he was designing things that would soon completely change his life!

A few years later, at fifteen, Nick had the idea for an app that could summarise news stories, which he called Summly. He wanted young people to get brief information about news stories, which would let them decide whether they wanted to read the full versions or not, something that no other app could do. The app immediately became popular and attracted investment from a big company. Then the internet giant, Yahoo, became interested and not only bought the app, but hired its bright, talented young inventor, too.

So what does the future hold for Nick? He plans to return to education to take his A levels and at some point he wants to take a degree. Most of all, he wants to start up new businesses and obviously continue developing his own ideas. Whatever happens, Nick's future working life will certainly not be the normal 9-5 routine that the majority of us have to look forward to!

What is true of most young people?

These days an average seventeen year- old boy is usually thinking about taking his final school exams and deciding on what subjects to study at university. He might be considering serving an apprenticeship or going directly into the world of work and taking up a job immediately after he leaves school. He's probably wondering what his first salary will be and how soon it will be before he earns enough to buy a car or rent a flat. Not Nick D'Alosio.

Nick, from London, recently became a millionaire - not through playing the lottery or from an inheritance, but by designing and developing a phone application which he then sold to Yahoo! for an estimated 18m!

Nick's experience is the perfect example of how a dream can become a reality. As a child Nick had always been technical and talented. At the age of nine he was editing videos and making 3-D models on his computer. Then at 12, he taught himself basic programming to be able to create apps.

From his first app, launched when he was still twelve, he earned 79 on its first day and this encouraged him to go on to produce another and another. It was a great hobby. But for Nick, it was still just that - a hobby. He went to school, went to parties and played sports just like all the other kids. No one knew that in his bedroom he was designing things that would soon completely change his life!

A few years later, at fifteen, Nick had the idea for an app that could summarise news stories, which he called Summly. He wanted young people to get brief information about news stories, which would let them decide whether they wanted to read the full versions or not, something that no other app could do. The app immediately became popular and attracted investment from a big company. Then the internet giant, Yahoo, became interested and not only bought the app, but hired its bright, talented young inventor, too.

So what does the future hold for Nick? He plans to return to education to take his A levels and at some point he wants to take a degree. Most of all, he wants to start up new businesses and obviously continue developing his own ideas. Whatever happens, Nick's future working life will certainly not be the normal 9-5 routine that the majority of us have to look forward to!

Nick learned how to create apps

These days an average seventeen year- old boy is usually thinking about taking his final school exams and deciding on what subjects to study at university. He might be considering serving an apprenticeship or going directly into the world of work and taking up a job immediately after he leaves school. He's probably wondering what his first salary will be and how soon it will be before he earns enough to buy a car or rent a flat. Not Nick D'Alosio.

Nick, from London, recently became a millionaire - not through playing the lottery or from an inheritance, but by designing and developing a phone application which he then sold to Yahoo! for an estimated 18m!

Nick's experience is the perfect example of how a dream can become a reality. As a child Nick had always been technical and talented. At the age of nine he was editing videos and making 3-D models on his computer. Then at 12, he taught himself basic programming to be able to create apps.

From his first app, launched when he was still twelve, he earned 79 on its first day and this encouraged him to go on to produce another and another. It was a great hobby. But for Nick, it was still just that - a hobby. He went to school, went to parties and played sports just like all the other kids. No one knew that in his bedroom he was designing things that would soon completely change his life!

A few years later, at fifteen, Nick had the idea for an app that could summarise news stories, which he called Summly. He wanted young people to get brief information about news stories, which would let them decide whether they wanted to read the full versions or not, something that no other app could do. The app immediately became popular and attracted investment from a big company. Then the internet giant, Yahoo, became interested and not only bought the app, but hired its bright, talented young inventor, too.

So what does the future hold for Nick? He plans to return to education to take his A levels and at some point he wants to take a degree. Most of all, he wants to start up new businesses and obviously continue developing his own ideas. Whatever happens, Nick's future working life will certainly not be the normal 9-5 routine that the majority of us have to look forward to!

Nick developed his famous app because

These days an average seventeen year- old boy is usually thinking about taking his final school exams and deciding on what subjects to study at university. He might be considering serving an apprenticeship or going directly into the world of work and taking up a job immediately after he leaves school. He's probably wondering what his first salary will be and how soon it will be before he earns enough to buy a car or rent a flat. Not Nick D'Alosio.

Nick, from London, recently became a millionaire - not through playing the lottery or from an inheritance, but by designing and developing a phone application which he then sold to Yahoo! for an estimated 18m!

Nick's experience is the perfect example of how a dream can become a reality. As a child Nick had always been technical and talented. At the age of nine he was editing videos and making 3-D models on his computer. Then at 12, he taught himself basic programming to be able to create apps.

From his first app, launched when he was still twelve, he earned 79 on its first day and this encouraged him to go on to produce another and another. It was a great hobby. But for Nick, it was still just that - a hobby. He went to school, went to parties and played sports just like all the other kids. No one knew that in his bedroom he was designing things that would soon completely change his life!

A few years later, at fifteen, Nick had the idea for an app that could summarise news stories, which he called Summly. He wanted young people to get brief information about news stories, which would let them decide whether they wanted to read the full versions or not, something that no other app could do. The app immediately became popular and attracted investment from a big company. Then the internet giant, Yahoo, became interested and not only bought the app, but hired its bright, talented young inventor, too.

So what does the future hold for Nick? He plans to return to education to take his A levels and at some point he wants to take a degree. Most of all, he wants to start up new businesses and obviously continue developing his own ideas. Whatever happens, Nick's future working life will certainly not be the normal 9-5 routine that the majority of us have to look forward to!

Nick would like to

These days an average seventeen year- old boy is usually thinking about taking his final school exams and deciding on what subjects to study at university. He might be considering serving an apprenticeship or going directly into the world of work and taking up a job immediately after he leaves school. He's probably wondering what his first salary will be and how soon it will be before he earns enough to buy a car or rent a flat. Not Nick D'Alosio.

Nick, from London, recently became a millionaire - not through playing the lottery or from an inheritance, but by designing and developing a phone application which he then sold to Yahoo! for an estimated 18m!

Nick's experience is the perfect example of how a dream can become a reality. As a child Nick had always been technical and talented. At the age of nine he was editing videos and making 3-D models on his computer. Then at 12, he taught himself basic programming to be able to create apps.

From his first app, launched when he was still twelve, he earned 79 on its first day and this encouraged him to go on to produce another and another. It was a great hobby. But for Nick, it was still just that - a hobby. He went to school, went to parties and played sports just like all the other kids. No one knew that in his bedroom he was designing things that would soon completely change his life!

A few years later, at fifteen, Nick had the idea for an app that could summarise news stories, which he called Summly. He wanted young people to get brief information about news stories, which would let them decide whether they wanted to read the full versions or not, something that no other app could do. The app immediately became popular and attracted investment from a big company. Then the internet giant, Yahoo, became interested and not only bought the app, but hired its bright, talented young inventor, too.

So what does the future hold for Nick? He plans to return to education to take his A levels and at some point he wants to take a degree. Most of all, he wants to start up new businesses and obviously continue developing his own ideas. Whatever happens, Nick's future working life will certainly not be the normal 9-5 routine that the majority of us have to look forward to!

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