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The Pirate Radio Guy-Episode 8

The Pirate Radio Guy-Episode 8

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🎙️ Episode 8: The Pirate Radio Guy Podcast – Hank Hayes & Jim Nazium relive 50 years of underground radio history LIVE from Freehold, NJ!From a 15-year-old turning his mother’s clock radio into a pirate transmitter in Brooklyn’s Marlboro Projects, to blasting Beatles records across 17 states on WCPR 1620 AM, this nostalgic episode is packed with laughs, shocks (literally), and radio legends.Exactly 50 years to the day since their first FCC bust, the guys countdown the raid, reveal hilarious air names (John Doe → Hank Hayes, Perry Harris → Jim Nazium), share Bic-pen transmitter hacks, candy-store tube testers, rooftop antenna dangers, and wild phone-call stories.Plus live viewer calls, the “panel of experts” (Orson Welles, Long John Nebel & more), and the unbreakable pirate spirit that became their lives.If you love 1970s radio pirates, FCC drama, DIY broadcasting, or pure Brooklyn nostalgia — this is your episode.👉 Drop a comment: What’s YOUR favorite pirate radio memory?📺 Watch the full 1-hour+ live broadcast now!🔥 New episodes every week — subscribe & hit the bell!#PirateRadio #HankHayes #Gymnasium #FCCBust #RadioHistory #1970sRadio #PirateRadioPodcast #UndergroundRadio #BrooklynRadio #LivePodcastThe teenage spark that launched a lifetime of pirate radioA curious 15-year-old rips open his mother’s clock radio, turns a receiver into a transmitter, and suddenly the whole Marlboro Projects is hearing Beatles records.

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