{"id":6425,"date":"2013-05-04T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2013-05-04T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T15:49:33","slug":"pirate-radio-recordings-shrimp-boat-radio-wsbr-a-k-a-freakin-awesome-radio-wfar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/pirate-radio-recordings-shrimp-boat-radio-wsbr-a-k-a-freakin-awesome-radio-wfar\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Shrimp Boat Radio, WSBR (a.k.a. Freakin’ Awesome Radio, WFAR)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“No shrimp? No problem!” Pirates on board! (Original source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

“We’re shrimpin,’ but they’re not bitin’!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Last night, a very unique pirate radio station emerged from the static on 6,925 kHz USB: Shrimp Boat Radio<\/em>. It seems a shrimp boat radio pirate found himself bored on board, due to a lack of shrimp–but his boredom became our gain with an offer to talk shrimpin,’ fishin,’ or just take music requests…live.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the stuff great pirate radio is made of.\u00a0 He started with a request for the Rolling Stones; next Black Cat Radio<\/em>‘s Greaser Bob chimed in with a request for GNR. \u00a0And there began an evening of pirate radio with live on-air requests.<\/p>\n

You can tell that this was a completely impromptu production–and it was all the better for it.\u00a0 Not too long into the show, he took on the alternate name Freakin’ Awesome Radio (WFAR)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hearing a live pirate radio request show was a first for me, and the sort of thing that gets this “content DXer” enthused. I’m glad I had the tape rolling!\u00a0 I hope he reappears on the band in the future.<\/p>\n

Note that I start the recording at the very first announcement from WSBR. If you want to skip to the first music request, fast-forward to about 11 minutes into the recording (you’ll miss some great banter, though). There are a few long breaks of static in the recording where this pirate\u00a0scrambled\u00a0to find and play music requests, but this just adds to the authenticity.<\/p>\n

Click here to download the full recording of Shrimp Boat Radio<\/em><\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below. Enjoy!
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