Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Haringey First London Borough to Kill Off Pirate Radio

Working with Ofcom, Haringey Council has killed off pirate radio across the borough.

Pirate stations typically use high-rise buildings for their broadcasts, with illegal transmitters installed on rooftops or hidden in lift shafts. This damaged residential properties owned by Haringey and disrupted residents’ lives as well as putting people at risk from falling equipment.

Pirate radio also causes interference to critical radio services, including those used by the emergency services and air traffic control. In 2014, the UK’s air traffic control service NATS has reported 55 cases of communications interference from pirate radio.

In 2014, 19 pirate radio stations were illegally broadcasting in Haringey. By quickly removing their transmitters and regularly patrolling and securing rooftops, pirate radio has now been eradicated in the borough.

As a result, Homes for Haringey claim to have saved £90,000 in enforcement and maintenance costs over the past year.

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Permalink Reply by Billy T on November 2, 2015 at 16:00

Harringey can claim al it wants. It has absolutely no way of backing that statement up. There are 10s of pirate stations available in Harringey and they have no way of telling precisely where they are coming from.