Mac FM Was
A Pirate Radio Station In Mansfield , Nottinghamshire (UK)
We Started Transmitting In February Of 98 And Was Finally "Busted"
In November 98.
We Were Raided By What We Thought At The Time Was The Whole Mansfield
Police Force
Accompanied By Four Fat Cheesy NerdLooking DTI
Men With Their Notebooks,Camera And
Recording Equipment. They Seemed Pretty Pleased With Themselves,
But We Went Down In Blaze Of Glory Whilst Still Transmitting :)
Tony Was Slightly Drunk! Laughing All The Time Whilst I Was Gripping
The Mike Saying The Goodbye's!
Meanwhile My Door Was Taken Off By A Herd Of Rampaging PoliceMen (Even
Bought Dogs)
Though We Got The Impression The Police Thought Its Was Funny Too As
They Seemed To
Be Sympathetic And Even Said To Us We Weren't Doing Much Harm And Had
Actually Heard Of US.
But Mr DTI Took It All Serious Like A Scene
From Miami Vice, With Their Badges And Warrents
I Think It Made Their Night And I Bet They All Went Back To Their Clubhouse
After
And Congratulated Themselves After, Ending Up In A Gay Type Orgy (They
Looked The Type)!
But You Carn't Keep A Good Station Down, And Just To Defy The Department
Of Tits & Idiots (DTI)
We Once Again Transmitted In Oct/November 99,March 2000 & August
2000
For Successful & Fun 1 Night specials.
When We Were Raided We Lost all Of Our Equipment
And I Was Fined £500 With 12 Months Probation (Sucks).
We Also Learned That We Were Not Caught By Accident Or Tracked Down,
We Were Grassed Up By A Fat Faggot Called Richard As We Found Out And
Then Who Payed For His Crimes !(hehehe)
Unfortunately Some People Are Jealous Of Others & Are Set To Spoil
The Fun.
But Due To Popular Demand We Made A Come Back.
We Played Dance And Techno And All Music Was Mixed By Us (live).
We Did Get Onto The TV Though After Our Court Appearance, So Thanx Richard
For The Free Publicity.
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Actual
footage taken from BBC East Midlands News broadcast from outside
Mansfield Magistrates Court |
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The
Mac Crew Are Bucky (Me), Tony (FatPoof)
With Various Friends Helping Out From Time To Time
We
Used A 35Watt Transmitter, QuaterWave (home-made)
2*CDPlayers
& Decks, Mixer, Amp & Mike. & lots of Albums
For Anyone Thinking Of Setting Up A Pirate Station, Please Don't
Infringe On
Anyone Else's Space, That Will Only Get You Unwanted Attention!
There Is Plenty Of Free Air-Space To Slip Into
And Importantly ! Tell NoBody Who Or Where U Are, That Was Our
Undoin.
Too Many People With Big Mouths Spoil Fun For Others.
We Wern't A Big Station Or Professional In Any Way But We Did
Have Lots Of
Listeners, And Callers Regularly & Had Lots Of Fun And Even
Had A
Few Free Nights Out Curtesy Of The Odd Organiser For A Few Shoutouts!
We Managed To Reach As Far As Nottingham (16 Miles Away) With
Our Signal
And We Had Callers From All Over The Area Asking For Requests,
Shouts & To Say Hi.
So Why Did We Do It ? Cos We Could !
What 1st Started Out As A Small Test Using A 4 Watt Transmitter
and A Phone Box For
Receiving Calls Soon Grew Into A Bigger Station With Stronger
Equipment And Mobiles.
We Had Lots Of Laughs On The Way, Especially Running To A PhoneBox
Wearing Funny
Wigs And Dark Glassed To Get Calls For The Station.
Most Nights Were Like Party Nights , We All Usually Ended Up Pissed
Up, Specially
Tony Who Usually Passed Out In My Bathroom After Throwning Up
Down My Bog! Yet Tony Still Couldn't Get Laid!
All In All , It Was A Great Laugh, Although A Costly One At That,
But We Learned A Valuable & Expensive Lesson .. "Trust
No One!" ........
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We'd Like To Thank all Our Old Listeners And Callers For Your
Support For Our Station!
Big Shouts To Any Other Pirate Radio Stations Out There,
Keep Up The Vibes n Dont Get Caught!
--Fuck
The DTI--
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