Represión de las radios piratas comerciales en Europa

Abstract

This article studies commercial pirate radio stations. For the first time in the history of social communication, we approach this phenomenon from the perspective of higher education. Firstly, we will delimit the object of study and its types then discuss the communicative, commercial and political relevance that this type of broadcasting had. By means of advertising, the owners of these radio stations developed an extremely profitable and persuasive business model, aimed at younger audiences. The influence of commercial pirate radio stations in Europe was so great that their broadcasting brought about radical changes in all radio broadcasting in Europe. Programmes based on pop music, presented by a new kind of presenter, the DJ, replaced serious, rigorous programmes broadcasting classical music, drama, debates etc.. In this article we take a chronological look at the phases in, and the reasons for, the extinction of commercial pirate radio stations in Europe.