Pirate Radio Stations in England (2018)

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Dear Office of Communications,

Please would you provide a count of illegal (pirate) radio stations or radio broadcasts that Ofcom was aware of in England during 2018?
Please also include stations that Ofcom was aware of, but didn't take any action against.
If possible, could this list could be broken up by county?

I appreciate that the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 prevents you from identifying aspects of a particular unauthorised broadcast in Section 2 (I).

Taking this into consideration, I would also like to ask for a separate unidentified list of what content the stations were broadcasting - if you hold this information.

As there was surely more than one illegal broadcast in England last year, I don't believe that this would be considered an advertisement for any one of the stations, especially as the list wouldn't need to contain frequencies, station names or other identifiable information.

Yours faithfully,
T Mather

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Jerin John, Office of Communications

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26/07/2019 16:33
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Dear T Mather,

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England. Your request was received on 26/07/2019.

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Dear Information Requests,

Thank you for your quick response to this request.

Yours sincerely,

T Mather

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