The pirate station that changed British radio - Witness History, BBC World Service
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In 1981 Rita Marley’s brother
In 1981 Rita Marley’s brother Leroy Anderson AKA Lepke launched the Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Europe’s first dedicated black music station.
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Frustrated by the lack of airtime for reggae music in the UK, Lepke setup a mast in his back garden and began to broadcast to a small area of west London every Sunday afternoon. DBC soon expanded to cover all styles of black music and with its unmistakable logo featuring a dread with headphones and a spliff became a trailblazer for the future of black British radio in the UK.
Carmella Jervier AKA Sister C told Witness History how hearing black female DJs like the Ranking Miss P and Lady Di on DBC inspired her to become a DJ.
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Frustrated by the lack of airtime for reggae music in the UK, Lepke setup a mast in his back garden and began to broadcast to a small area of west London every Sunday afternoon. DBC soon expanded to cover all styles of black music and with its unmistakable logo featuring a dread with headphones and a spliff became a trailblazer for the future of black British radio in the UK.
Carmella Jervier AKA Sister C told Witness History how hearing black female DJs like the Ranking Miss P and Lady Di on DBC inspired her to become a DJ.
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