Pirate radio in the Middle East

Pirate radio in the Middle East

An introduction to the subject of Pirate Radio can be found under that heading.

Israel (From Territorial waters)

All of the offshore stations broadcasting to Israel were operating from within Israeli territorial waters under a strange arrangement that attempted to prevent intrusion by terrorists on the one hand, while turning a blind eye to the illegality of the offshore broadcasting operations taking place on board the anchored ships.

*1973::Voice of Peace in Hebrew, Arabic and English aboard the MV "Peace" - created with the aim of promoting peace in the Middle East. The station was generally tolerated by the Israeli Government and it was intentionally sunk in international waters on November 28, 1993, following the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords which it was thought was validation of its mission.

*1981::TV Odelia transmitting from the MV "Odelia" - anchored off the coast of Tel Aviv, "Odelia" was the name of the ship.

*1988::Arutz Sheva in Hebrew, English and other languages from the MV "Hatzvi" at anchorage off the coast of Tel Aviv.

*1991::Radio One broadcasting from the MV "Air" anchored off Haifa. The station was eventually given a license in 1995 to broadcast from within Israel.

*1993::Radio Hof aboard the MV "Hof".

*1995::Radio Dan aboard the MV "Kajun", anchored off the coast of Tel Aviv.

Israel (land based)

A number of pirate radio stations operated within Israel on the FM band in the mid 1990s. These included:

* Radio Active in the Tel Aviv area
* Radio Center in the Tel Aviv area
* Radio Gal in the Tel Aviv area
* Radio Kol Ha'ir in the Tel Aviv area
* Radio Ramat Gan Ramat Gan


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