Rinse FM pirate radio station goes legit

After 16 years broadcasting from east London rooftops, influential station started by DJ Geneeus wins Ofcom licenceDJ Geeneus was 16 when he broadcast his first pirate radio show from a tower block in Tower Hamlets, east London.With decks and mixer balancing precariously on top of a homemade transmitter jammed between the sink and the cooker of his friend's 18th floor flat, Geeneus leant out of the window, pointed his aerial towards Hackney – and turned the music up loud.Sixteen years, countle...

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