About this project
One year ago, Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm was fined $10,000 by the FCC for broadcasting without at license from the FCC. Since then, Pirate Cat Radio has left an empty spot on our radio dials leaving the inter-webs as the only place Pirate Cat Radio could be heard.
KPDO 89.3fm in Pescadero took some Pirate Cat shows and re-broadcasted them. With Pirate Cat Radio's help, KPDO has become voice for the residents of the Pescadero area. But this again leaves Pirate Cat Radio short of a permanent home on the radio dial.
San Francisco needs Pirate Cat Radio back on the air, to help the voices of thousands of others to be heard and this needs to be done legally.
Impossible? There is a way!
The founder of Pirate Cat Radio has found a license for a full power legal radio station, that Pirate Cat Radio can use.
The only obstacle: $60,000.00 usd
That's where you come in!
What makes Pirate Cat Radio so special?
Live sessions with:
John Vanderslice - http://www.onenightmusic.com/music/session/john-vanderslice/...
All My Pretty Ones - http://vimeo.com/9119398
The Dwarfs - http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php...
and...
Maple Bacon Lattes - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
PIRATE CAT RADIO IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
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All of the above listed and a pair of tickets to any show on our tickets roster +PLUS+ All $75 and up pledge makers get entered into our October 14th raffle for a pair of Tickets to Both Days of the Treasure Island Music Festival!
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All of the above listed a limited edition White Pirate Cat Radio shirt
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336 Underwriting announcements for your business, band, services, whatever.. (Underwriting is a form of advertisement that tells you factual information about a person, service or company)
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All of the above and 2 hours with your favorite PCR DJ
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PARTY!!! You and a guest will receive invitations to the Pirate Cat Radio re-Launch party! Awesome venue! Live music! Pirate Cat Radio grab bags! Fully catered! Free booze!!!
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All of the above and Monkey will show you how to make 102 different Pirate Cat Cafe Anarchy-atos, including the Maple Bacon Latte!
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1,000 Underwriting Messages on Pirate Cat Radio
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Everything listed above and a date with the a Pirate Cat DJ and a free cup of drip coffee, everyday, for one year, at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe
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5% voting rights on the Pirate Cat Radio Inc. Board of Directors
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Daniel Roberts, also known as Monkey Man (Affen Mensch), is the founder and manager of Pirate Cat Radio in San Francisco, CA. In May 2010 he re-launched KPDO, a community radio station in Pescadero, CA, as the station's new manager.
Daniel "Monkey Man" Roberts (who later legally changed his name to his on air persona, Monkey), started broadcasting Pirate Cat Radio out of his bedroom in Los Gatos, California (a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area) at the age of 15, before studying communications at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He broadcasted the station from Santa Cruz while in college as well as in Los Angeles, CA for a short time.
Roberts was the first unlicensed broadcaster to use Title 47 Section 73.3542 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, which made Pirate Cat Radio technically legal to operate a radio transmitter with out a formal license.
Roberts has hosted several radio shows: "Post-X" and "Monkey and Friends" on Pirate Cat Radio and is now the host of "The News Mongers" and "Plane Crash Play List" on KPDO.
In August 2009 Roberts appeared on Anthony Bourdain's Travel Channel show No Reservations when Bourdain visited Pirate Cat Radio during an episode highlighting the station's in-house cafe.
