Pirate Publications' first issue was The Lid Off Laser 558 (ISBN 0-948055-00-6) in 1984 followed by a "Who's Who in British Radio" (ISBN 1900401045) in 1986, jointly with his daughter Dawn.
The Lid off Laser 558 was written about the setting up of offshore radio station LASER 558, which was an incredibly successful radio station in the mid 1980s. By living in Florida during construction of the radio ship (at Port Everglades) Paul was subject only to US laws, and so not breaking the UK legislation, which normally prohibits such work.
LASER 558, was totally legal as it employed only American DJs, was located on a Panamanian ship and anchored in international waters. See this page on this website for more details of Laser 558.
Book Publishing
Paul has also published several books including training manuals for radio stations and other speciality publications
There are still some copies of the Who's Who in British Radio 2002 available, direct from the publisher. This is a large thick book with details of many hundreds of people in the radio industry; it sold for £29.95 (plus postage!) at the time, but you can get a copy now for just £5 a copy,
(plus £3.20 post and packing).
Who's Who in British Radio 2002
Internet Radio 2016 was then published as a solid 276 page softback. Its just £19.95, and although an updated version is in preparation, even the old 2016 edition is crammed with heaps of relevant information.
In 1995 Paul co-edited a book with his daughter Dawn called Who's Who in British Radio. This was a directory of people working in the radio business, in front of and behind the microphone. This sold so well they published a further edition in 2002 which was over 600 pages long.
(The 1996 edition of
Who's Who in British Radio
is now out of print)
Who's Who in British Radio 2002 met with considerable success, despite its hefty price tag of £29.95 per copy. For many years it has been an important reference work for many in the radio business.
Get a copy now for £5, plus P&P
Paul Rusling
Author & Writer
Paul has written for many magazines and currently has over a dozen books in print
The Who's Who in British Radio was republished in 2002 and lists most of the well known (and a lot of the lesser known!) disc jockeys working in British Radio in the last forty years of the 20th Century, offshore, commercial and BBC.
The latest book about Radio Caroline is subtitled Voices on the Air, and lists all those who have been heard on Radio Caroline since Easter 1964. A galaxy of stars, and all the lesser known names too - click the book cover to read more details.
Podcasting is the newest media and is growing at a phenomenal rate. While downloading audio began in the 1990s, it was only in 2004 that the word PODCAST was coined and it took ten years to get any real traction. Podcasting snowballed in recent years and the delivery of individual episodes of programmes "on demand" has attracted a lot of radio's traditional listeners.
Click Book Cover for more details
Is podcasting simply radio "on demand",
with listeners deciding the schedule?
The latest book about Radio Caroline is subtitled Voices on the Air, and lists all those who have been heard on Radio Caroline since Easter 1964. A galaxy of stars, and all the lesser known names too - click the book cover to read more details.
Podcasting is the newest media and is growing at a phenomenal rate. While downloading audio began in the 1990s, it was only in 2004 that the word PODCAST was coined and it took ten years to get any real traction. Podcasting snowballed in recent years and the delivery of individual episodes of programmes "on demand" has attracted a lot of radio's traditional listeners. Click book for more details.
Is podcasting simply radio "on demand",
with listeners deciding the schedule?
The Radio Adventures of the MV Communicator is one of the most action packed stories of offshore radio, told by those who were there!
It's a story of gangsters, crooks and fraudsters, a Government blockade on supplies, the dramas, an armed raid, 'middle of the night" boardings, take-overs and more. The heroes are the gallant crew of DJs and brave bunch of engineers who kept the music and entertainment flowing against all odds while a few landlubbers coined in literally millions or pounds and guilders.
For more details, click the book cover.
