The radio waves belonging to regional station Mansfield 103.2 are being repeatedly hacked, with Ofcom saying that a broadcasting enthusiast with his own transmission equipment is illegally inserting his favourite novelty song into the radio station's broadcasts.
The track in question is the sadly catchy The Winker’s Song by 1980s double entendre specialist Ivor Biggun, which has apparently been broadcast on the same frequency as the station at least eight times in recent weeks, treating listeners to a weird song about masturbation instead of Olly Murs or Angels by Robbie Williams or whatever Mansfield 103.2 usually plays.
The most recent insertion of the wanking song came this weekend, when, during a broadcast from Mansfield’s Party in the Market event, the rogue pirate struck again, introducing all ages of listener to the phrase "pulling my pud."
The station's manager Tony Delahunty said of the hack: "We are told by Ofcom who are investigating the matter, that you only need, and this is the frightening thing, a small transmitter and if you can get near where there is an outside broadcast or a signal and you can overpower that signal [and] you're on the airwaves."
Ofcom's spectrum enforcement team is on the case. [Guardian]
More Radio Posts:
Old Radio 1 Shows and DJs Dusted Off for 50th Anniversary
Calling all original DJs not currently in jail for historic offences.
BBC's Slow Radio to Feature Four-Hour Walk in the Countryside
Puffs and pants and swearing of the sound team hopefully edited out.
BBC Casts Real Robot To Play Robot In "I, Robot"
His characters include a digital diary and a drinks-making robot
shares