Comments by "Joe Blow" (@joeblow8593) on "$2 Million Fines For New York City Radio Pirates" video.

  1. My only experience with pirate radio in New York was me listening to the legendary WHOT 91.5 out of Brooklyn NY circa 1989 from some 20 to 25 miles miles away with a directional FM antenna.. Hank Hayes and Jim Nazium were the main DJ's with Tommy Edison sometimes on the air too. They had a deep echo, played a LOT of custom jingles . Their format was mainly oldies and some current tunes like Veronica by Elvis Costello, Angel of Harlem by U2 and of course I won't back down by Tom Petty. They'd operate every weekend when the licensed local station WNYE would go off the air and WHOT would take over the frequency. Hank and Jim ran a great station and they were very entertaining and often very funny too. I know there were other Brooklyn pirates at the time. But WHOT "Ninety one and a half" was the one I listened to. They were a great station with a very talented staff. I think Hank is broadcast engineer now, not sure what Jim and Tommy are doing these days. Thanks for covering the NY pirates...This brings back memories of WHOT from long ago.
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