0:00 – Show open6:59 – Recap of the FCC bust at Johnny Lightning’s house 11:04 – Jim Nazium speed-walks back: “The FCC is here!” and names the agents 14:03 – Agents storm out; the high-speed chase begins 18:15 – Aftermath at JL’s apartment: bent steel door and injuries 23:06 – Hank finds Pete unresponsive from violent seasickness 26:34 – Pete wakes up alone on the MV Sarah for nearly a week 32:59 – Pete discovers the flooded engine room on his last morning 36:32 – Pete issues a “I think I’m having a Mayday” call to the Coast Guard 39:52 – Coast Guard cutter arrives and pumps out the engine room 48:43 – Reflection on not panicking and parallel stories of cool under pressure

00:00 - Chasing the FCC out of New York!14:00 - The FCC Storms into Johnny Lightning's house!!19:00 - The Door Battle22:00 - High-Speed FCC Car Chase28:00 - Confronting Dan Noel at the Lincoln Tunnel40:00 - Aftermath & Going All-In on Broadcasting

The Pirate Radio Guy Podcast Episode 22Hollywood Calling! July 4th FCC Fireworks!0:00 – Intro2:10 – Brooklyn housing project origins5:21 – How first modified radio transmitter worked6:15 – Claiming Brooklyn as the U.S. pirate radio hub7:25 – First FCC bust of WCPR (1976) and confrontation with Judah Mansbach9:06 – Return with bigger & better WFAT 1620 AM10:01 – FCC 47-agent task force & agents stationed on the World Trade Center11:02 – The dramatic second bust (broken elevator, crying act, antenna cut)16:34 – The final bedroom station and July 4, 1989 marathon show setup20:00 – “I Play Rocky” promo tie-in and Hollywood connection23:05 – New York Times article that changed everything24:55 – William Morris Agency call & negotiations with documentarian Bob Sharp31:44 – Selling the life-story rights / option deal33:07 – Near-miss casting: John Belushi as Hank & Eddie Murphy as Jimnasium34:49 – Why the movie was never made (director demand vs. Paramount)~1:16:00 onward – Extended aircheck/video recap of the chaotic July 4, 1989 street broadcast (fireworks, rain, callers, t-shirts)1:36:26 – Strapping a quarter-stick of dynamite to the AKG mic and blowing it up live1:47:03 – Wrap-up of the 1989 finale and podcast close.

The full account of the July 7, 1989 US Marshals & FCC raid on Pirate Radio WHOT Brooklyn.

6:41 – Origin story: housing project, first Penny Lane broadcast proof 8:40 – Scaling power, Radio New York International ship (1987) 9:05 – Arch-nemesis FCC engineer Judah Mansbach introduced 11:15 – Local talk radio vs. syndicated Larry King takeover 12:35 – Classic WFAT station IDs & sweepers 17:48 – Hank’s time as producer/screener on the syndicated Lionel show 22:06 – July 7, 1989 raid begins (7:30 a.m. pajamas story) 24:46 – Agent Rolph kicks in the door with gun drawn 26:26 – Judah Mansbach enters the bedroom; warrant & equipment seizure 29:44 – FCC agent gets shocked by the tube transmitter 35:33 – Rooftop antenna cut-down with Judah 40:00 – Later letter from Assistant US Attorney & court appearance 57:03 – Parents notice Channel 7 interference → recording Judah’s stakeout 1:00:05 – Binoculars view of the FCC car outside the window 1:01:35 – Play & breakdown of Judah’s surveillance tape (ice-ball window, 100-watt claims, Van Wyck, audience reports) 1:06:08 – FOIA file revelations: near-misses, building painting, goodbye-for-now show 1:10:04 – Ham radio operator’s false “overthrow the government” letter in the file 1:14:12 – Judah’s compliment: clean signal, no interference with licensed stations 1:17:05 – Henry Paulison (NY field office chief) mentioned; earlier bust visit 1:19:57 – East Coast task force (47–49 agents), World Trade Center stakeout, helicopter standby

00:00 – The pirate radio origin story08:00 – Buying the first real Electro-Voice microphone28:00 – The Beatles breakup that sparked the radio dream38:00 – Broadcasting to neighbor Mary46:00 – The FCC bust stories & dramatic escapes1:01:00 – The Golden Era of marathon shows & ship radio1:18:00 – Pete’s Pizza Hake Program & Jim’s Tuesday show info

After the FCC shut them down 50 years ago, the duo turned to late-night prank calls, lighting up Long John Nebel & Candy Jones on WMCA, Larry King, phone operators, random strangers, and more.

0:00 – Intro1:15 – “Penny Lane” by The Beatles3:00 – Full AM station8:30 – 50+ years of pirate radio12:00 – The FCC: Judah Mansbach16:00 – Classic Judah Mansbach answering-machine threat18:00 – Filling the gap in commercial radio20:00 – Hank’s stint in legal radio and why it failed27:00 – Salumeria sympathy after CBS appearance32:40 – CBS No Holds Barred segment 1:31:00 – Radio New York International (RNI) footage1:34:00 – The ship tower, FM antennas1:35:45 – Below decks: the studio, WPIX mixing board1:56:00 – News coverage: all charges against RNI dropped after the raid1:59:00 – Aftermath – Al Weiner gets legal license (WBCQ Monticello, Maine)2:03:00 – Closing, subscribe calls & classic RNI-style sign-off

After the FCC shut them down the duo turned to late-night prank calls, lighting up Long John Nebel & Candy Jones on WMCA, Larry King, phone operators, random strangers, and more.