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Movie from 1990s about teenager running pirate radio station in the suburbs

Pump Up the Volume
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Pump Up the Volume

1990

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

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Pump Up the Volume
8.0

Pump Up the Volume

2001

Few movements in music have gained as much critical mass as house music. Pump Up The Volume: A History of House Music is a fantastic 2001 documentary about one of the biggest music groundswells in history, which began in basements and ended up at the forefront of pop culture. The film traces house music from its early days as New York disco to its takeover of Europe’s dance scene through fascinating interviews with the people who propelled the movement and rare footage of the clubs where it came of age.

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Rádio Relâmpago

Rádio Relâmpago

2003

A man who grew up in the '80s, in the midst of the pirate-radio scene, works now at a big, modern radio station, but still holds on to his love for a mysterious female lead singer of a now long gone band. He sets himself to start another pirate-radio, now unlegalized, trying to find her.

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On the Air Live with Captain Midnight

On the Air Live with Captain Midnight

1979

A suburban teen stars a pirate radio station in the back of his van and becomes a cult hero.

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Pirate Radio USA
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Pirate Radio USA

2006

The film showcases illegal radio, or pirate radio in America. DJ’s Him and Her (Pearson and Jones respectively) travel throughout the country meeting and interviewing radio pirates, taking action against the FCC and the World Trade Organization's 1999 Seattle conference.

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Radio Pirates
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Radio Pirates

1935

Three unlikely people set up a pirate radio station in this musical comedy.

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Barrow Gang BC

Barrow Gang BC

1985

Film about a pirate radio station.

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Pirates
8.0

Pirates

1999

A pirate radio, the girl next door, and a test of friendship.

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Piratene
7.0

Piratene

1983

The film follows a gang of unemployed youth in the little town of Svolvær, Lofoten, starting up an illegal radio-channel called "Radio Feskslog".

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Slipstream
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Slipstream

1973

A reclusive Albertan DJ runs his popular pirate radio station in a remote farmhouse but begins to feel pressure from his romantic relationship with a fan and his producer who wants more mainstream content.

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