Dread Broadcasting Corporation: The pirate that changed British radio

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In 1981 Rita Marley’s member Leroy Anderson aka Lepke launched the Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Europe’s archetypal dedicated achromatic euphony station.

Frustrated by the deficiency of airtime for reggae euphony successful the UK, Lepke setup a mast successful his backmost plot and began to broadcast to a tiny country of West London each Sunday afternoon. DBC soon expanded to screen each styles of achromatic euphony and with its unmistakable logo featuring a dread with headphones and a spliff became a trailblazer for the aboriginal of achromatic British vigor successful the UK.

Carmella Jervier aka Sister C told Witness History however proceeding achromatic pistillate DJs similar the Ranking Miss P connected DBC inspired her to go a DJ.

Witness History: The stories of our times told by the radical who were there.

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