<s>
Pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	I-Application
have	O
operated	O
in	O
various	O
countries	O
of	O
Asia	O
,	O
often	O
putting	O
over	O
political	O
or	O
nationalist	O
points	O
of	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
what	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
"	O
stations	O
have	O
broadcast	O
both	O
pro	O
-	O
and	O
anti-government	O
opinions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radio	O
First	O
Termer	O
was	O
a	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
station	I-Application
which	O
operated	O
in	O
January	O
1971	O
in	O
Saigon	O
during	O
the	O
Vietnam	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
audio	O
clips	O
of	O
this	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
show	O
made	O
their	O
way	O
into	O
the	O
hands	O
Opie	O
&	O
Anthony	O
and	O
3rd	O
mic	O
Jim	O
Norton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
them	O
was	O
Radio	O
Tiananmen	O
,	O
a	O
station	O
that	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
aboard	O
the	O
MV	O
Sarah	O
(	O
Lichfield	O
I	O
)	O
to	O
be	O
renamed	O
Liberty	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
former	O
home	O
of	O
Radio	B-Application
Newyork	I-Application
International	I-Application
that	O
broadcast	O
briefly	O
during	O
two	O
consecutive	O
years	O
in	O
late	O
1980s	O
from	O
an	O
anchorage	O
off	O
Jones	O
Beach	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reference	O
to	O
unlicensed	O
land-based	O
stations	O
,	O
the	O
term	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
is	O
in	O
common	O
usage	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
movement	O
began	O
in	O
the	O
liberalising	O
political	O
milieu	O
following	O
the	O
lifting	O
of	O
the	O
decades-long	O
martial	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
DPP	O
formerly	O
in	O
power	O
,	O
and	O
ultimate	O
Taiwan	O
independence	O
and	O
sovereignty	O
is	O
the	O
stance	O
taken	O
by	O
most	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	O
,	O
Taiwan	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
rare	O
examples	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	O
being	O
pro-government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	O
cover	O
their	O
expenses	O
by	O
selling	O
unorthodox	O
drugs	O
or	O
medicine	O
in	O
a	O
humorous	O
and	O
entertaining	O
manner	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
listeners	O
hooked	O
between	O
actual	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Government	O
policy	O
has	O
always	O
treated	O
underground	B-Application
radio	I-Application
as	O
an	O
illegal	O
enterprise	O
,	O
even	O
after	O
the	O
DPP	O
came	O
to	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
stations	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
file	O
official	O
complaints	O
against	O
pirate	B-Application
stations	I-Application
,	O
whose	O
signals	O
are	O
said	O
to	O
interfere	O
with	O
legal	O
broadcasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
in	O
various	O
times	O
and	O
the	O
agency	O
's	O
proper	O
counteractions	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
documented	O
notorious	O
hub	O
of	O
unlicensed	O
operators	O
have	O
been	O
predominantly	O
within	O
Metro	O
Manila	O
while	O
others	O
are	O
from	O
Cebu	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
parts	O
of	O
Mindanao	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
Pathway	O
Radio	O
100.7	O
ceased	O
its	O
broadcasting	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
technical	O
difficulties	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
station	I-Application
because	O
the	O
broadcast	O
permits	O
was	O
not	O
renewed	O
from	O
the	O
National	O
Telecommunications	O
Commission	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
frequency	O
spacing	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
