By Shannon Tonkin—- Dan Morris’s reggae-themed pirate radio station, IRIE FM, was shut down for operating without a licence. Aye aye, Captain: Pirate radio broadcaster Dan Morris walks from Wollongong Courthouse.Morris, a self-described ‘Rastafarian’, was frustrated at the absence of reggae music on commercial stations. Dan Morris vividly recalls how he felt the moment investigators from the nation’s broadcasting watchdog walked into his West Wollongong home on February 29 armed with a search warrant. “I felt violated, intruded upon; it was horrible,” he said. “I acknowledge [what I did] was against the law, but it wasn’t wrong. “I feel a bit like the little bug being squashed.” The Australian Communications and Media Authority was at Morris’ house for one reason that day: to shut down his unlicensed “pirate” radio station, IRIE FM. Morris, a self-described ‘Rastafarian’ frustrated … Read entire article »