Rinse

Rinse FM is a London pirate radio station. It also broadcasts over the Internet. The station plays grime, dubstep, UK garage, and other underground music genres. Founded in 1994, it provided the first exposure to Dizzee Rascal and Wiley and later provided a home for dubstep DJs like Skream, Kode9, and Plastician. The station has been described as London's biggest pirate radio station. In 2005 the station's illegal broadcasts resulted in one of its DJs, Slimzee, receiving an ASBO (believed to be the first of its kind) banning him from every rooftop in the borough of Tower Hamlets. Rinse began broadcasting on the internet in 2006, and also has a podcast. As of August 2007 the station was seeking a legal FM license. The station's focus (like that of London's urban music scene in general) shifted toward funky in 2006-2007.