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Sat 04 Apr 2007Old habits die hard for reformed pirateRadio Review:Radiohead at 11 in the morning? I must be listening to Phantom. This is the station where it seems no day is complete without the playing of an Arcade Fire song, and no night can be declared over until Radiohead have had a spin. But to hear the decidedly non-morning person Thom Yorke keening away before 11am? That's what sets this station apart from other music broadcasters.It's now just over five months since the former pirate station took up official residence on Dubliners' radio dials, with a licence to play "alternative rock" to the city. It's a welcome comeback.