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The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame The Radio Academy is holding a major event in August to celebrate the legacy of sixties offshore radio. Dozens of offshore radio DJs of the era have been invited and it could be the biggest gathering of ex-pirates ever. She was followed by a host of other radio stations based on boats and marine structures dotted around the coast. www.offshoreradio.co.uk   (729 words)

Offshore radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The majority of offshore broadcasters have been pirate radio stations, using seaborne broadcasting as a means to circumvent national broadcasting regulations, but the practice has also been used by legitimate broadcasting organisations like the Voice of America. Offshore pirate stations have operated off the coasts of Belgium, Denmark, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, The United Kingdom and even (on rare occasions) The United States. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Offshore_radio   (129 words)

Radio Caroline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Radio Caroline is a European radio station that originally commenced transmissions as an offshore radio station broadcasting from a ship anchored off the coast of South East England in international waters. Radio Caroline chose a wavelength announced as 199 metres (which rhymed with "Caroline".) In reality the station was on 197.3 metres (1520 kHz) at the highest end of the Medium Wave Band next to Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres. Later, offshore radio ships were anchored off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and since 1960 Radio Veronica had been broadcasting successfully to the Netherlands from a ship off the Dutch coast. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Radio_Caroline   (4821 words)

index When European offshore "pirate" radio was in its heyday in the 1960’s, as well as personality deejays and catchy jingles, every station had its own theme, every deejay had their theme, and every show had its theme. Radio themes continued to be heard during the 70’s, but personality deejays were becoming no longer the in thing, jingles became shorter and less frequent, and as for themes, they just went. Nearly all of the offshore radio stations had a theme tune, which was generally played at the start and end of the days broadcasts. www.offshoreechos.com /offshorethemes   (849 words)

Pirate radio - InformationBlast Pirate radio is the unlicensed use of radio spectrum reserved for commercial, governmental, or public use (although shortwave radio pirates are also common in the radio world). Pirate radio is frequently associated with the anarchism movement. The most famous of these Pirate Radio stations is Radio Caroline that broadcast to great areas of the U.K., with many famous Disc Jockey's working because of their great love of the music of the era. www.informationblast.com /Offshore_radio.html   (803 words)

Offshore radio: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio radio quick summary: Radio is the transmission of signals without wires, by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light.... Offshore pirate stations have operated off the coasts of Belgium[Click link for more facts about this topic], EHandler: no quick summary. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/of/offshore_radio.htm   (371 words)

Yorkshire's own offshore radio station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) In his book about Radio 270, Bob Preedy recollects the short history of this offshore station that was aiming its programmes at the British East Coast, more specially at the city of Scarborough. Radio 270 was an offshore station, that was on air for just fifteen months and — aiming its programmes at Yorkshire — could be named a regional radio station. Scarborough not only was the town where offshore radio station Radio 270 held office, but also the location to held the post address, where listeners could send their requests or order the original "Radio 270 Offers" like the Radio 270 stockings or the Radio 270 transistor radio. www.icce.rug.nl /~soundscapes/VOLUME05/PreedyUK.html   (1104 words)

Soundscapes' dossier: Offshore radio stations In this contribution to our series on the forty-year history of Radio Caroline, he takes us through some of his notes scribbled down in the years between 1968 and 1972, when Radio Caroline was not on the air from her own ships. One of the recent Radio London RSL's was attended by Tom Danaher, the man who stood at the station's crib and rigged up the impressive transmitter facilities on board of the ship that in 1964 would become Radio London's home base, the MV Galaxy. The famous radio station defied the Act and even claimed it recognised her right to be at sea and broadcast. www.icce.rug.nl /oger-bin/contents/dossiers.cgi?06   (9381 words)

RadioForts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) These radio stations were not in fact "pirates", nor were they illegal, they simply broadcast from ships and marine structures outside of their target countries territorial borders. This is the story of the offshore stations based on former wartime defence forts in the British Thames estuary. Radio Tower, was a much smaller station, that never really managed to get much beyond the test transmission stage, but they had ambitious plans for an offshore television station. freespace.virgin.net /line.design/forts/radioforts.htm   (395 words)

Pirate & Offshore Radio, Radio Caroline, Radio London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Radio London (Big L) was perhaps the largest and was established by MD Philip Birch on 12th December 1964 and broadcast from the MV Galaxy on 266m (1137kHz) with a powerful and clear 50kW Ampliphase transmitter and wonderful Amercian jingles produced by the PAMS jingle production house. The Radio London organisation returned to make several licenced RSL broadcasts in the 1990's, and have recently obatained a licence to broadcast from The Netherlands on 1008 kHz from either Flevoland or possibly the disused offshore survey platform, REM Island, which would be a fitting location for their transmitter. Radio Caroline continued broadcasting on medium wave, but the station suffred at the hands of the weather and the authorities; a severe storm felled the massive 300ft mast in 1987, but brave the station was finally taken off the air in 1991 during a armed raid by the UK government. dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/r/arar93/mds975/Content/pirateradio.html   (2842 words)

Offshore Radio Newsflash The director of Q Radio, which is hiring the ship from Veronica, now decided that the contract with Veronica for hiring the ship is signed up to 2000 when the several licences (including Q radio) will be a thing of the past. The Radio Forts is the new double CD from Offshore Echo's, telling the story of the Fort based offshore radio stations, Radio's Sutch, City, Tower, Invicta, KING, 390, Essex, BBMS and the story of Sealand. The local radio station in Harlingen [a small seaport in the Northern part of Holland] RSH is dedicating an 80 hours broadcast to the four days festival called the fishing days, that celebrates the fact that Harlingen used to be an important port for the fishing fleet. www.offshoreradio.de /NF13.htm   (7151 words)

Offshore Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) This site, run by Radio London Ltd, is dedicated to Radio London (Big L), the Big L Fab 40 charts, 60s Offshore Radio and Music. An account in the life of a DJ on a high seas pirate radio stations operating in the North Sea. Offshore Music Radio plays the hits from the radio ships in stereo 24 hours a day from our studios in North Lincolnshire direct to your PC... www.ofoffshore.info /info/Offshore-Radio   (331 words)

The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame: Disc-Jockeys N-P When Radio Scotland launched, its Managing Director Tommy Shields, who had been Head of Publicity at STV, recognised the enormous pulling power of this lunchtime mix of songs, sketches, interviews, birthday dedications and jokes, so he signed up some of the original TV stars to present a radio version. However, although his offshore radio career was brief, he has improved since then and worked in broadcasting for many years. There is a recording of Peter on South Coast Radio, Cork, and a photo of him on Radio Nova, Dublin, on the DX Archive web-site. www.offshoreradio.co.uk /djsn2p.htm   (4130 words)

Offshore Radio Newsflash The organisation behind former commercial radio and tv station, who sold their licences to the HMG Group have been allowed again to use the name Veronica for a new radio and television station in a proposed joint deal with satellite station The Box. Roy Bates and his family were interviewed on their activities within radio in the sixties of the last century and all the things, which have happened and will 'happen' in the future with the isle. Radio Essex was the first British station to broadcast 24 hours a day and the only pirate at that time to dedicate itself as a pioneer to local commercial radio. www.offshoreradio.de /NF34.htm   (7919 words)

Radio Syd A visit on the radio ships used by Radio Syd, m/s Cheeta which eventually sank in Malmö harbor. One of the employees at Radio Syd Lennart "Rock Chrichan" Christiansson made a record dedicated to his boss. Britt Wadner, the owner of the offshore station Radio Syd, which closed down in January 1966, came to Gambia. home.swipnet.se /offshoreradio/radiosyd   (208 words)

RNW: Offshore Radio Welcome to Radio Netherlands' compilation of Internet World Wide Web pages and other links to the world of offshore nostalgia and (in some cases) stations still operating from the high seas. Offshore Echos is the only magazine in the world solely devoted to offshore radio news and nostalgia. It currently has biographies of 130 offshore radio personalities, illustrated by 80 audio files, and is growing larger by the day. www2.rnw.nl /rnw/en/features/media/links/offshoreradio.html?view=Standard   (763 words)

Radio Paradijs History. Offshore in the 80's & Land based in the 90's.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Offshore in the 80's and Land based in the 90's. For the first time in offshore radio history filistran guy wires were used, which is very expensive but does away with the need to install porcelain insulators, which are even more expensive. Because in the past many offshore stations dragged their anchor in severe storms and were lost, great was taken in procuring an proper anchor and anchor chain for the vessel. www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/Studio/6649/History.htm   (816 words)

The Golden Days of Offshore Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) This is an edited extract of the short lived Radio Delmare from the MV Aegir II recorded in June 1979. Radio Mi Amigo International broadcast on 272 metres from the MV Magdelena, anchored off the Belgian coast. Despite having the huge talents of ex-offshore radio djs, Tommy Vance, Dave Cash and Kenny Everett (with a revived "Kenny and Cash show) the station was not a commercial success. www.enuu93.plus.com /sounds.htm   (545 words)

Offshore Music Radio - Home If you enjoyed the programmes from the pirate radio ships, in the 1960's and 70's,such as Radios Caroline, London, 270, City, Scotland, Nordsee, Veronica, and Atlantis etc, then we hope you'll like our station. At your desk at work or relaxing at home,Offshore Music Radio is here 24 hours a day to entertain you. Here at Offshore Music Radio we are keen to recruit DJs from Europe and the USA/Canada to add to our team on our internet radio station. www.offshoremusicradio.com   (309 words)

Offshoreradio Club - Home The Offshore Radio Archive is a group trying to collect, save and spread amongst its members as many of these broadcast programmes as possible. The Offshore Radio Archive is a sharing club where members help each other to collect radio recordings of offshore radio stations. In the meantime, the Offshore Radio Archive has collected thousands of hours of recordings, of almost all offshore stations. www.offshoreradio.org /downloadclub2/index_en.php   (409 words)

The Offshore Radio Ships The story of the rise and fall of offshore radio and how it affected the music industry. The ship was used as a transmitter for land-based station Holland FM 9/94 to 10/94, Hit Radio Holland FM 10.94-10/95, Hit Radio Veronica from 10/95. This was not the same ship as the Magda Maria of 1961, but there is a connection as the ship was intended as a replacement for the Mi Amigo after it sank. www.radiowaves.org.uk /stations/ships.shtml   (832 words)

Offshore 1990+ However, the management have been accused by some of abandoning its ideals of free radio and Loving Awareness by paying the RSL licence fees which may allegedly have then funded Radiocommunications Agency raids on current pirate radio stations. Radio London RSL from Clacton-on-Sea on 1134 kHz MW Such was the demand from listeners, whether it be backlash or nostalgia, and the accompanying enthusiasm of broadcasters and sponsors, that the 1990s, especially the last three years, saw this remarkable revival of offshore pirate broadcasting to the English mainland. Radio Caroline is the ‘odd man out’ (or should that be ‘odd Lady out’?!?) here, it being a current, ongoing, and hopefully future project as a ‘cutting-edge’ commercial music station. www.qsl.net /m1eyp/offshore.htm   (495 words)

Offshore Music Radio - Meet Our D.J's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) Radio NorthSea International and re-ignited in the 1980s by Laser. My fascination with radio began when I was 7 years old in 1964. on offshore radio culminating in an obsession with www.offshoremusicradio.com /dj.html   (1915 words)

Satellite Radio Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) XM is America's #1 Satellite Radio Service - Over 150 Digital Channels, Featuring 100% Commercial-Free Music and the Best News, Sports, and Talk... Censorship appears to be a popular American pastime: every so often, some group goes bonkers over some perceived indecency or obscenity and demands that the government reign in an... Provides satellite-to-car radio broadcasting, offering digital compact disc quality sound, commercial free programming and variety of different music channels. www.sun80s.com /satellite-radio-free.html   (204 words)

The Offshore Radio Guide This is my new guestbook - please drop me line "The reason for true ship based, and of course fort based, offshore radio has always been that it is free of governmental control and interference." (Chris Edwards in Offshore Echo's Magazine Issue 98) John Lennon on "offshore radio" (mp3-file, 65 kB) www.offshore-radio.de   (116 words)

Welcome to The Offshore Radio Guide More than 500 MB of offshore radio files ! On the Rapidshare page scroll down, click on "Free", scroll down again and wait for more than 60 seconds to be able to download the suitable file by entering the visible code in colour. John Lennon on "offshore radio" (mp3-file, 65 kB) www.offshore-radio.de /offshore.htm   (217 words)

Israeli Offshore Radio | MetaFilter September 4, 2004 7:50 AM Israeli offshore radio. Read up on the unique situation of pirate radio in Israel, following in the footsteps of Radio Caroline. Until only a few years ago, they were still broadcasting from aboard a ship, the King David, but now last offshore radio ship has been broken up, there are only land-based pirates. www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/35381   (97 words)

Flare Radio's Offshore Radio Message Board Any post on offshore radio which adheres to these rules will be welcome. You are particularly encouraged to post news items and information, especially if it does not appear on similar boards/forums at the time of posting. Flare Radio is not responsible for any problems which arise as a result of visiting other sites mentioned by visitors. members4.boardhost.com /laserbeam   (2034 words)

Offshore Radio | Radio waves How offshore radio shaped modern British political life Talk about this site on The Wirelist - Join or email if already a member. Submit a web page relevant to this page www.transdiffusion.org /rmc/offshore   (43 words)

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