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Re: YouTube: UK Offshore Radio Timeline

Posted by Gerry Powell

on 10/4/2024, 13:14:13, in reply to "Re: YouTube: UK Offshore Radio Timeline"

Yes Freddie, Peter did brilliantly to get back on air so soon after the August '89 raid. It helped when the Dutch PTT said they were going for dinner so us crew salvaged what was still around and stashed it away, under the record library bench seats was one place I recall. We just had to be aware of Jim Murphy from the Dti who was onboard prowling around. At one point we had our cabins searched, don't recall whether before or after we 'stashed'.

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Or make it half an hour & include the 1975 "Switch it off" raid Gerry, as well !
Yes, I thought it was great when Chicago coaxed the little TX back to life a month or so later - I was staying in Hemsby at the time on the Norfolk coast.

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Should have been 24 then, Freddie.
The raid was one of the most significant moments in offshore radio in my opinion. But who am I to say?

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I suppose you can only squeeze so much in a 23 history

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Very nice presentation.
Just a shame there is no mention of the 19th August 1989 raid on Caroline (interruption) and the resuming of broadcasts in October.

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A well researched 23 minute history of offshore radio to the UK with audio from each station has been uploaded to YouTube by TV and Radio Timelines:

"A visual history of the UK's offshore radio stations told primarily through logos, jingles and broadcast extracts. In celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of regular programming from Radio Caroline on 28th March 1964, this video presents an overview of offshore “pirate” radio stations, the target audience of which was - or included - the United Kingdom"