Free Radio Forum: Mixcloud: The Story of Radio 270

Part 1
https://www.mixcloud.com/robbie-owen/the-jukebox-drive-in-for-11th-august-2024-hr-2-the-inside-story-of-radio-270/

Part 2
https://www.mixcloud.com/robbie-owen/the-jukebox-drive-in-for-11th-august-2024-hr3-the-inside-story-of-radio-270

Oceaan 7 anchors off the Angel Hotel to pay crew off August 15th 68, I'd seen her sail in

Photo I took of her having anchored at the Whitehall Shipyard, railway line opposite side of the river so could see her going to and from school and Caroline personnel and others onboard day after I'd briefly met Ronan and James Hoolihan the day the aborted sale was agreed.

Tuckley's estate agents advert for her.

David Hughes article in Disc and Music Echo that meant the sale didn't go through. Next page has invoices for fuel, generator maintenance and work done on the ship early April 68.
https://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/april682.htm

I mentioned Wilf Proudfoot's speech in the House of Commons May 26 1971 where he criticised the proposals for heavily regulated Independent Local Radio rather than licencing commercial radio as in the US, Australia and Canada which 270 had campaigned for. The debate is here, put Proudfoot in find to see his interventions and his full speech at 8.20 pm which is number 7 using find.

https://bit.ly/3SxKZGY

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Robbie Owen's Juke Box Drive In Sunday August 11th on Corby Radio has a 2 hour recorded as live feature 8 to 10pm on the Story of Radio 270, a conversation between Robbie and me about it's history from when it was first announced until closedown and the later aborted sale of the Oceaan 7 to Radio Caroline when I briefly met Ronan onboard.

As I've posted online before my Dad, manager of the National Provincial Bank Whitby, was good friends with one of their directors Tony Rylands. The money their shareholders invested was transferred to two Panamanian companies, one owned the ship, the other the equipment. That was done through his bank. Plenty of jingles, audio, adverts, promos and records played by Radio 270 are included.

Listen live here, Magic Echo feed is high quality 320mpbs mp3. Live chat on the Facebook group linked to. The programme will then be on Mixcloud, I'll post the link when it is.

https://www.robbieowen.com/