Excerpts from A Tale of Pirates, Texans and Teenagers. The story of Swinging Radio England. Includes interviews with Johnnie Walker, Roger Day, Dave Cash and Pete Brady.
Thanks for this. This really was the golden age of British radio. Radio England was really slick and professional, but never reached it's full potential. The baby boomers will never forget SRE, Radio London and Radio Caroline.
Oh God. It was a marvellous time to be young and to listen to pirate radio stations. What a blast. I remember shedding tears when the BBC and the UK government brought them down. Disgusting. Radio 1 was supposed to be the answer and for some it was, but it never recreated the excitement generated by the pirate stations.
Her verhaal van dit zendschip is niet compleet: Er was een tweede station aanwezig met de naam Britse Radio. Deze zond easy listening muziek uit. Wat het verhaal hierachter is weet ik niet. Toen het voor swinging radio england afgelopen was, heeft men nog een poging ondernomen via Nederland . in het begin noemde men het station radio dolfijn, maar dit had geen een succes. Na de doorstart met Radio 227 werd het wel wat serieuzer. Heel wat Nederlandse jocks hebben hun carrière begonnen op 227. Financiële problemen zorgden echter voor het opdoeken van radio 227. Dat men gestopt is voor het aankomende verbod van uitzendingen offshore klopt niet helemaal The story of this radio ship is not complete: There was a second station on board called British Radio. This broadcast easy listening music. I don't know what the story behind this is. When it was over for Swinging Radio England, another attempt was made via the Netherlands. In the beginning the station was called radio dolphin, but this was not a success. After the restart with Radio 227, things became a bit more serious. Many Dutch jocks started their careers at 227. However, financial problems led to the closure of radio 227. The fact that people stopped because of the upcoming ban on offshore broadcasts is not entirely correct
I was a Radio Caroline fan and still am to this day, I did tune over to London for John Peel's Perfumed Garden if I remembered but I don't recall listening to Radio England at all which is a shame, wish I had. Interestingly, after the England ship ceased broadcasting their transmitters were taken off and sold to an outfit in Swaziland southern Africa and apparently are still in use.
The second station was named Britain Radio, not British Radio
The second station was named Britain Radio, not British Radio
Thanks for this. This really was the golden age of British radio. Radio England was really slick and professional, but never reached it's full potential. The baby boomers will never forget SRE, Radio London and Radio Caroline.
The government was all out to quash peoples enjoyment....... same today
The Labour party and Tony Benn the postmaster General.
Oh God. It was a marvellous time to be young and to listen to pirate radio stations. What a blast. I remember shedding tears when the BBC and the UK government brought them down. Disgusting. Radio 1 was supposed to be the answer and for some it was, but it never recreated the excitement generated by the pirate stations.
Totally agree
Her verhaal van dit zendschip is niet compleet:
Er was een tweede station aanwezig met de naam Britse Radio. Deze zond easy listening muziek uit. Wat het verhaal hierachter is weet ik niet.
Toen het voor swinging radio england afgelopen was, heeft men nog een poging ondernomen via Nederland . in het begin noemde men het station radio dolfijn, maar dit had geen een succes. Na de doorstart met Radio 227 werd het wel wat serieuzer. Heel wat Nederlandse jocks hebben hun carrière begonnen op 227.
Financiële problemen zorgden echter voor het opdoeken van radio 227.
Dat men gestopt is voor het aankomende verbod van uitzendingen offshore klopt niet helemaal
The story of this radio ship is not complete:
There was a second station on board called British Radio. This broadcast easy listening music. I don't know what the story behind this is.
When it was over for Swinging Radio England, another attempt was made via the Netherlands. In the beginning the station was called radio dolphin, but this was not a success. After the restart with Radio 227, things became a bit more serious. Many Dutch jocks started their careers at 227.
However, financial problems led to the closure of radio 227.
The fact that people stopped because of the upcoming ban on offshore broadcasts is not entirely correct
I was a Radio Caroline fan and still am to this day, I did tune over to London for John Peel's Perfumed Garden if I remembered but I don't recall listening to Radio England at all which is a shame, wish I had. Interestingly, after the England ship ceased broadcasting their transmitters were taken off and sold to an outfit in Swaziland southern Africa and apparently are still in use.