Offshore Echo's
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RADIO CAROLINE
Radio Caroline is probably the most famous of all the offshore
“pirate” radio stations, and her story has become something of a
broadcasting legend.
These pages from Offshore Echo’s look at the history of the famous
offshore station, through the 1960’s - from the start of Caroline &
Atlanta and their merger, the 1967 Marine Offences Act, and the
fateful day in March 1968 when both Caroline ships were seized and
forced off the air.
The story continues into the 1970's, with Carolines return off the Dutch coast, the move back off England and persecution by the UK authorities. Radio Caroline was eventually silenced, not by Government, but by Mother Nature, when her ship sank during storms in March 1980.
The
loss of the Mi Amigo wasn't the end of the story, it was just the
close of a chapter.
Radio Caroline's third era of broadcasting was soon to begin -
from a brand new radio ship - the MV Ross Revenge.
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The Radio Caroline story - updated
December 2009
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