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Offshore Echo's
presents
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.
Radio Carolines returned in 1983, with a brand new ship - MV Ross
Revenge, and was soon joined by another radioship
Laser 558, quickly leading to a popular revival of offshore radio.
The authorities were not amused and Laser was a causualty of a
siege against the radioships.
However Radio Caroline won through and continued broadcasting.
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The Radio Caroline story -
updated December 2011
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