Radio Caroline to broadcast Queen's Christmas message for the first time | Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News
Radio Caroline is to broadcast the Queen’s Christmas message for the first time, 56 years after its request was refused for being an unauthorised broadcaster. The famous formerly ship-based pirate radio station was founded in 1964 to play pop music all day at a time when broadcasting was dominated by the BBC and pop was played for an hour a week. It was awarded an AM waveband licence from Ofcom in 2017 – half a century after the 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act that was intended to scupper the pirate broadcasters. Radio Caroline to broadcast Queen’s Christmas Message on Christmas D...