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A FORMER pirate radio station has finally been given the green light to broadcast the Queen’s Christmas message – more than 50 years after being…
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...
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...
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...
Radio Caroline finally gets go ahead for Queen’s message Radio Caroline will be broadcasting the Queen’s Christmas Message on Christmas Day this year, 56 years after being turned down for being an unauthorised broadcaster. On 1st December 1964, David Block, publicity officer for the then pirate radio station, contacted the BBC to request a copy of the Queen’s Christmas message. He was told that, despite Caroline claiming more than 12 million listeners, his request could not be entertained because Caroline was a pirate radio station, and to come back ‘if and when’ he cou...