PIRATE RADIO, RADIO ENGLAND.

[AudiophileTubes]

Shortwave listeners, just listen in on 6.925 MHz USB, and you'll hear pirate broadcasting! Best time to listen is after sundown, especially on weekends and holidays. I've had lots of luck hearing stations even with an inexpensive Kaito KA1103 pocket receiver!

[twoZJs]

Ron O'Quien and I had physic labs together in Sr Hi School. He was the best evening DJ in our home town back then. Friends and I would drop by the sta once in awhile back then.

Glad to see he had gone so far and places on the air. We last face-to-face visit was summer of '72.  Gods speed Ronnie, I'm still in Texas. 070111.

[fatszenji89]

before pirated digital music, there was pirate radio :)

[hrnewcastle1]

As an American in this modern internet age, I really wish I could have been a part of this. Especially considering the sad state of radio content right now in the U.S., I would LOVE to have some options from ships out in the sea...

[TheDoubledoppler]

funny accents

[lyntonbrown]

3 years on. Yes. No doubt the best jingles ever created (thanks Pams).

Ron O'Quinn is still broadcasting on BigL in late 2010. Still sounding great.

[timbray1953]

a lot of people say that big l was the most professional station in the 60's i think radio england was more professional than radio london.

[ewob2]

We're good for a couple other things.

[myguitardidyermom12]

they have an american accent...thats pretty niffty

[SkinsSpins]

niffty

[billtvmacon]

Ron O'Quinn is a legend. I can't wait to see the movie "The Boat That Rocked" based on this.

[SteffanLlwyd]

I remember listening to Caroline on a holiday in Rhyl (N. wales). It made my Dad ill with annoyance!

[Pauluk33]

what do you mean automatic programming,? tape constatly running? is there a site blog to download full show from caroline etc?

[Mattexmo]

And it was the first European station capable of operating automatic programming. Now that WAS way ahead of its time...

[jimbogm4dhj]

well he was right about crispian st peters.....

[lyndloo]

EXCELLENT!! GREAT MEMS !!THANX !!

[DSVOP]

Thanks Steve Marshall, good to see the Continental Electronics transmitters, quality is fab, and, I note it is a post from Radlett 12. G'day Radlett 12, another fantastic aircheck, with a super video, God Bless you.

[billyredux]

reminds me of 1630 kcjj

[aheemsbe]

what a nice video of this great station, which was there much too short - and NEVER had a successor of the same level!!

[PAULLONDEN]

My gawd....what adventures,

takes my right back «d+_-b»

[HighFlyer186]

Fantastic footage, thank you for posting it.

[charliet1967]

Ron was our Program Director in the early 90's. That man has forgotten more about radio programming than some people will ever know. It was a pleasure to work for him

[colin803]

And another thing...they had the best jingles of any station ever...they still sound brilliant today 41 years later

[contessakitty]

@colin803

It sounds like they use PAMS jingles, which was also used for Musicradio WABC in the 60s.

[colin803]

those of us who are old enough to remember SRE will know it was THE most exciting of all the offshore stations...trouble was it was at least 20 years ahead of its time, and such a pity when it stopped after only 6 months broadcasting. It sounded like this ALL the time 24 hours a day which was an exception in 1966!!! I can assure you

[Dikboom]

The best top 40 radiostation ever in Europa was the Boss-format radiostation Swinging radio England. It was a replay of several radiostations in the USA like WHBQ, WPTR, WFUN

[rolandrat45]

Fantastic footage. Thank you RADLETT2.

[pirate259]

Nice one Dave!

[227SRE]

The best station ever what a blast to see this clip!

[Explorer007]

That's exactly what I was going to put!!

[ade2006]

brillaint takes me back to when I was 16!

[broadcastnow]

That is right Ron O Quinn hit it on the head,when he said 40 years ago on SRE(swing radio england)that other radio were not doing what the public wanted to hear or Not the way it should be done.

Three Cheers for Boss Jock Ron O 'Quinn, may he live for? well as long as he wants.

[jodash2006]

great video