Radio England - Weather & Closedown 1966

Swingin' Radio England closes down for the night with Dodger Ray (aka Twiggy).
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Swinging Radio England ("SRE") was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the "World's Most Powerful" that operated briefly from 3 May to 13 November 1966 from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. While the station was dubbed as a pirate radio station, its actual operation took place within the laws of the day and its offices were located in the heart of the West End of London. Its representation was by a company formed earlier in the year to represent in Europe the ABC radio and television stations of the United States.
Both the studio and the 50 kiloWatt AM transmitter of Swinging Radio England were located in two separate prefabricated rooms lowered into the two holds of the MV Olga Patricia (later renamed MV Laissez Faire), a World War II vessel built in the USA as a supply ship. The station shared the studio and transmitter holds with a 50 kW AM sister station named Britain Radio which was billed as the Hallmark of Quality and broadcasting a format of easy listening music.
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More info can be found at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_Radio_England

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Offshore
• Pirate
• Radio
• 1960's
• England
• SRE

[jeejee1943]

those were the real radio days. thanks for posting

[BobWXXI]

One of the jocks mentioned in the signoff was "Boom Boom Brannigan." Were they airing tapes made for them by Boom-Boom Brannigan, the afternoon drive jock at WPTR-AM 1540 in Albany, New York from the early 60s to the early 80s? (WPTR was the Capital District's big top 40 blowtorch back in the 1960s, with a 50,000 watt signal that covered all of eastern NY and New England after dark and may have even crossed the ocean and hit Europe once in a while.) Or did they just borrow the original's name?

[bootsamou]

Great Stuff !

[1945Jaap]

Dodger Ray.... Nice! Hahaha

[1945Jaap]

Thanks for sharing this with us! Brings back a lot of memories. Good memories, very good memories.

[1945Jaap]

Thanks for sharing this with us!

[john111257]

back again listening to REAL radio

[groovechaser]

@MrMarkwelby Thanks MrMarkwelby! RIGHT ON!!! I would love to make a cool song like that.

[MrMarkwelby]

@groovechaser its called the fife piper by the dynatones. is on a Goldmine cd called twisted wheel story. came out on Pye over here HBR in the states.

[MrMarkwelby]

@groovechaser