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The information for these pages has come for a variety of sources. It has been gathered over the years from numerous newspaper and magazine articles, from radio station press releases, from reference books and from some of the DJs themselves. If you spot any mistakes or have further information please get in touch.
Many thanks to those who have already done so including Mary, five Peters, one Pete, Duncan, three Steves, four Tonys, five Davids, five Daves, Des, three Pauls, Declan, Errol, two Rays, Roy, five blokes called Chris, Ken, Wayne, four Johns, Martin, Martyn, Tim, Tom, three Keiths, three Grahams, four Stuarts, Wendy, five Bobs, Rob, Kenny, Rachel, Johnnie, Helen, Alma, two Andys, three Ians, two Georges, Arthur, Bill, Ben, two Andrews, Miles, Clive, four Alans, Norman, two Jerrys, one Gerry, Jimmy, Jim, three guys called Hans, two Micks, four Mikes, two Carls, Karl, Gary, Woolf, a couple of Ricks, Bruce, Natalie, Roma, Carolyn, Ted, Raoul, Nick, Doug, James, Ruth, Maggie, four Richards, Dickie, Susan, Alex, Hannah, JJ, Jack, a couple of Colins, Lynne, Jon, Jonathan, Susannah, Look, Lars, Eric, Simon, Shirley, Phil, Wim, Ronnie, Robbie, two Geoffs, one Jeff, Gary, Thule, Gordon, Greg, two Normans, Harm, Ross, Roland, Joanna, Joyce, Albie, Petra, Jelle, Jempi, Bernard, Derek, Charlie, Manfred, Penny, Brian, Nigel, Fred, Harry, Michele, Mavis, Byron, Terry, Marion, Howard, Fiona, two Robins, the groovy Mark T and Clive from Hot'n'Gold.
The most useful magazines have been:
Offshore Echo's
which has been published five times a year since 1974 and is the country's
premier free radio magazine. Most of the DJ theme tune information included in
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame came from a series
of articles in Offshore Echo's. Chris Edwards, the magazine's editor,
has now added this information to the magazine
web
site. Other theme tune details have come
from Jim Parkes' Encyclopedia of Offshore Broadcasting.
We have also plundered
Monitor which was a fantastically detailed and well-researched fanzine produced with
tender loving care until his death by Roland “Buster” Pearson. Some articles from back issues of the magazines
are now available on-line at Monitor 2 and
2(b)
Radio News - a free four-page supplement published in
the London Weekly Advertiser during early 1967.
Beatwave which only lasted for a couple of issues during the sixties.
Deejay & Radio Monthly which put out about a dozen issues
during the early seventies.
Free Radio News - published by the Free Radio Campaign in the
late sixties and early seventies.
Free Radio Times - launched in 1969 by the Free Radio Association.
After one issue it changed its name to Sound,
Script which later became Radio Guide and
Wavelength magazines.
These books have all been useful in compiling The Pirate
Radio Hall of Fame. Most of them are now out of print but Amazon occasionally has copies of some,
either new or second-hand:
From International Waters by Mike Leonard. Published 1997 by Forest
Press. This massive book covers sixty years of offshore radio from early attempts in the
twenties to the very last stations off the coast of Israel. The same author is also responsible
for The Beat Fleet. This smaller volume, published 2004, concentrates on the
British stations of the sixties. It is available from Amazon or direct from the publisher:
Forest Press, PO Box 1, Heswall, Wirral CH60 3TH, price £9.99 (plus £2.75 postage
and packing within the UK).
The London Sound by Brian Long. Privately printed and published,
this epic and fascinating labour of love tells the Radio London story in the minutest detail.
All copies have now been sold.
The Music Spinners: Britain's Radio DJs, edited by Nik Oakley and
Dave Gotz, published in 1976 by MRP, it is an A to Z of the country's broadcasters of that time.
Offshore Radio by Gerry Bishop. Published in 1975 by Iceni Enterprises.
Encyclopaedic and comprehensive, it is complete up to the closure of the Dutch pirates and
the return of Radio Caroline to the UK coast in 1974.
Pirate Radio Then And Now by Stuart Henry
and Mike Von Joel. Published 1984 by Blandford Press, it is a diary of offshore events from
the sixties to the birth of Laser-558.
Pop Went The Pirates by Keith Skues. Published 1994 by Lambs
Meadow Publications to tie in with offshore radio's thirtieth birthday. The definitive account of the British
pirate era written by someone who was an integral part of it. Many of the birthdates in The
Pirate Radio Hall of Fame have come from this highly recommended book. A revised edition,
Pop Went The Pirates II, was published in hardback in 2009 and is available from
www.popwentthepirates.co.uk and
Amazon.
Radio 270 - Life On The Oceaan Waves, published 2002, and
Radio Caroline North: Rockin' & Rollin',
published 2004. Both by Bob Preedy. See below or go
to www.yorkshirebooks.org.uk.
Radio Caroline by John Venmore-Rowland. Published by Landmark
Press in 1967, just ahead of the introduction of the Marine Offences Act, it covers
Caroline's early years.
Radio Caroline: The Pirate Years by Ralph C. Humphries, published
2003 by the Oakwood Press. Despite the title, this is actually a brisk journey through the
history of all the offshore stations, not just Caroline, from the fifties to the sinking of
the m.v Mi Amigo in 1980. Not entirely error-free (it claims that Caroline played
the Rolling Stones' Satisfaction and the Beatles' All You Need Is Love
during the opening weekend of Easter 1964. Neither had even been recorded then!)
but it is still an interesting addition to any fan's library.
Selling The Sixties: The Pirates And Pop Music by Robert
Chapman. Published by Routledge in 1992, it is an analysis of the various stations'
programme policies. It is available in
hardback or
paperback from Amazon.
The Wet And Wild History Of Radio Caroline 1964-2004 edited by
Hans Knot and published in 2004 to coincide with Radio Caroline's fortieth birthday. It
contains reminiscences from a wide range of people who have been involved with the station over the
years. One for the serious offshore enthusiast, it can be ordered from the publisher, The
Foundation for Media Communication, at PO Box 53121, 1007 RC Amsterdam. In Holland and Belgium it
costs €25. Everywhere else, it is £20. More details here.
When Pirates
Ruled The Waves by Paul Harris. Originally published in 1968, it then told the story of UK offshore radio
up to the towing-away of the two Caroline ships in March of that year. It has since been combined with a
later book covering the Dutch pirate era to produce a new edition which takes the story up to the mid-seventies.
See here for details.
Who's Who In Pop Radio by Peter Alex. Published in 1966 by
New English Library, it contains photographs and biographies of every DJ working in radio
at the time.
The Wonderful Radio London Story by Chris Elliot. Published in 1997
by East Anglian Productions to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the station's
demise. A very detailed account of the life of Britain's most successful pirate.
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame recommends the
following, all of which are still in print:
Keith Skues's definitve history of offshore radio, now revised and updated. It is available in hardback from www.popwentthepirates.co.uk and Amazon. |
Bob Preedy tells the story of Yorkshire's very own offshore station, Radio 270. Available from Amazon, www.yorkshirebooks.org.uk or R.E.Preedy, Wetherby Cinema, Wetherby LS22 4RU, Yorkshire. |
Bob Preedy tells the story of Radio Caroline's northern ship. Available from Amazon, www.yorkshirebooks.org.uk or R.E.Preedy, Wetherby Cinema, Wetherby LS22 4RU, Yorkshire. |
A newly published 6th edition of Paul Harris's book is now available. The original only went up to 1968 but this edition incorporates his later book To Be A Pirate King to take the story up to the mid-seventies. Available from Amazon. |
The story of the offshore stations of the sixties, Mike Leonard's book is available from Amazon or The Forest Press, PO Box 1, Heswall, Wirral CH60 3TH. |
Rob Chapman's detailed analysis of the offshore stations' programmes is available from Amazon in hardback or paperback. |
