The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame

UPDATED MAY 2008

It's a Radio Caroline update this month: After the two Caroline ships were towed away in March 1968, they languished in a Dutch harbour. We have photos of the mv Mi Amigo, the Caroline South ship, and some fascinating Caroline North documents found on board; we catch up with one of the DJs who was heard on Caroline South after the Marine Offences Act - Ray Cooper; and we have added another Caroline Countdown of Sound to our library of offshore charts. See the contents page and DJ Directories of the sixties and seventies for a full index of the site.

Radio Caroline North was anchored off the coast of the Isle of Man for three and a half years and, during that time, a very good relationship developed between the broadcasters and the islanders. Now, forty years after the station's demise, the Manx Government is paying tribute to their old offshore friends. An exhibition, Pirates of the Irish Sea, is being mounted this summer and Manx National Heritage needs your help. If you have any Caroline North memorabilia, memories or association with the station, please contact the exhibition curator, Matthew Richardson. More details here and here.

There is also going to be a conference on the Isle of Man, discussing Radio Caroline North and its part in the island's history - and that of British broadcasting. It will be taking place over the weekend of 19th, 20th & 21st September. The company handling travel and accommodation is www.isleofmantravel.com. If you prefer to make your own arrangements and just want to buy a ticket for the event, delegate places can be obtained by contacting carolinenorth@manx.net. The cost of the ticket will cover admission to the conference at the Manx Museum in Douglas and the Pirates of the Irish Sea exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel as well as a morning at ‘Caroline Corner’ in Ramsey. Transport between all three is included in the price. There is an optional dinner on the Friday evening.

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Britain's first offshore radio station, Radio Caroline, began broadcasting at Easter 1964 from a ship anchored just outside UK territorial waters. She was followed by a host of other radio stations based on boats and marine structures dotted around the coast.

These “pirates” rapidly won an enormous and enthusiastic audience. There are other web-sites which tell the stories of the various offshore stations but
The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame
has been set up to honour the stars, the broadcasters, from that golden era of music radio.

This site is a tribute to the people who endured a daily battle with the elements to provide a soundtrack to the swinging sixties.

The inductees in The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame are listed alphabetically. More names are being added all the time. To find your favourite voice from the sixties either select it from the drop-down list below, search the site using the Google box or click on the appropriate page from the table of contents beneath. For broadcasters from the seventies, go to the Seventies Supplement (still under construction).

Please note: Offshore stations continued operating from around the British coast until 1990 but The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame mainly covers the first decade, the sixties. The Seventies Supplement, which lists the DJs who worked offshore during the second decade, is currently under construction. Eventually we hope to cover the later years too.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed information, recordings or memorabilia to The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. We are always on the lookout for more so, if you have any items of interest, please get in touch.

60s Disc-Jockeys A	60s Disc-Jockeys He-Hu	60s Disc-Jockeys Q-R
60s Disc-Jockeys Ba-Bl	60s Disc-Jockeys I-J	60s Disc-Jockeys Sa-Sp
60s Disc-Jockeys Bo-Bz	60s Disc-Jockeys K	60s Disc-Jockeys St-Sy
60s Disc-Jockeys Ca-Cl	60s Disc-Jockeys L	60s Disc-Jockeys T-V
60s Disc-Jockeys Co-Cu	60s Disc-Jockeys M-Mi	60s Disc-Jockeys Wa-Web
60s Disc-Jockeys D	60s Disc-Jockeys Mo-Mu	60s Disc-Jockeys Wes-Wy
60s Disc-Jockeys E-G	60s Disc-Jockeys Mac-Mc	60s Disc-Jockeys X-Z
60s Disc-Jockeys Ha	60s Disc-Jockeys N-P	Anorak gift guide
Charts	Contact us	Credits
Disc-Jockeys' photo albums	Disc-Jockey spotlight	Fans' memorabilia
Guestbook hosted By Bravenet.com	Guestbook archive 2000-02	Links
The Tom Lodge story	Odds and Ends	Plans
Programme schedules	Site contents	Site contents - by station
Sixties DJ Directory	Seventies supplement	We need your HELP

Many of the photos, stickers and recordings are beginning to show their age so apologies for some of the less than perfect quality. Many of these photographs were distributed freely by the various radio stations and were intended for as wide a circulation as possible. Others have been donated to The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame that are of unknown origin. Where photos have been scanned from books, newspapers or magazines, we have given credit. However, if anybody believes that their copyright has been inadvertently infringed by the publication of a photo on this site, please get in touch and it will be removed immediately. Similarly, anybody who has supplied audio for The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame has been credited but tapes get passed from collector to collector and often there is no way of knowing who made the original recordings. Apologies to anyone who thinks their work has been used here without due acknowledgment.

You will need a Real Player to hear the airchecks on The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame. There are two types of Player. The free one is perfectly adequate for listening to these clips although the Real.com site will encourage you to pay for the more exotic version. Either can be downloaded by clicking on the left icon below. The Real Player can also be downloaded from a very informative page on the BBC web site. Some correspondents have also suggested another player, the Real Alternative, although we do not have first-hand experience of using it. It can be downloaded free from www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm.