March 20: After 16 years of tearing up the airwaves the bell finally appeared to toll for pirate station Radio Caroline. Disc jockeys had been pop picking for Caroline since 1964 and had used the good ...

A music fan has put the Sheerness RNLI in his will to thank rescuers for saving Radio Caroline DJs from the sinking Mi Amigo 40 years ago. Alan Watts was listening live when the drama unfolded in ...

As the old adage goes: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” That certainly applies to the small, but special circle of swashbuckling radio enthusiasts in the ...

Radio DJ Johnnie Walker recalled the “terrifying, emotional and exhilarating” moment that he decided to step over the legal line and become a criminal pirate radio broadcaster. The 72-year-old told ...

A former Sheppey lifeboat which saved the crew of pirate station Radio Caroline is up for sale. The all-weather Helen Turnbull originally cost £100,000 and was stationed at Sheerness from 1974 to 1996 ...

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The 72-year-old told how he was sitting at the helm of Radio Caroline, aboard the MV Mi Amigo on August 13 1967, seconds before the official criminalisation of pirate stations became official. Set up ...

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The pirate radio station changed DJ Annie Nightingale’s life I proudly wore the official T-shirt with the words ‘RADIO CAROLINE’ on it in red. I was glued to Caroline’s live output through my silver ...

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