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BBC sets sail with former rivals Radio Caroline and Radio London Lee GlendinningFriday August 10, 2007
The teenagers trapping crabs on the Harwich shoreline were blissfully unaware of the rebellion breaking out in a rusty red lightship lolling on the horizon. Hearts filled with nostalgia, vinyl was reverently held aloft at 6am yesterday as pirate radio began all over again.
Sleeping in shifts on wooden bunk beds, veteran pirate DJs will broadcast the sounds of the 60s for the next five days from the LV18, 40 years since the Maritime Broadcasting Offences Act forced them off air.
The teenagers trapping crabs on the Harwich shoreline were blissfully unaware of the rebellion breaking out in a rusty red lightship lolling on the horizon. Hearts filled with nostalgia, vinyl was reverently held aloft at 6am yesterday as pirate radio began all over again.
Sleeping in shifts on wooden bunk beds, veteran pirate DJs will broadcast the sounds of the 60s for the next five days from the LV18, 40 years since the Maritime Broadcasting Offences Act forced them off air.
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