[HN Gopher] Radio Caroline turns 60
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       Radio Caroline turns 60
        
       Author : rmason
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2024-05-18 20:19 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (abcnews.go.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (abcnews.go.com)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Radio Caroline - Pirate Radio Ship Off UK Coast in 1965_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33361253 - Oct 2022 (0
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Britain 's Buccaneer Broadcasters: My Story of Radio Caroline
       | (2004)_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29316561 - Nov
       | 2021 (11 comments)
        
         | jimmytucson wrote:
         | ...and:
         | 
         | Original Pirate Material -
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881324 - Apr 2024 (26
         | comments)
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | Great piece of British history. I wonder if the BBC restrictions
       | helped propel early rock groups to fame because the only place
       | people could really go in the 60s/70s/80s to hear new stuff are
       | clubs.
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | She began regular broadcasts on 28 March 1964?
       | And spring became the summer        Who'd have believed you'd
       | come along?             Poles: phasing poles        Reaching out:
       | touching me, touching you             Sweet Caroline...
        
       | zabzonk wrote:
       | my little brother ran his own pirate station in lincoln uk in the
       | early 1970s - it was based about half-mile from the police hq.
       | when my dad discovered what was going on there were ....
       | ructions.
        
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