Pirate Radio Rock Show -- Radio Atlanta from May 1964
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Actual Broadcast Recording (Aircheck)Station: Radio Atlanta (Offshore Pirate Station)Frequency: 201 MetersLocation: Off the Coast of Essex, Great BritainDate: May 1964 (exact date unknown but first month of operation)Length: 60 minutes (digitally remastered and placed on CD at our studios at Rock-it Radio RIR Release #: 352 This is an actual remastered copy of Radio Atlanta was a short lived offshore Pirate Station and later merged to be the 2nd Part of probably the most famous Offshore Pirate Radio Station -- Radio Caroline. below is a brief history of Offshore Radio in the UK. The burst of pop music that exploded in England in the early sixties revealed the scarcity of radio stations catering for the youth culture of the time. The government owned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had very little appeal to the young population hungry to hear the latest ‘hits.’ The Home Service played mainly classical music and radio plays. The Light Programme, still airing such shows as Mrs. Dale’s Diary, Workers’ Playtime and Desert Island Discs could only offer Top of the Pops on Sunday afternoons and Saturday Skiffle Club on Saturday mornings. The only consolation for the teenagers was Radio Luxembourg, on frequency 208MHz, which, due to atmospheric conditions, could only be picked up in the evenings, albeit still with interference and
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