OK
I put my hands up! I am one of the
last people to get into this You
Tube business but, as they say,
better late than never. I have been
looking through the video vaults
at You Tube with a particular interest
in Pirate Radio, Offshore Radio,
Irish Pirate Radio, UK Offshore
Radio... the list goes on.
Anyway,
on this page are some of the most
interesting videos I have discovered
on You Tube - some are absolutely
fascinating - but you definitely
have to watch them all. They make
compulsive viewing. None of the
videos have been created by me;
they are all in the public domain.
If you come across a video that
you think should be included here,
then please click the email icon
on the top left of this page. Please
send me the full address to the
video, or the address of the page.
Dublin,
Ireland, May 20th 1983:
Radio Nova, Sunshine Radio
KISSFM and hundreds of
other radio stations throughout
the country were being
forced off the air by
the Irish government and
new laws making it a crime
to take part in unlicensed
broadcasting.
This
historic material from
The Irish Era Part 5,
shows the biggest and
most powerful station
Radio Nova come back on
air, only to closedown
amidst public outcry.
Dur: 09.41
Monaghan,
Ireland, December 30th
1988: KISSFM broadcast
from the Republic of Ireland
using a high powered directional
antenna facing towards
the city of Belfast in
Northern Ireland.
This
clip features the closedown
of the station. Dur: 08:55
A
short film about Radio Caroline,
recorded near Frinton Beach,
England. "Wherever
you looked in 1966, there
were people challenging
the status quo"
Dur: 02.09
Pirate
radio in the 1960's, off
the coast of Essex, England.
Featuring "Swinging
Radio England"
Dur:
03:47
Radio
Caroline, Pirate Radio in
Britain in the 1960's.
"The moment Radio Caroline
came on the air in Easter
1964 it was front page news"
Dur: 03.54
This
video features never-before
seen footage taken on board
the Radio Caroline ship
by Keith Skues. He gets
together with fellow pirate
DJ Tony Blackburn so they
could talk about some old
times.....
Dur:
08:26
It
was 1964, it was new rock
festivals, it was The Beatles,
it was subversive and it
was exciting. This is a
brief look at the history
of the Red Sand Fort and
the pirate radio station
which transmitted from there
- Radio 630.
