The U.K. has a long and lasting history of pirate radio stations. These are stations that were set up on ships and broadcast from international waters. The BBC had a monopoly on the airwaves in the ...

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 ...

Some of the best rock in history came out of Britain and was launched by Beatlemania in 1963 and 1964. British kids couldn’t listen to commercial radio like we did. The British Broadcasting ...

In the 1960s, if you were a teenager in the United States, a big part of your life was probably music. There was a seemingly endless supply of both radio stations and 45s to keep you entertained. In ...

Britain's pirate radio station turns 60 A circle of swashbuckling radio enthusiasts in the United Kingdom has kept the rogue seaborne radio station, Radio Caroline, afloat now for the past 60 years.

There is a new kind of pirate on the high seas—the radio buccaneer. His prey is a country with a state radio loaded with classical music, edifying lectures and a ban on commercials. All that is ...

"When you tell people it is factual, you say, no, that surely didn't happen.” LONDON -- As the old adage goes: “Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate.” That certainly ...