His son, Jamie Freeman Turner, wrote on the Facebook Atantic 252 group on 8th March: With immense sadness, I have to inform that Andrew Turner passed away yesterday.His fantastic storytelling on and off air, and his booming voice will be so so missed.His last show was with Tony Blackburn on Capital Gold breakfast show, and … Read more
From the Boom Radio Newsletter: “You’ll remember the old pirate radio stations – beaming in the hits from their ships anchored in the dark seas – a welcome break from the BBC’s offering in those days. This Easter sees the 60th anniversary of the first UK pirate to come on-air. Radio Caroline broke the mould – … Read more
Eind vorig jaar verscheen het boek ‘Van Amstel tot Noordzee’. Een boek over de ruim 50 jarige radio- en TV carrière van Marc van Amstel. In het boek staan 21 interviews met collega’s die een rode draad zijn in de mediacarrière van Marc. Het Museum van de 20e Eeuw heeft vanaf nu voor iedere koper … Read more
To add to much of the historical information already published about the Ross Revenge I’ve sent you some interesting photos which were taken by me during our first trip to view the Ross in Cairnryan. On inspection by both myself and Chicago it soon became apparent that we had found the ship we had been … Read more
English below Het was vroeg opstaan op zaterdag 17 februari voor een team van museum RockArt, onder leiding van Jaap Schut. Vanuit Hoek van Holland werd afgereisd naar Noord Drenthe. Doel van de tocht was een enorm grote collectie grammofoonplaten, waaronder ook vele 78 toeren vinyl, op te halen, beschikbaar gesteld door Marc Jacobs. De … Read more
Hans, I am writing to your trusted newsletter as over the years I have read various articles and books criticising the way that Caroline was run in the late ‘70’s which led to the Mi Amigo sinking in 1980. With that in mind I was disappointed to read the article written by Peter Moore for … Read more
Gary Lee reporting on Facebook on Saturday 3rd February 2024: TOTALLY GUTTED!I expect many of you know by now… Last night our historic radio ship LV18, was attacked by an armed arsonist. The engine room or cabins above were set fire too and smoke seen billowing across Harwich Harbour. If you happen to have been … Read more
On the Radio Luxembourg 208 Facebook pages on January 2nd 2024 Renée Aakrann-Fezzo wrote: ‘I just found out via a message written by her sister on Adrianne’s FB that Adrianne Sebastian-Scott passed away yesterday after many years of fighting her illness. I will always remember her beautiful personality, the sunshine she carried with her at … Read more
RADIO PIRATES ARE BACK IN HARWICH Radio Mi Amigo, from the historic Lightvessel LV18 on Harwich Quay, is returning to the air on Christmas Eve and will continue on a permanent basis through the New Year. The station will be bringing the sounds and spirit of the original radio pirates back to their roots of … Read more
(English below)In 2024 bestaat Radio Caroline 60 jaar en de kalender van dit jaar weerspiegelt dat met veel historische foto’s, waarvan sommige nog nooit eerder zijn gepubliceerd.Als bonus zijn sommige van de oorspronkelijk in zwart-wit gemaakte foto’s ingekleurd met behulp van de nieuwste software om ze tot leven te brengen.De kalender neemt je mee door … Read more