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Fact #107517

When:

Short story:

UK pirate radio station Radio London begins test transmissions from MV Galaxy, anchored off the coast of Essex.

Full article:

John Peel (Radio London deejay) : When I went to Radio London they asked me what I wanted to call myself. I said, "John Ravenscroft will do." They told me it was too long, people will never remember it. There was a typist sitting there and she said, "Why don't you call him John Peel?" It's the title of an old English folk song.
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