Fact #52691
When:
Short story:
'Hello everybody. This is Radio
Caroline, broadcasting on 199, your all-day music station,' are
the first words spoken by pirate radio deejay Simon Dee, ushering
in a new era in British broadcasting from aboard the former
passenger ferry Frederica, sailing under the flag of Panama. The
first track played is Can't Buy Me
Love by The Beatles.
Full article:
Tony Blackburn (Radio Caroline deejay) : We thought we were going to change the whole of broadcasting. The authorities couldn't board us, or they'd have been invading Panama. People used to come out on pleasure boats. They'd throw us presents and we'd sign autographs.
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