![]() It’s still broadcasting today from its home in Luxembourg today.īut the first proper British pirate radio station was Radio Caroline. One of the first examples of a pirate radio station was Radio Luxembourg, which had run an English-language service since 1933 from Luxembourg to get around a strict monopoly on radio licensing. Pirate radio became popular in the 60s as radio DJs and presenters took to ships in the international waters near Britain to broadcast the songs they liked. ![]() And instead of waiting for heritage stations to change their ways, the entrepreneuring music fans of the day acted. That didn’t mean the appetite for hearing pop and rock music on the radio wasn’t there. ![]() For a decade defined by shifting musical tastes, the new era of popular music from artists like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones wasn’t yet accessible from the solitary taste-maker, the radio. The streaming generation is already lightyears from the recent memories of buying CDs from music shops with fans putting their taste together from a combination of music magazines, personal recommendations, and the chance discovery of a new CD.Įven this would have been liberating when compared to the music landscape of the early 60s in the United Kingdom. Recommendations pass through TikTok trends and algorithm playlists. Now, almost every song in recording history is available to anyone with a subscription to Spotify, Tidal or just YouTube. It’s hard to emphasise just how different the way we discover music today is from the 60s. 3 March 1968: The day the authorities came for the radio pirates
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