Tony Blackburn began his career on Radio Caroline, which still broadcasts from the MV Ross Revenge David KindredRadio Caroline wants to become legitimate, 52 years after it started broadcasting pop music from the high seas. Britain’s first pirate radio station, which launched the careers of Tony Blackburn and Johnnie Walker, has applied for its first AM waveband licence from Ofcom. Peter Moore, who runs Radio Caroline, wants to broadcast from its ship, the MV Ross Revenge on the River Blackwater in Essex, to listeners in that county and Suffolk. He hopes that his application will be approved next year, the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act that was intended to scupper the pirate broadcasters. Radio Caroline now operates as an internet and digital station PAThe station was founded in 1964 to play pop music all day at a time when broadcasting was dominated by the BBC, which devoted barely…

Source: The Times December 01, 2016 00:07 UTC