Radio England - Weather & Closedown 1966

Swingin' Radio England closes down for the night with Dodger Ray (aka Twiggy).
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Swinging Radio England ("SRE") was a top 40 offshore commercial station billed as the "World's Most Powerful" that operated briefly from 3 May to 13 November 1966 from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. While the station was dubbed as a pirate radio station, its actual operation took place within the laws of the day and its offices were located in the heart of the West End of London. Its representation was by a company formed earlier in the year to represent in Europe the ABC radio and television stations of the United States.
Both the studio and the 50 kiloWatt AM transmitter of Swinging Radio England were located in two separate prefabricated rooms lowered into the two holds of the MV Olga Patricia (later renamed MV Laissez Faire), a World War II vessel built in the USA as a supply ship. The station shared the studio and transmitter holds with a 50 kW AM sister station named Britain Radio which was billed as the Hallmark of Quality and broadcasting a format of easy listening music.
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More info can be found at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging...

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