Big L forced to abandon ship

Big L’s commemoration of pirate radio took a dramatic turn Tuesday night, with a handful of its top presenters lucky to escape with their lives.

Following two days of broadcasting from an American gun-boat on the high seas off Essex, Mike Read, Steve Garlick and co were forced to abandon ship after torrid weather battered their vessel.

The Big L team had been marking the 40th anniversary of the shutdown of the original Big L. And then the weather turned…

A violent storm laid waste to the station’s floating studio. Roger Davis fought his way through fifteen foot waves, Mike Read kept spirits up with an impromptu sing-song and Steve Garlick sat around sipping tea.

Thankfully all the Big L team made it back to terra firma safely.

Source: Media Network, Big L website