'When Pirates Ruled the Waves' on BBC local radio

Mike Barraclough spotted this posting by Paul Rowley on the uk-radio-listeners Yahoo group.

Just to let you know, I've done a revised version of my documentary 'When Pirates Ruled the Waves', which looks at the development of offshore radio between 1964 and 1967.

18 BBC Local Radio stations are carrying it over the Bank Holiday. All should be streaming it live on their websites

MONDAY AUGUST 27
LINCONSHIRE - 0900
SWINDON / WILTSHIRE - 0900
SOLENT 1130
DERBY - NOON
GLOUCESTERSHIRE - NOON
3CR - 1300
SHROPSHIRE - 1300
CORNWALL - 1300
JERSEY - 1300
GUERNSEY - 1300
LEICESTER - 1400
DEVON - 1600
NOTTINGHAM - 1800
SCR - 1800
LANCASHIRE - 1800

A further 13 stations are planning to carry it later this year,
possibly at Christmas.

MERSEYSIDE
SOMERSET
YORK
LEEDS
STOKE
HUMBERSIDE
TEES
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER
CAMBRIDGE
WM
BRISTOL
NORFOLK
SHEFFIELD

It's forty years ago this month since Britain's offshore
radio "pirates" were outlawed. The Marine Offences Act made it illegal to work for, supply or advertise on the radio stations which has been broadcasting round-the-clock pop from ships and forts over the previous three years.

The most successful station Radio London closed down on August the 14th, 1967, with many of its DJs like Kenny Everett, Tony Blackburn, and John Peel joining Radio One which opened the following month. But the first pirate Radio Caroline defied the law, with both its North and South ships continuing to broadcast for another seven months.

Our political correspondent Paul Rowley looks back 40 years in the documentary "When Pirates Ruled The Waves".

Includes interviews with Ronan O'Rahilly, Johnnie Walker, Tony Blackburn, Kenny Everett, Roger Day, Ed Stewart, Tom Edwards, Keith Skues, Ray Teret, Martin Kayne, Dave Williams, Alan Turner, Graham Webb, Roger Gale, Jack McLaughlin, Gary Leeds (Walker Brothers), Screaming Lord Sutch, Tony Benn and George Saunders.

Radio extracts include the voices of Smon Dee, Chris Moore, Tom Lodge, Jerry Leighton, Bob Stewart, Carl Conway, Don Allen, Dave Lee Travis, Tony Windsor, Dave Dennis, Paul Kaye, John Peel, Robbie Dale, Duncan Johnson, Paul Burnett, Ron O'Quinn, Jerry Smithwick, Ted Allebery, Jonathan Hoare, Edward Cole, Tommy Shields, Stuart Henry, David Sinclair, Ian McCrae, Rusty Allen, Del Richardson, Jack Jackson, Richard Murdoch, Horis Batchelor, Barry Alldiss, Bob Scott
plus many others.

Plus extracts from Caroline South, Radio London, Caroline North, Radio England, Britain Radio, Radio City, Radio 390, Radio 270, Radio Scotland, Radio Essex, Radio Atlanta, Radio Sutch, KING Radio, Radio Invicta, the Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg.