Pirate BBC Essex, Easter 2009 – my ship is coming in

(This has just been posted to the Radio London website, with thanks to Mary Payne)

It's official - 2007 wasn't 'the last time' after all, and Pirate BBC Essex is back broadcasting from the LV18 on-line and on all the usual BBC Essex frequencies this Good Friday (April 10th) to Easter Monday (13th)!

Confirmed participants include LV18 old hands Roger Day, Keith Skues and Johnnie Walker, but there's a new 'cabin boy' - Tony Blackburn! This time, the ship will be tied-up alongside the Ha'penny Pier.

2009, of course, marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of Radios Atlanta, Caroline, City and London, alongside the much-anticipated release of the Richard Curtis comedy movie, 'The Boat That Rocked', which is generating tremendous interest in the subject of Watery Wireless.

The first time we heard the words 'Pirate BBC Essex', it sounded like the ultimate oxymoron, but the BBC Essex team has more than proved that it can do the pirates proud.

Our photo-galleries from the two previous broadcasts in 2004 and 2007, are here to prove it.
http://www.radiolondon.co.uk/kneesflashes/happenings/
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BBC Radio Essex

Our thanks to Mike Terry for alerting us to this item