OMG! The all new old Radio Caroline calling itself Last Pirate FM has been busted by the feds.Heh! Only in Liverpool, eh? When the radio
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Radio Caroline returns as Last Pirate
Radio anoraks, especially Radio Caroline anoraks, as we all know, are near death. Yes, ok, a heck of a lot of them actually are dead,
Katie Hopkins, our saviour in the fight against fake news
One of the people I follow on Twitter and enjoy reading is Katie Hopkins. Now, the alt-left with all their love of labels, constantly scream
Scrap the BBC licence fee
Here’s the thing. A long time ago – indeed starting well before I was born, probably – Sunday afternoon/evenings were where the Top 40 Chart (initially
Radio Caroline on Twitter
Having been a tad busy with a sudden and unexpected General Election, I totally forgot all about the Radio Caroline sagas. The Radio Caroline in
Heh, listen to this…
From time to time we all have to suffer listening to ‘audition tapes’ when looking for fresh on-air radio talent. Listening to ‘showreels’ is a
Radio Caroline anorak urinates in public
Disgusting. This photo passed to me shows the state of Radio Caroline anoraks today. How embarrassing for Radio Caroline that one of their fans was
Cyber Hot Hits from Outer Space
I recently got myself all excited about a new radio station called ‘Cyber Hot Hits’. ‘Cyber Hot Hits’ is broadcasting from a spaceship up in
Biased Broadcasters
You ever wonder why there’s such confusion and relentless wailing from parts of the population that can’t seem to grasp that the UK is leaving
The Greatest Hits Network just died
Across a lot of the north of England and the south and east of Scotland the ‘oldies’ stations are mainly owned by Bauer Media and
Fake Radio Carolines
Now then. This whole thing about Radio Caroline. I think I’m suffering from deja vu. Haven’t we had this confusion before? It wasn’t that long
Somebody start a Radio Caroline for me!
I’ve been following the events unfolding at radiocaroline.com (here) and on Twitter @radiocaroline (here). As far as I can tell, a fully loaded Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline DA Box up for auction?
I reported previously about the interrupted Morse code mayday message alerting the world to the compromise of the secret place protecting the DA Box, once used
Radio Caroline’s DA Box stolen!
The DA Box has been stolen. Yes, the DA Box has been stolen. The DA Box, historically, is the special filter that was used by
Radio presenters suffering from Trump Tourettes
Will Nick Abbot ever learn how to control his Trump Tourettes? Trump Tourettes is not an infliction exclusive to Nick Abbot. James O’Brien has it
How the media controls your mind
We all know that the vast majority of English speaking Western media is under the control of the liberal elite. And we all know that
How the segue is killing music radio
Why is Tony Blackburn the only music radio presenter actually ‘jocking’ the songs being played? Why is there nobody else doing this style of radio?
James O’Brien, the radio straw-man delusion
James O’Brien is a leftie that infests weekday mid-mornings on LBC Radio. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all for LBC having a collection of
Why no newspapers reviewing TV news?
TV stations. Radio stations. They spend ages with talking head ‘guests’ coming in to ‘review’ the day’s newspapers. The ‘newspaper review’ seems to be important.
Nobody on Facebork talks about radio
If Facebork is a leveller, then it is to Facebork that I must look for exciting discussions about the world of radio. But, why can’t
Forgotten and snubbed by the New Year’s Honours list
Gongs. I don’t mean the chimes of Big Ben. Not bongs, but gongs. Look, it’s the time of year. It is today that recipients of
Will I listen to Radio Caroline in 2017?
Yes, I’ve expressed excitement about Radio Caroline returning in 2017 before. It is exciting! I mean, the whole thing of offshore radio was exciting. At
Stop punishing new music lovers each Christmas
So, there I was sitting in the bath, occasionally letting bubbles come up to the surface, and my radio, on the other side of the
When’s the second by-election?
So, I generally find Julia Harley-Brewer a hard listen. Her show is on talkRADIO weekdays between 10am and 1pm. The hard listen bit is that
Radio Caroline getting ready for Easter
Erm. It’s good to see more details about the return of Radio Caroline. I think. My site watching crawler thingie just pinged up with news
When love and peace really means hate and conflict
There’s a strange correlation between love and hate. And there are some danger signs to watch out for. In its peak, the flower power era
Too many radio stations
Many decades ago I spoke at length with Ronan O’Rahilly, the founder of Radio Caroline, about where ‘music radio’ was going. This was in the
Union Jack Radio for Brexiters
It had to happen didn’t it. We now have an openly xenophobic nationalistic radio station. Would you believe it? It must come as a reaction
Ye olde radio anoraks kill the memories
Why do old radio anoraks steal and defile the names of old extinct radio stations? There have been some great radio station, especially the offshore
August 14th 1967
Today, August 14th, is a day that statistically is less likely to fall on a Monday or Saturday and more statistically likely to fall on
Radio’s awful ‘song listers’
I’d love to start a campaign of ‘calling out’ people on the radio. Well, on music radio. You can help! (Except you won’t) We need
Yay, Radio Caroline’s coming back!
Radio Caroline, eh? Who remembers Radio Caroline? Ding Ding. It’s a radio station that has a legend that far exceeds its reality. A bit like
Sandgrounder Radio, same old shit, different area
You are probably familiar with a ‘Scouser’ being the odd nickname for somebody from Liverpool, but what’s somebody from Southport called? Well, they are a
The last ever radio DJ
There are no more radio disc-jockeys in the United Kingdom. Except one. The final ever radio DJ on the air in the country is the
We are ready for and need a war
I think it might be time for a war. Maybe a revolution. Time for unrest and riots leading to death and destruction. But, mainly a
Local radio gets presenters but keeps the segue
It was good news to hear that 3 stations belonging to the Wireless Group are getting local programming again. Years ago, back in the days
Pete Price gets chopped back
Bauer Media have done the sensible thing. They’ve cut back by 25%, they’ve trimmed an hour from the Pete Price show on Radio City 2
Too many foreigners with opinions on our media!
So, we just had announced the latest RAJAR figures. RAJAR is the body that gives little paper diaries to random people that are demographically all
Living Legend Tony Blackburn faces twat
How embarrassing. This is the short interview that continuity announcer Lucy Jones made with National Hero Tony Blackburn after he had presented an award at
Radio Caroline has lost its mojo
In an article (here) I spoke of how the top of the hour ‘ding ding’ of the Radio Caroline bell had been removed from the internet
Time to shut down BBC local radio
Somebody suggested that the BBC could save a fortune by joining together Radio 5 Live and BBC local radio. YES! This is a damn good
Speaking of Tony Blackburn…
I’m not a Facebook enthusiast in any way shape or form, but I’m impressed that over 5,000 fans (and growing each day) have collected together
My Tony Blackburn
We live our lives in the blink of an eye. Without doing it consciously, we get old and our ageing is soundtracked by people or
Magic Chilled kills Mellow Magic
So, there’s Mellow Magic and there’s Magic Chilled. I’m not a fan of the ‘base station’ Magic. It’s a bit too old songs for old
Does the BBC punish the old and ill?
The Tony Blackburn story continues to confuse and alarm. So, where are we now. Well, Tony’s in St Lucia on a family holiday. After the
The fall of Tony Blackburn
Whilst all around me were haters, I continued to love Tony Blackburn. I first listened to him broadcasting on the pirate station Big L, then
The clouds have knitting needles
Wow, look at what my bedside radio recently told me was happening weather-wise. Liverpool was facing knitting needles being shot from the clouds. Actual white
Anorak Nation, R.I.P
Sadly, it’s goodbye to the website Anorak Nation. Anorak Nation was an independent and privately run part email, and part web discussion base. It was
Hey, all you haters, hate this
So, I write stuff. Sometimes I write stuff because I am expressing my opinion on a subject. Sometimes I write stuff because I’m on a
Radio Caroline’s DA Box
This article was originally written in the 1990s. I republish it here to bring you up to speed with the truth behind Radio Caroline. The
Caroline bell liberated from false idol?
News finally reaches me that I found almost impossible to comprehend. It was so shocking and horrific that I was stopped in my tracks when
Radio London is back!
Yes! Radio London is back! Exciting times! Radio anoraks are probably going to have exploding heads! Yes, Radio London is back. I remember Radio London
Big L’s Steve James thinks I’m a Barbie Girl.
So, as explained before, I am a paradox. I absolutely hate oldies. Old songs. Especially the same old same old oldies. And in order to
Old people swarm onto the back of BBC Radio 1
Once again bunches of old people seem to be circling on the youth radio of the day, BBC Radio 1. Just as bunches of old
Exciting new powerful radio transmitter
It’s that radio anorak time of year when the slightly pre-death age anoraks lay themselves in bed dreaming. If their nurse, carer or wife* is
OMG, it’s mental radio anorak day … again!
Jeeez. Spare me. It’s August the 14th. Noooooooooo. Back in 1967 this was the day that all the pop pirate radioships fell silent (except those
The dazzling dazzle ships of Liverpool
Liverpool’s little chugging and insignificant ferry ‘Snowdrop‘ underwent a makeover and became a ‘dazzle’ ship. Well, ferry. It caused a mixture of shock, horror and
The rise and rise of Duncan Barkes
I recently lamented the ‘disappearing’ of Duncan Barkes from LBC (here). There he was as the host of the 10pm to 1am slot Sunday to
Global’s ‘disappearance’ of Duncan Barkes
I have a lot to thank Duncan Barkes for, but more of that later. He’s a radio presenter. More specifically a talking radio presenter. Until
Radio anoraks and their clickbait
One of the most hateful things about Facebork is ‘clickbait‘. Clickbait is a pejorative term describing web content that is aimed at generating online advertising
Liverpool loses its local commercial radio stations
Liverpool used to have its own commercial radio stations. Sadly, by this time next year it will have none. And this is a crying shame
The Sunday Chart Show pensioned off
The BBC Radio 1 ‘Top 40 Chart Show’ in some form or the other has existed since 1955. That’ll be 60 years. Yes, ok, it’s not
Goodbye Zane, Hello Annie; Goodbye Fearne, Hello Clara
A couple of people of note have left BBC Radio One. Well, others have left too, but from ‘minority’ and specialist interest programming. Whilst acknowledging
Where was this lobster aiming to go?
Anybody old or rude enough to know who ‘Derek and Clive‘ were, will know about lobsters. Don’t know ‘Derek and Clive‘? Well, sadly both are
WTF Friday?
Over the years I have done things. Things with other people. Things that to us seemed really good at the time. And, of course, I’m
Shaking off the over-30 year old Radio 1 clingons
I am, as I used to say many times, only 19 years of age. As people around me grew old and got themselves stuck in
No more analogue radio listening
Brilliant to see that the North West of England (and also London) has more people listening to digital radio than analogue radio. Now we need
Pirate Radio drama from fort on River Humber
Members of a local drama group will be ‘all at sea‘ for their next production – well out on the River Humber at any rate,
Time for a revamp of Late Night Citytalk
Tucked away on a mainly forgotten Liverpool radio station called Citytalk, the late night phone-in show is still presented by the nearly 70 year old Pete
Radio Caroline anoraks turn even more mental
I had a few moments spare in my life, so I had a quick trot around various old time radio fora recently. Sadly, I seem
Not so Smooth Radio
Dear all-that-is-holy. Just been trapped for two hours on a coach with Smooth Radio playing through the entire vehicle. There is a reason why Smooth
Radio Caroline or Radio Europa to make election broadcasts
Radio Caroline is set to return to the air with a party political broadcast telling you how to vote in May! Rumours are that the
To offend or to be offended, that is the question
I, probably like many others, have a number of discarded attempts at writing up my sad, depressing, witty and clever response to the whole Charlie
I’m still listening to Steve and Sue, I am
It was on 26th January 2013, which, I’ll have you know is now exactly 2 Earth years ago, that I first publicly anoraked about Steve
The Islamophobia News Algorithm
Trying to decide what is ‘news’ and how important it is as news requires the application of a news algorithm. This is an essential way
Why do old radio anoraks see nothing wrong with rape?
A guy called Ray Teret just got convicted on seven counts of rape and eleven counts of indecent assault. His victims were predominantly under the
Community radio stations are not Super Stations
It passed me by, but probably the worst example of ‘community’ radio went bust and closed down a few weeks ago. The Superstation was supposedly a
Santa starts to climb Radio City 1’s Tower
He’s a month early, but it does look like Father Christmas has taken the opportunity to start the ascent to the top of the tower
The death of talking radio in Liverpool
The late night phone-in radio show broadcast by CityTalk, a Liverpool radio station, seems to be dying. It is hosted by long-time talking presenter Pete
The Friends of Ronan O’Rahilly Appeal
Little known to the world outside of radio anoraksia (enthusiasm) is the millionaire’s son and wealthy playboy and hustler of the 1960s, Irishman Ronan O’Rahilly.
Prayer in C
In recent times I’ve become slightly obsessed with Lilly Wood and the Prick. Well, to be more truthful, the single song “Prayer in C”, which,
Why’s Global’s Newsroom’s mention’s?
And cue: “From Global’s Newsroom, this is Christopher England with LBC News / Capital News / Heart News …” What? The normal, non-anorak listening public
There will be no new Kenny Everett
I recently sighed and lamented the lack of ‘inclusive’ music radio (here). That’ll be music radio I can listen to and feel a part of,
Pop culture – Pop Music?
Here’s something I originally published over 10 years ago. I noticed that a re-publishing of it in 2008 was drawing traffic. Thus, I thought I’d re-publish
The search for inclusive music radio
Was radio ever presented by human beings? Was it ever experimental? Did it ever take chances or dare to be different? Here`s my problem: I
Quasar, the oldies radio station
Many years ago there was an offshore radio station called Radio Caroline. It stopped being an offshore radio station and became an internet radio station.
A taste of early radio anoraksia netiquette
Time, as we all know, is a funny one. As is the internet. As is communication via the internet. As is radio. As is radio
103 different Keys broadcasting in Manchester?
There’s changes afoot for radio station names in areas where Bauer Media currently operates. Here in Liverpool, what was operating on AM, a relay of
Oi mate, yer owl’s dead
I spent 2 hours watching this owl. It never moved. If it was a dead owl it would be sitting there rotting. It is not
OMG, it’s mental radio anorak day!
Jeeez. Spare me. It’s August the 14th. Noooooooooo. Back in 1967 this was the day that all the pop pirate radioships fell silent (except those
Liverpool’s radio for the racists
LBC primarily broadcasts from and for London, despite now trying to be a whole of ‘Britain’ radio station. Most of the phone-in caller responses to
Radio Anorak month begins
OMG. It’s August. August is a very bad month. It’s a month full of anniversaries of … (gulp) … radio stations births, deaths and marriages.
Is Cliff Richard innocent?
Cliff Richard. I guess he’s been there all my life. At first his songs were good pop songs, from before my era, then in my
People from the telly keep dying
In recent times, people that once meant something to me have started dying. I’m not speaking of family or friends, but of people from films,
Liverpool’s Radio City imitating early years of Radio 1
Who remembers when BBC Radio 1 first came on the air? No? Well, for many many years the station operated from 7 in the morning
The sound of the pirate radio underground
As music comes and goes, so do the pirate radio stations. Mainstream commercial music radio refuses to play new forms of music. It has to
BBC Radio Merseyside impossible to listen to
I know I’ve moaned about this before. I know I’ve even sent a complaint in via official channels. A nice techie man bothered to assemble
Replacing the short-wave numbers stations
For many many years, short-wave radio bands have been blessed with what are called ‘numbers stations‘. These are radio stations that come on at certain
The forgotten Radio Caroline North
We have less than 2 months until it will be Radio Caroline North‘s birthday. Sadly, I fear this occasion will pass without murmur, when really
Shocking studio sex orgy at Radio Caroline North
We can reveal that there is more to the pop-up Radio Caroline North than meets the eye. Indeed, it’s not just the radio station itself
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