[78-L] RadioRe: This Will Make Radio Even MORE Dead

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Have you the seen the movie "THE BOAT THAT ROCKED" about the radio 
pirates ?

If so, is there anything close to the truth in that story (the way 
thing really were, although it's an imaginary station)?

BC
Le 13 mai 09, à 20:21, Kristjan Saag a écrit :

>
> Michael Biel wrote:
>
>> In the late 60s BBC Radio One and Radio London was the fake
>> "replacement" for the pirates, and being the Beeb it was still under 
>> the
>> influence of the majors.
> --
> BBC's Radio London (as opposed to the pirate station with the same 
> name that
> closed down in August 1967) started to broadcast on October 6th 1970 
> and had
> an entirely different concept, compared to the rock pirates.
> BBC's Radio 1 though, commencing in 1967, was a fairly successful 
> attempt to
> serve young audiences with the latest music and young dj's (many of 
> them ex
> pirate dj's).
> And the influence of the majors wasn't big enough to prevent ex Radio 
> London
> dj John Peel to present his "Top Gear" show (and the following John 
> Peel
> show, John Peel Sessions etc) where he played independent rock music 
> until
> the day of his death in 2004.
> Kristjan
>
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