Radio Caroline: Pirate Radio And Pop Music In The 60’S
In the mid-1960’s British teenagers had little to listen to on the radio; the UK government felt radio was such a powerful mass communication medium that it should be placed under state control (2), so the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed and was the only radio allowed to be broadcast. BBC radio would air very little pop music due to so-called ‘needletime restrictions’, which were put in place to ease fears that if recorded music became popular then live music would disappear (1), so the bulk of their programming was aimed at adults. Any teens wanting to listen to newer popular music had to tune in to Radio Luxembourg after dark, but their signal was weak and their music was monopolized by the major record labels Decca, EMI, Capitol, etc (1). However laws in Britain only applied to the land and 3 miles out to sea where international waters started, and it was in these waters where a phenomenon that would take place in 1964 and revolutionize radio.
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