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Pirate Radio Station Map - Copyright Sixties City 2015
Pirate Radio Station Map

I have produced these maps to show the approximately relative locations of the Sixties pop pirate radio stations throughout Europe. I would be happy to add others if you send me the necessary information.

The closely-moored pirate radio ships in the North Sea can only be approximated, positionally, due to the scale, but I hope you'll find it an interesting document anyway. Slightly more detailed maps available are:
Thames Estuary Fort Map   Scandinavian Ship Map   Solent Forts (non-radio)               

Please click on the map for a large image of the area indicated or on the station in the key available below to show the relevant map. Also listed below are the various stations that were broadcasting during the Sixties and early Seventies, with some additional information
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Above right is a typical Radio London QSL card. A QSL is a verification from a radio station that the listener actually heard the station and provided details sufficient to prove reception. This feedback lets the station know how well it was received. Popular and vital for pirate stations.


Pirate Radio Station Maps are Copyright Sixties City 2017
Radio Mercur

Pirate Radio Station Locations

Map Key
Location / Tower / Vessel
Station
Station
Station
Station
Station
1  
Great Nore Fort
No Station
2  
Red Sands Fort
Radio Invicta
KING Radio
Radio 390
3  
Shivering Sands Fort
Radio Sutch
Radio City
4  
Tongue Sands Tower
No Station
Radio Kent tests only
5  
Knock John Tower
Radio Essex
BBMS
6  
Gunfleet Tower
No Station
7  
Sunk Head Tower
Radio Tower
8  
Roughs Tower
No Station
BBMS planned only
9  
Oceaan VII
Radio 270
10  
Caroline
Radio Caroline
11  
Caroline
Radio Caroline North
12  
Mi Amigo
Radio Atlanta
Radio Caroline South
Caroline International
13  
Galaxy
Radio London
Radio East Anglia
14  
Olga Patricia / Laissez Faire
Britain Radio
Radio England
Radio Dolfijn
Radio 227
Radio 355
15  
Borkum Riff
Radio Veronica
CNBC
16  
Nordeney
Radio Veronica
Pirate Radio Timeline
17  
Cheeta
Radio Mercur
Skanes Radio Mercur
18  
Cheeta
Radio Syd
19  
Nijmah Al Hazz / Lucky Star
DCR
Radio Mercur
20  
Margarethe / Olga / Bon Jour / Magda Maria
Radio Nord
21  
Cheeta II
Radio Mercur
22  
Cheeta II
Radio Syd
23  
Cheeta II
Radio Caroline
24  
Uilenspiegel
Radio Antwerpen
25  
Red Rose
Radio Red Rose
26  
REM Island
Radio Nordzee
TV Nordzee
27  
Land station
Radio Shanus
28  
Comet
Radio Scotland
29  
Comet
Radio Scotland
30  
Land station
Radio Luxembourg
31  
Land station
Radio London Three
Radio Free London
32  
Land station
Radio Jackie
33  
Zeevart / King David
Capital Radio
34  
Cornucopia
Radio Sutch
35  
Mebo II (March 1970)
Radio Nordsee International (as RNI)
36  
Mebo II (July 1970)
Radio Nordsee International (as Radio North Sea)
37  
Comet
Radio 242
Radio Scotland and Ireland
38  
Land station (?)
Radio Lambay
39  
Viking
Radio Shannon
40  
Land station
Radio Kaleidoscope
Jolly Orange
DD
   



Pirate Radio Station Information and Images
(click on highlights for images, where available)


STATION NAME

SHIP / LOCATION 1

SHIP / LOCATION 2

STATUS

START

END

BBMS

KNOCK JOHN TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Sep 66

Dec 66

BBMS

ROUGHS TOWER

PLANNED ONLY

Jan 67

n/a

BRITAIN RADIO

LAISSEZ FAIRE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

May 66

Mar 67

CAPITAL RADIO

KING DAVID

REGULAR BROADCASTS

May 70

DCR

LUCKY STAR

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Sep 61

Jan 62

KING RADIO

RED SANDS TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Mar 65

Jun 65

KING'S RADIO

UNKNOWN

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 67

n/a

RADEX

NONE

PLANNED ONLY

Apr 65

n/a

RADIO 227

LAISSEZ FAIRE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Mar 67

Jul 67

RADIO 242 (See RADIO SCOTLAND AND IRELAND)          

RADIO 270

OCEAAN VII

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jun 66

Aug 67

RADIO 355

LAISSEZ FAIRE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Mar 67

Aug 67

RADIO 365

UNKNOWN

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 66

n/a

RADIO 390

RED SANDS TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Sep 65

Jul 67

RADIO 390 NORTH

CHEETA II

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 66

n/a

RADIO ALBATROSS

FICTITIOUS

See 'Making Waves' by David Sinclair

SHORT-LIVED SPOOF

Jun 66

 

RADIO ALF

UNKNOWN

SHORT-LIVED

Jun 66

?

RADIO ANTWERPEN

UILENSPIEGEL

REGULAR BROADCASTS

? 62

Dec 62

RADIO ATLANTA

MI AMIGO

REGULAR BROADCASTS

May 64

Jul 64

RADIO CAESAR

UNKNOWN

TESTS ONLY

Jun 66

?

RADIO CAROLINE

CAROLINE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Mar 64

Jul 64

RADIO CAROLINE INTERNATIONAL

CAROLINE

MI AMIGO

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Aug 67

Mar 68

RADIO CAROLINE NORTH

CAROLINE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jul 64

Aug 67

RADIO CAROLINE SOUTH

MI AMIGO

CHEETA II

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jul 64

Aug 67

RADIO CHANNEL

UNKNOWN

PLANNED ONLY

Apr 66

n/a

RADIO CITY

SHIVERING SANDS TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Sep 64

Feb 67

RADIO DOLFIJN (RADIO FLIPPER)

LAISSEZ FAIRE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Nov 66

Mar 67

RADIO DYNAVISION

UNKNOWN

TESTS ONLY

Apr 66

?

RADIO EAST ANGLIA

GALAXY

SHORT-LIVED SPOOF

Apr 67

Apr 67

RADIO ENGLAND

LAISSEZ FAIRE

REGULAR BROADCASTS

May 66

Nov 66

RADIO ESSEX

KNOCK JOHN TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Oct 65

Sep 66

RADIO FREEDOM

UNKNOWN

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 66

n/a

RADIO GBLN (RADIO GBOK)

UNNAMED FISHING VESSEL

PLANNED ONLY

Dec 61

n/a

RADIO INVICTA

RED SANDS TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jun 64

Mar 65

RADIO JIM

UNKNOWN

SHORT-LIVED

May 66

?

RADIO KENT

TONGUE SANDS TOWER

TESTS ONLY

Nov 65

Nov 65

RADIO LAMBAY

UNKNOWN

SHORT-LIVED

Sep 64

?

RADIO LN

UNKNOWN

TESTS ONLY

Sep 62

?

RADIO LONDON (BIG L)

GALAXY

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Nov 64

Aug 67

RADIO MANCHESTER

NONE

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 66

n/a

RADIO MAYFLOWER

UNKNOWN

PLANNED ONLY

Mar 66

n/a

RADIO MERCUR

CHEETA (I) + II

LUCKY STAR

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jul 58

Jul 62

RADIO MERCUR (UNCONFIRMED)

LUCKY STAR

SHORT-LIVED

Aug 62

Aug 62

RADIO NORD

BON JOUR

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Feb 61

Jul 62

RADIO NORDZEE

REM ISLAND

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jul 64

Dec 64

RADIO NORTH SEA INTERNATIONAL

MEBO II

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Jan 70

RADIO PAMELA

UNKNOWN

TESTS ONLY

May 65

?

RADIO RED ROSE

RED ROSE

SHORT-LIVED

12th Jul 64

?

RADIO SCOTLAND

COMET

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Dec 65

Aug 67

RADIO SCOTLAND AND IRELAND (RADIO 242)

COMET

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Apr 67

Apr 67

RADIO SHANNON

VIKING

SHORT-LIVED

Sep 64

?

RADIO SHEILA

UNKNOWN

SHORT-LIVED

Jun 66

?

RADIO SUTCH

CORNUCOPIA

SHIVERING SANDS TOWER

REGULAR BROADCASTS

May 64

Sep 64

RADIO SYD

CHEETA (I)

CHEETA II

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Mar 61

Jan 66

RADIO TOWER

SUNK HEAD TOWER

TESTS ONLY

Apr 66

?

RADIO VERONICA

BORKUM RIFF

NORDERNEY

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Apr 60

Aug 74

SKANES RADIO MERCUR (BECAME RADIO SYD)

CHEETA (I)

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Aug 58

1962

UKGM

NONE

PLANNED ONLY

Jun 66

n/a

VOICE OF SLOUGH

ELLEN

PLANNED ONLY

Aug 61

n/a

RADIO JACKIE LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     Mar 69 1985?
RADIO HELEN NORTH LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO HELEN SOUTH LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO FREEDOMRADIO REVENGE LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO TELSTAR LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO SPECTRUM LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO APOLLO LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO FREE LONDON NORTH LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
RADIO FREE LONDON SOUTH LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION     1968? 1970?
VOICE OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION TRANSMITTED ON BBC TELEVISION AUDIO CHANNEL AFTER THE 11PM CLOSEDOWN 1961 1962
RADIO KALEIDOSCOPE LAND-BASED - NO FIXED LOCATION

REGULAR BROADCASTS

Aug 67  






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